UK Community Renewal Fund: Northern Ireland
(asked on 17th January 2025) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government which organisations in Northern Ireland have benefited from the £12 million of investment under the Community Renewal Fund.
The Community Renewal Fund is now closed. Details of the 31 projects funded by the Community Renewal Fund in Northern Ireland are available at: UK Community Renewal Fund: successful and unsuccessful bids - GOV.UK. Please note Extern Works North West project withdrew and did not receive funding.
On 8 March 2024 the previous administration confirmed that the £30 million reserved for Northern Ireland as part of round 3 of the Levelling Up Fund formed part of the UK Government’s financial package for the restored Northern Ireland Executive, increasing the spending power available to the Executive and allowing it to invest against its own priorities.
The Department will continue to work closely with projects and places in Northern Ireland that were awarded a total of £120 million across the first two rounds of the fund.
My Department works collaboratively with strategic and delivery partners and Northern Ireland Executive departments to ensure that the UK Shared Prosperity Fund programme is investing in local needs and priorities. We have supported 43 impactful projects to date in Northern Ireland, kickstarting economic growth and breaking down barriers to opportunity through a range of investments detailed at this link : UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Northern Ireland project information - GOV.UK.
Local council-led projects funded under the communities and place strand of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund are set out below:
- COMMUNITIES & PLACE
- Green Spaces Projects 2022-2023
Project Name | Project Lead |
The Kings Garden Project | Antrim and Newtownabbey |
De Wind Drive Playground | Ards and North Down |
Capital Play Development Programme | Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon |
Access to community gardens on the Upsurge demonstration site and Loughside Park Trim Trail | Belfast City |
Green Spaces Amenity Programme | Causeway Coast and Glens |
Strathfoyle Greenway | Derry City and Strabane |
Refurbishment at Killyfole Lough | Fermanagh and Omagh |
LCCC Green Space Development | Lisburn and Castlereagh |
Park Improvement Project | Mid and East Antrim |
Drumcairne and Derrynoyd Forest Development | Mid Ulster |
The Fallows Trial – Phase 2 | Newry, Mourne and Down |
- Communities & Place Locally Determined Projects 2024-2025
Project Name | Project Lead |
Thrive Together: Communities & Place Programme | Antrim and Newtownabbey |
Creating positive outcomes for our communities and places | Ards and North Down |
Banbridge Public Realm | Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon |
Improvement & Development Programme | Belfast City |
Red Bay Pier project | Causeway Coast and Glens |
Stradhowen Greenway and Ballynagard Play and community allotments | Derry City and Strabane |
FODC Community Infrastructure programme | Fermanagh and Omagh |
Lisburn CC refurbishment & community development programme | Lisburn and Castlereagh |
Waveney Community Centre | Mid and East Antrim |
Building Civic Pride of Place in Mid Ulster | Mid Ulster |
Fostering Community Spirit, Enhancing Local Pride through Events and Open Space Revitalisation | Newry, Mourne and Down |