The results of the twelfth national Go for Life Small Grant Scheme were announced by Minister Michael Ring in November. The scheme, supported by the Irish Sports Council and Age & Opportunity, funded 872 groups across the country with a total grant fund of €285,000.

That money will enable groups to do various physical activities or to buy sports equipment. Details of the allocations were announced by Michael Ring TD, Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, on November 29th in Dublin.

"This small grant helps to spice up Go for Life sessions. Over the years, people have used the grants to do various physical activities like Tai Chi, archery, Pilates, hip-hop, swimming or to get sports equipment like kurling sets, skittles, Molle balls, bocce discs and all kinds of other things besides. They've also used their grants to get a bit of competition going with different groups in a local Sports Fest, attracting new members in the process", says Go for Life's Sue Guildea.