Active and Fit Commission on Sport Grant Competition 2009

Physical fitness and functional capacity naturally decrease as people become more advanced in their years. With the ageing process progressing, they develop mobility restrictions and consequently start suffering from various problems. Hence, in this 2009 grant session entitled "Active and Fit" UBC Commission on Sport wishes to promote and award projects which offer rehabilitation opportunities to elderly people with mobility restrictions and thus propagate physical activity among elderly people.

While distributing grants, the UBC Commission wishes to award those projects which offer (1) rehabilitation activities targeted at increasing the mobility of the elderly, (2) promote sport and physical activity as a rehabilitation tool, (3) encourage elderly people to keep physically active and to practise sports on a regular basis as well as (4) increase functional capacity of elderly people. "Active and Fit" grants are addressed exclusively to UBC member cities and they are aimed at awarding projects offering rehabilitation activities for elderly people. The projects should be realised between 1 October 2009 - 31 March 2010. The awarded grant may cover any expenses related to the project implementation, preferably it should cover costs of rehabilitation activities targeted at enhancing the mobility of the elderly.