{"id":674080,"date":"2026-01-13T13:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T13:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/674080\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T13:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T13:40:13","slug":"nhs-funds-football-pitch-to-help-boost-island-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/674080\/","title":{"rendered":"NHS funds football pitch to help boost island health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A football club in the Isle of Lewis has started turning an overgrown area into a new training pitch with funding from NHS Western Isles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Carloway Football Club said the green space, next to its main pitch, would be used for team exercises and community activities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The health board said \u00a322,000 in capital grant funding would help to provide a &#8220;safe and accessible&#8221; place for people of all ages.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The club said the upgraded facility would benefit junior and senior teams, including a new over 40s side.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NHS Western Isles chief executive Gordon Jamieson said encouraging physical activity was key to &#8220;improving health and wellbeing&#8221; in the Western Isles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The grant money is separate from the health board&#8217;s core funding for staff and patient care.<\/p>\n<p>Related internet links<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A football club in the Isle of Lewis has started turning an overgrown area into a new training&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[98205,7,22638,98206,98204],"class_list":{"0":"post-674080","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-carloway-football-club","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-football-club","11":"tag-gordon-jamieson","12":"tag-nhs-western-isles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115888077341335190","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=674080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}