Go For Life grant funding

A TOTAL of 24 groups Wicklow have been awarded funding under the Go for Life grant scheme.

The grants which are distributed under the scheme through Age & Opportunity and Sport Ireland total €7,030 for the county.

Successful groups in Wicklow include Active Retirement groups in Arklow, Aughrim, Avoca, Tinahely, Vevay Bray and Laragh/Glendalough and District/Brockagh Resource Centre, the ICA guilds of Ashford, Avoca, Ballycoog, Ballymore Eustace, Delgany, Newtownmountkennedy, Roundwood and Wicklow town.

Other groups to have been awarded funding are Ballywaltrim Community Centre, Bray Cancer Support Centre, Carnew Community Care, County Wicklow Partnership, Donard Glen Indoor Bowling Club, Dunlavin Friendship Group, Greystones People’s Project Family Resource Centre FRC, Little Bray Family Resource and Development Centre, ‘ The Boathouse Setdancers, Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann’ and Wicklow Sports Partnership.

The aim of the grants is to improve the health and wellbeing of older people across the country by providing them with opportunities to engage in physical activity and sport.