The Ministry of Health has welcomed Sport New Zealand’s new $68 million Tū Manawa fund for community led play, active recreation and sport.
The new fund will enable initiatives that will support and grow the mental wellbeing for individuals, families and whānau and communities to adapt and thrive after their lives have been disrupted by COVID-19.
Tū Manawa, which opens today, will fund new or existing projects or programmes for tamariki and rangatahi. In its first year the fund is focused on high deprivation communities, where physical activity levels have been impacted by COVID-19.
Physical activity is important for both physical and mental health, and in organised forms plays an important role in bring communities together.