Football: Finance
(asked on 7th February 2023) - View Source
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which football clubs have benefited from the Multi-Sports Grassroots Facilities Investment Fund from the Irish Football Association and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), and how much each successful applicant has secured.
Answered by
Stuart Andrew
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
In 2021/22, the Irish Football Association invested £700,000 of DCMS funding via the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme. This went towards 26 projects across Northern Ireland, selected for their ability to drive increased participation, with a particular focus on improved facilities in deprived areas, supporting multi-sport use and facilitating use by currently under-represented groups. These are shown in the following table, as published on gov.uk on 25 March 2022.
Recipient | Local authority | Funding granted |
Ballyvea Football Club Ltd | Newry, Mourne and Down | £30,000.00 |
Dungiven Celtic Youth Football Club | Derry City and Strabane | £28,554.00 |
Newcastle Football Club | Newry, Mourne and Down | £30,000.00 |
Greenisland Football Club | Mid and East Antrim | £30,000.00 |
Abbey Villa Football Club | Ards and North Down | £25,000.00 |
Comber Rec FC | Ards and North Down | £29,978.00 |
NFC Kesh | Fermanagh and Omagh | £29,904.00 |
Belfast Celtic CIC | Belfast City | £25,936.00 |
Fivemiletown United Football Club | Mid Ulster | £27,950.00 |
Craigavon City Football Club | Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | £21,840.00 |
Shorts Football Club | Belfast City | £29,250.00 |
Enniskillen Rangers Football Club | Fermanagh and Omagh | £20,486.28 |
Beragh Swifts Community Group | Fermanagh and Omagh | £28,296.00 |
Crewe United FC | Lisburn and Castlereagh | £30,000.00 |
Dromore Amateurs Football Club | Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | £30,000.00 |
Lisburn Rangers Football Club | Lisburn and Castlereagh | £29,375.00 |
Dromara Village Football Club | Lisburn and Castlereagh | £19,270.00 |
Rathfriland Football Club | Newry, Mourne and Down | £30,000.00 |
Caledon Rovers Football Club | Mid Ulster | £17,527.00 |
Oxford Sunnyside FC | Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | £30,000.00 |
Mountjoy United Football Club | Fermanagh and Omagh | £25,016.53 |
Crumlin United Football Club | Antrim and Newtownabbey | £24,150.00 |
Kilmore Rec. FC | Newry, Mourne and Down | £29,595.00 |
Saintfield United Football Club | Newry, Mourne and Down | £30,000.00 |
Orangefield Old Boys Football Club | Belfast City | £29,768.00 |
Ardstraw Football Club | Derry City and Strabane | £18,100.00 |
Projects receiving funding in 2022/23 under the programme will be confirmed in due course.