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Healthy & Strong Grant Fund Awards

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Congratulations to all our successful grant applicants!




We are delighted to announce that over £12,000 has been given out in grants to support projects that will encourage more people with a Parkinson's diagnosis to keep active.


Five walking football clubs applied for a grant and have each been awarded £1000 each, the clubs are

  • Pioneers Women's Walking Football Team

  • Pennie Parkies

  • Northern Lights

  • Fighting Fit Football 

  • Pheonix 681 FC


Derby Parkinson's Football Team have also been successful in their grant application and have been awarded over £400 to set up a Parkinson's Walking Football Team in Derby for men and women living with Parkinson's.

  

£600 has been awarded to a Parkinson's Support Group  in Greenwich.  The funding will be put towards moving an indoor rowing group out onto the water.  

 

£1000 has been awarded to a Nordic Walking exercise group based in Nottinghamshire to buy new equipment.

 

Over £850 has been awarded to Leeds ParkyPing to purchase a brand new ping pong table as they continue to grow the game amongst Parkinson's battlers in the Leeds area. 

 

£1820 has been awarded to Bigger & Better for Parkinson's - to "help improve the quality of life of people living with Parkinson's".  

The grant will fund 6 months / 26 weeks of exercise sessions https://www.biggerandbetterforparkinsons.co.uk

 

£1000 has been granted to Imperial College to run TAI CHI & other high intensity exercise classes 

  

The Healthy & Strong Grant Fund application process is currently closed, but will reopen again towards the end of 2024.

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