Versus Arthritis: Let’s Move Together Fund
Overview
Versus Arthritis have also secured an additional £100,000 funding to open up this fund UK wide! Through the Let’s Move Together fund, they plan to make £100,000 available to local organisations in Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland which are supporting people with arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions to get active.
This is because of the clear benefits they’ve seen from Sport England funding community-based organisations supporting people with long-term health conditions to get active.
How will the funding be used?
The funding will be targeted to help support people with long-term health conditions, Black, Asian minority ethnic groups and lower socio-economic groups.
There have been some great ideas from organisations so far on ways to offer support and encourage local sport and physical activity projects with these audiences.
As well as supporting specific activities to increase availability of exercise opportunities in local communities, this fund will also support organisations and groups facing financial hardship due to the COVID crisis, with a view of enabling delivery of sport and physical activity work in the future.
Available grants
Grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 are being offered as part of the fund. Additional funding may be available above the £5,000 limit but you will need to discuss this with a member of the Versus Arthritis team before submitting the application. Funding should be spent within six months of being awarded, as the aim of the fund is to address the short-term negative impacts of the COVID19 pandemic, as opposed to funding longer-term projects
Who can apply?
Your organisation can apply if you are:
- A not-for-profit voluntary or community club or organisation
- A registered charity
- A not for profit company or community interest company or other social enterprise
- A statutory body
- Sole Trader /Partnerships and freelancers – please contact us before applying
What can be funded?
The grant can be used to fund any of the following. If you have other ideas which aren’t included on this list, please get in touch to see if it’s something they will consider:
- Equipment/activity packs
- Live streaming platform licences
- Instructor/coach/deliverer costs
- Training/delivery costs
- Transport costs
- Volunteer costs or expenses
- Venue hire
- Research, monitoring and evaluation (capped at 10% of the total funds requested)
Additional support for applicants
For full guidelines see here
If you want any support or you would like to discuss your idea, get in touch.
You can contact either Louise Shaw (Trusts Officer) or Ashleigh Ahlquist (Physical Activity Manager) on PhysicalActivityVA@versusarthritis.org.
They will also be working with their successful applicants to offer support, if needed. For example, social media promotion, sharing best practice and ways to evaluate these programmes to keep learning and to do more for people with arthritis.