Golf & healthy-living grants
March 18, 2009
British golf clubs in coalfields areas should look at the current call for applications from the Coalfields Regeneration Trust. £10,000 grants are available now for projects that encourage healthier life styles, such as taking-up active leisure pursuits. Some Councils, e.g. Wigan, already work in partnership with their local health authority & golf clubs. Doctors in [...]
Does golf “squander” European Union grant aid?
April 25, 2008
Last year, for the thirteenth consecutive year, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) refused to approve the previous year’s European Union (EU) expenditure. Part of the ECA 2007 report identified golf as a problem area; hence press headlines such as “EU farm aid squandered on golf clubs” (Accountancy Age, 14/11/2007) and comments that “a still [...]