We are delighted with Minister Carál Ní Chuilín’s announcement (29 October 2020) of a fund of £15 million, which has been made available by the NI Executive to help the sports sector deal with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, which will be administered by Sport NI. We recognise that the sports sector are eager to find out about the details of the funding and we assure you that Sport NI are working through the methodologies for administration of the fund as a priority. Our focus to is support the sporting sector, and to ensure our sector is as informed as you can be, and so we will be holding a briefing session with all governing bodies of sport next week, at 1pm on 11th November 2020 via Zoom.
For further details of Minister Ní Chuilín’s announcement (29 October 2020), click here.
For any media queries please email Ali Campbell, Executive Unit Manager, alicampbell@sportni.net or call on 07703328346