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Sport NI: Supporting Sport to Build Back Better Programme

Archived COVID-19/Coronavirus Health, wellbeing and sport Sport and physical recreation Antrim & Newtownabbey Ards & North Down Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Belfast City Causeway Coast and Glens Derry City and Strabane Fermanagh and Omagh Lisburn and Castlereagh Mid and East Antrim Mid Ulster Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland

Overview

Sport NI believes that there is a clear need for a long term strategic response to the impact of Covid 19 on sport across Northern Ireland. Intervention is needed over the next few years to improve the resilience and capability of the sporting system here. In order to ensure that their strategic response has the appropriate focus Sport NI engaged in a consultation on their thinking about ways to Support Sports to Build Back Better. A report that identifies the headlines from the feedback gathered and analysis of responses is available here

This progarmme has a number of strands

Programme Strands

CAPABILITY

People Development:

Supporting clubs to develop a high quality experience for participant, parents, coaches and those who manage the club

Launch January 2021

Business Development:

To provide capability building in business related operations such as strategic and financial planning, risk and crisis management.

Launch January 2021

Mental Health & Well-being

Providing capacity and capability to raise mental health awareness, support services and resources

Launch January 2021

Connectivity

To help maximize use of the digital space to connect governing bodies to clubs their members and volunteers

Launch January 2021

INNOVATION & PARTNERSHIP

Project Reboot

Development of an open grant programme to enable clubs to bring forward innovative project proposals for funding with opportunities to deliver the desired outcomes through partnering and collaboration

Launch January 2021

EXTENSION OF THE SPORTING CLUBS PROGRAMME

Sporting Clubs Year 5

A one year extension to the Sporting Clubs Programme to provide grant support to Governing Bodies to manage club membership fluctuations following the pandemic

Indicative letters of offer issued November 2020. Programme to start April 2021

SUPPORT FOR GOVERNING BODIES

Governing Body Support

A one year programme allowing sports not currently supported through either Sporting Clubs or Sporting Winners to access funding during 2021/22

Launch January 2021. Programme to begin April 2021

For more information as it becomes available, click here