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Nine New Awards From Families Fund

More than £3.2 million of National Lottery money awarded in latest round of project funding.


Kinship carers in Middlesbrough will be among those benefitting from a financial boost aimed at getting more families active.

Our £40 million Families Fund has already seen 22 projects across the nation receive National Lottery funding to increase physical activity levels in low income families.

And now Grandparents Plus, a charity dedicated to grandparents and their role in the care and development of their grandchildren, is among nine new recipients of awards from the fund.

Our latest Active Lives Adult Survey revealed that only 54% of adults, with children, on a low income are active – compared to 71% of those in higher income groups.

There is a similar picture when it comes to inactivity, with a third of adults, with children, on a low income classed as ‘inactive’ – doing fewer than 30 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity a week.

This persistent trend is why we have dedicated this £40 million of National Lottery funding to address this, by helping families get active together.

“Parents have many demands on their time and can lack confidence in how to get active with their children,” said our executive director for children, young people and tackling inactivity, Mike Diaper.

“That’s why Sport England is working hard to make getting active or playing sport with your children an easier choice.

“It doesn’t matter what people do or how good they are, having fun together is what is important and helps ensure children continue to be active adults.”

Kinship care is when a child lives full-time, or most of the time, with a relative or friend who isn’t their parent – usually because their parents aren’t able to care for them.

It’s estimated that around half of all kinship carers are grandparents and, as a result, we have awarded £383,194 to Grandparents Plus.

As part of their programme, kinship carers will receive one-to-one support, personalised activity plans and group peer support, with low-cost or free activities also being developed with support from partners.

Among the eight other award recipients are Sanctuary Housing Association, Workers’ Educational Association, Family Lives and Family Action.

Through these awards we aim to give children direct access to sporting opportunities and enable parents and carers to be role models in helping their children get active.

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Original article link: https://www.sportengland.org/news-and-features/news/2018/october/22/nine-projects-funded-to-increase-physical-activity-in-families/

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