Down District Sports Development
Archived
Health, wellbeing and sport
Sport and physical recreation
Newry, Mourne and Down
Micro (up to £1,000)
Small (up to £10,000)
Overview
Down District Council’s sports development activities are concerned in the main with the improvement in the provision of opportunity to take part in sport through enabling the provision of facilities, the availability of trained people and the provision of programmes of activity.
This they aim to achieve through local Community Sports Clubs and organisations.
The Sports development section does not run participation events opting rather to empower those Sports Clubs.
The section has three main grant giving programmes:
- Grants to Community Sports Clubs (Capital build)
- Assistance to Sports Clubs and Individuals for Training and traveling (Elite performer level)
- Policy of Recognition (Elite performer level)