Healthy Hearts Grants (UK) (green exercise type activities can be funded)

If you are planning a Green Pilgrimage you may be able to receive funding from this project.

Heart Research UK has announced the next funding round under its Healthy Heart Grants Scheme will open early January 2013. Healthy Heart Grants support innovative projects designed to promote heart health and to prevent or reduce the risks of heart disease in specific groups or communities. Grants of up to £10,000 are available to community groups, voluntary organisations and researchers who are spreading the healthy heart message. 

The types of projects supported in the past have included:

Watford and District YMCA which received funding to work with local schools to encourage children to make healthy lifestyle choices through games and activities.

The Foresight Project in Grimsby which encourages visually impaired people to take regular exercise using tandem bicycles. 

There are two applications rounds per year.  Applications are only accepted during January and February for the May round of grants and July and August for grants awarded in November, each year.

The closing date for the next funding round will be the 28th February 2013.

Click on the link to access their webpage:

http://www.heartresearch.org.uk/grants/healthyheartgrant

Eco-Congregation Scotland at Stop Climate Chaos Scotland Rally

Eco-Congregation Scotland took part in a rally organised by Stop Climate Chaos Scotland earlier today calling for Scottish Ministers to increase funding for cycling and walking instead of funding expensive road-building programmes that will increase Scotland’s carbon footprint.

Keith Brown MSP, Minister for Housing and Transport addressed the rally outside St Andrew's House in Edinburgh which was attended by around 150 cyclists and others.

Keith Brown MSP addressing the rally

The Eco-Congregation Banner

Oyunn, the Eco-Congregatrion administrator brought her bike.