25th January, 2021
Sport NI launch the Athlete Award Programme 2021-22, the programme will be open for applications from 25 01 2021. The Athlete Award programme investment aims to enable athletes to train in order to maximise their potential. The Athlete Award Programme has a budget of £300,000, with three categories of annual awards: £1,500, £3,000…Continue reading this article →
25th January, 2021
What is the Governing Body Support Programme? This Governing Body Support Programme has been developed as part of Sport Northern Ireland’s (Sport NI) response to the Covid-19 pandemic through its ‘Supporting Sport to Build Back Better’ initiative, funded by the National Lottery. The Programme will provide an investment opportunity for Recognised Governing Bodies to enable…Continue reading this article →
7th January, 2021
A Re-Boot for sport Sport NI launches £5m National Lottery investment: Supporting Sport to Build Back Better, starting with Project Re-Boot: 7th JANUARY 2021: Sport NI’s ‘Supporting Sport to Build Back Better’ programme has been launched to strengthen the sports sector as we emerge from COVID19. Now, more than ever, the sporting sector is…Continue reading this article →
7th January, 2021
Project Re:Boot Sport NI is delighted to announce Project Re-boot as part of the initiative ‘Supporting Sport to Build Back Better.’ Background: Sport NI’s Clubs Survey Report identified key areas for support including membership, volunteers and coach development, governance, finance and facilities. The addition of COVID-19 has amplified a number of these issues and so,…Continue reading this article →
18th December, 2020
COVID Safe Sport Pack Thursday 17th December 2020 Sport NI, in partnership with the Department for Communities, will today reopen the COVID Safe Sport Pack Programme for expressions of interest from eligible organisations who have not previously applied to receive a pack. The programme aims to assist Sports organisations with their management of the ease of lockdown and a safe…Continue reading this article →
15th December, 2020
Sport NI along with our partner’s in all 11 councils have completed the fourth year of the Every Body Active 2020 programme. The following report takes the opportunity to not only demonstrate the success of the programme in terms of the number of participants involved but to show the impact that participation has on those…Continue reading this article →
10th December, 2020
Click here to #TellYourStory The five Sports Councils have made two important appointments as part of the next steps of The Tackling Racism and Racial Inequality in Sport initiative. The Chief Executives of Sport Northern Ireland, UK Sport, Sport England, Sport Scotland, and Sport Wales have joined forces to tackle racism and racial inequalities across their…Continue reading this article →
4th December, 2020
Today (Friday 4th December 2020) Sport NI opens the £25M Sports Sustainability Fund. The fund is designed to help governing bodies of sport and clubs who have been financially impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Sport NI CEO, Antoinette McKeown said ‘’The Sports Sustainability Fund is critical to ensure the survival of sports in financial…Continue reading this article →
4th December, 2020
Sport NI has been on a journey of transformation during the past few years and we remain indebted to the sports sector and partners for their continued engagement with us on our culture and strategy journey so far. We are now appointing four exciting new Executive Leadership posts to a new Executive Leadership Team. This…Continue reading this article →
1st December, 2020
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 our strategic response has the…Continue reading this article →
