THE legacy of 2012 lives on as Dorset is awarded more than £300,000 in health and wellbeing funds.

Dorset County Council’s ‘Inspired by 2012′ Health and Wellbeing Legacy Fund has awarded just over £306,000 to 25 community health and wellbeing projects across Dorset.

Some of the recipients of the funding are No Limits Bridport who received £7,392, Future Roots in West Dorset got £9,926 and Cowden Care Farm which covers West Dorset, Weymouth and Portland received £10,000.

Dorset Sports and Wellbeing Festival received £20,000, as the county council looks to build on the legacy of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Chairman of the funding panel, Dorset County Council Joint Commissioning Manager, Christopher Scally said: "It’s great news that we are now able to provide grant funding that will help remind people of the superb 2012 Olympics and hopefully inspire them to get out there and do something.

“At the first panel meeting we considered a wide variety of applications showing that there's a lot of organisations in Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole that contribute to the health of our residents in all sorts of ways. This time we managed to fund 25 of them and we are looking to fund more projects in 2015, to learn from all of them and then to use what we've learnt to inform future investments."

No Limits Bridport will offer regular dance and fitness sessions for adults with learning and physical disabilities in West Dorset.

Anna Golding, Project Manager and Dance Leader, said: "The Legacy Fund will give us the security and support we need to be ambitious in our aspirations for people accessing No Limits Bridport over the next two years and beyond."

There will be two more rounds of funding applications being accepted, one in December – January and one from June – July. To apply visit dorsetforyou/legacyfund or by calling Dave Franks on 01305 224855 or Chris Skinner on 01305 228580.