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Bologna: €500,000 to support amateur sports associations and clubs
Bologna City Council, on the proposal of the Alderman for sport Matteo Lepore, approved a public notice to support amateur sports associations and clubs and the activities and the expenses incurred following the health emergency. Applications for grants can be submitted until 12pm on December 21, 2020.
The available resources are €500,000. These are financial resources made available by the Emilia-Romagna Region, following the approval of the ranking relating to “sport vouchers”, with a budget of €200,000, and further €300,000 by the Municipality of Bologna.
“This public notice is a direct support that we have put in place in favor of the sports in Bologna”, says Alderman Lepore. “We had long talks with sports promotion bodies and sports clubs to understand what would be the best way to support Bologna’s sports, and this is the result.”
This financial help is for the amateur sports associations and clubs registered with Coni and with registered offices in Bologna, or which carry out activities in the territory of the municipality of Bologna. It can be used and for the purchase of personal safety devices, products, tools and equipment or services for pandemic containment.
The Municipality of Bologna has already extended the suspension of payments by the sports clubs that manage the school gyms until March 31, 2021. The managers of public sports facilities will also continue to receive their fees from the Municipality until January 31, 2021.
The latest provision in chronological order are the sports vouchers issued to families with medium-low income and who have incurred the costs of enrolling their children in courses, activities and sports championships, thus avoiding in this period of health emergency the lack of motor and sports practice of minors between the ages of 6 and 16 and young people with disabilities between the ages of 6 and 26.
The Municipality of Bologna has collected information on the health emergency linked to the coronavirus, the correct behaviors to protect ourselves and others, the economic measures, the measures to protect health on this website.
