Cash boost for Grampian Cardiac charity
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A north-east charity will receive funding from Aberdeenshire Council to assist people living in the Marr area with long-term health conditions.
Grampian Cardiac Rehabilitation Association (GCRA) made an application to the Aberdeenshire Charities Trust.
The charity applied for £569.39 to buy equipment for its exercise classes.
GCRA said that the new equipment would be used in weekly community-based exercise classes for older people with cardiac and other long-term health conditions.
The new items will be bought specifically for its Huntly exercise class held at the Linden Centre and its Alford class at Tullynessle and Forbes Public Hall.
GCRA runs classes for those with conditions including arthritis, osteoporosis, back and joint pain, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and obesity.
The charity has expressed a desire to bring equipment back to classes now that Covid restrictions have been relaxed.
It is hoped that the items will help instructors to increase the range of exercises during classes with an aim to eventually improve the strength and mobility of those attending.
As each class has capacity for 20 people per week the new equipment could benefit up to 40 people in the Marr area.
The application was considered by the Marr area committee earlier this week.
Councillor Geva Blackett said: “I think it’s a great project and I for one would be very happy to support it.”
The application was then unanimously approved by the committee.
Lumphanan Paths Group applied for up to £2000 to buy a flair topper mower to enable them to maintain the village’s path network.
The new mower will allow the group to continue with path maintenance at speed and free up its members and volunteers.
It is hoped that the time saved will allow the group’s volunteers to learn new skills such as repairing walls and fences.
Since it was created in 2018 the group has cleared, re-established, mapped and waymarked over 16 kilometres of paths around Lumphanan.
They were awarded £1200 from the small grants fund as this equated to one third of what was in the overall fund with the rest being split with The Movement Bothy in Banchory and Banchory trampoline club.
