Ogi is helping people take time away from screens, giving community groups across south Wales a boost with £5,000 grants to help run new projects this summer focused on wellbeing, inclusion and community engagement.
The funds will allow people to engage in activities that help “digitally detox”, from puzzle libraries to mixed-ability rugby, spending more time in person together.
Backed by the new grants, grassroots organisations will run new projects this summer focused on wellbeing, inclusion and community engagement.
The getting offline theme, launched earlier in the year, celebrates simple, everyday ways to slow down and feel more present – whether that’s through a community picnic, sport or learning something new.
Projects include Scout camping trips, BBQs for veterans, social breakfasts and a nature-based well-being programme, all helping to ease loneliness, build confidence and bring people together in real life.
Among those receiving a grant is the Pembrokeshire Vikings – a mixed-ability rugby team led by former Scarlets and Ospreys prop Simon Gardiner, whose grant will go towards a west Wales inclusive sports day, giving local children the chance to try out adapted sports for the first time.
Sarah Vining, Ogi’s Brand Marketing Director said: “We set up Cefnogi to support the things already happening in our communities – and this round of projects show off the creativity we have in abundance right across south Wales.
“Whether it’s through sport, getting together for breakfast, puzzle swaps or outdoor therapy, they are all about feeling part of something.”
