Closing Date: Friday 16th October

The main focus of this tranche of funding will be on upgrading existing facilities, for example, resurfacing existing walking tracks, creating hardcore surfaces on grass tracks to make walking available to a wider audience and increased lighting on existing tracks to make surfaces safer all year round. A small amount of this funding is available to clubs who have already been awarded grant monies, and they can apply through the same link.

Clubs who demonstrate an ability to cover one of the following will be prioritised:

• provide walking to those who don’t have access to a safe, car free space in their immediate environment, rural areas with no footpaths and street lights, etc.
• provide walking to those who have no access to manageable surfaces, wheelchair users, buggies, etc.
• providing links to local community groups that enhance wellbeing, e.g. men’s sheds, inactive women and ethnic minority communities

IRFU will offer pots of funding to clubs for work on walking tracks in lots of up to10k to 20k depending on the scope of the work and the benefits to the local community.

Click HERE to find out more and apply