City leaders have approved grant funding for a city centre events programme to help get people active and address “health inequalities” on Wearside. This week, Sunderland City Council’s ruling cabinet gave the green light to accept and then award a grant of £70,000 which will help support a range of free events with a health focus.
The cash came from NHS Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), with senior councillors agreeing to award the grant to Sunderland Business Improvement District (BID). According to a report prepared for cabinet, planned events will be “targeted to address some of the health inequalities that exist in Sunderland”.
The aim of the programme includes “raising confidence levels in a post-pandemic Sunderland by proactively encouraging participants from the most deprived areas to get involved.” A key focus of the events programme would be improved health and wellbeing and education on healthy eating options and exercise.
