Monday October 5th 2026
MFH Grant Fund event on September 30th
Written by Midlothian View Reporter, Liam Eunson
Eight organisations will receive funding through the new Movement for Health Grant Fund, supporting projects designed to help people living with, or at risk of, health conditions to find meaningful ways to move that suit them and their conditions.
Movement for Health (MfH) has announced the eight successful organisations receiving a share of £300,000 through its new Grant Fund, which will support 10 projects delivering physical activity opportunities across Scotland.
The Fund, supported by the Scottish Government’s Summer of Sport Investment, was open to Movement for Health member organisations directly delivering physical activity opportunities and aims to support people who are least active living with health conditions. Funded projects must also benefit people living in areas within the most deprived SIMD (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation) deciles 1–3 and provide preventative health measures for those who are most at risk of health conditions in the future.
The successful organisations are:
– Age Scotland
– Arthritis UK
– Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
– MS Society
– Parkinson’s UK
– Scottish Action for Mental Health
– Scottish Disability Sport
– Walking Scotland
The funded projects represent a range of approaches to supporting people to become more physically active, with organisations working directly with communities affected by long-term conditions and other barriers to physical activity.
The Grant Fund will run through to 31 March 2027, with funded organisations delivering their projects and sharing learning during this period.
Minister for Mental Wellbeing, Public Health, Sport, Alcohol and Drugs Maree Todd MSP:
“I’m very pleased that our Summer of Sport investment is supporting Movement for Health and its member organisations to deliver projects that will make a real difference to people across Scotland.
“Everyone should have the opportunity to experience the benefits of being active, and this funding will help reach those facing the greatest barriers to physical activity, including people living with health conditions and those in our most deprived communities.
“By providing safe, accessible and enjoyable opportunities to be active, these projects will help more people to move more often, improving their health and wellbeing.”
This announcement was marked by a Grant Fund Launch & Networking Event at the Edinburgh Futures Institute on Wednesday 30th September. The event brought together representatives from the benefitting organisations, Mov, partners and other invited guests to celebrate the funded projects, share ideas and experiences, and explore opportunities for collaboration.
Emma Anderson, Programme Manager, Movement for Health
“Movement for Health has championed the voices of people living with health conditions across Scotland since 2020. Movement looks different for everyone and can be challenging for people living with health conditions, whose symptoms can often get in the way of them benefitting from physical activity.
This is a pinch me moment, to be able to concentrate funding to our member organisations, to benefit the least active, this is what we want to be able to offer more of in the future.”
The Grant Fund forms part of Movement for Health’s commitment to supporting people’s rights to find accessible, safe and joyful ways to be physically active. Regardless of circumstance, conditions, and symptoms.
Graham Baker, Director of the Physical Activity for Health Research Centre (PAHRC), University of Edinburgh
“Our vision in the Physical Activity for Health Research Centre (PAHRC), host of Movement for Health, is to support people in Scotland to be more active for improved health and well-being. The Movement for Health Grant Fund is a fantastic initiative that directly aligns with this, working with charitable organisations to empower people to find meaningful movement in their everyday lives. Initiatives like this, are an essential step towards making real improvements to people’s well-being and tackling the health inequalities that we see in Scotland. “
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