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SportNI: Sustainability Fund

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

This fund will:

  • Minimise the financial stress on the sports sector due to lost income as a result of COVID-19 lockdown and ongoing restrictions so as to sustain the sector.
  • Enable Governing Bodies and clubs to plan and prepare to increase opportunities for participation in sport, recreation and community use following the end of COVID-19 restrictions.

What Organisations are Eligible to Apply?

  • The Sports Sustainability Fund will only accept applications from a Recognised* governing body of sport.
  • Clubs should apply through their governing body. Sport NI will not accept applications directly from clubs.
  • *Recognised by Sport NI – meaning that the governing body is named on the UK Recognition list, per the UK Recognition policy as implemented by the UK Sports Councils.
  • If you are not a Recognised governing body and have not submitted a pre-application for Recognition before the 4th December 2020, you will not be eligible to apply for this fund.

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