19th March, 2021
Sport NI welcomes the pending announcement, from the Executive Office tonight, on the first cautious steps towards a return to outdoor sport, which may progress to groups training outdoors on 12 April. The pending announcement also includes a return to specified elite competition. Following the Executive Office announcement Sport NI and Department for Communities…Continue reading this article →
12th March, 2021
Supporting Sport to Build Back Better: Business Capability Support Sport NI is committed to supporting national governing bodies of sport (NGBs), sports clubs and other bodies (funded and unfunded). It understands that many clubs and organisations will require support and wishes to contribute to their recovery and to help them to re-start and build back…Continue reading this article →
10th March, 2021
The Department for Communities (DfC) has launched a competition to appoint three Members to the Board of Sport NI. This is an open competition and applications are welcome from a wide range of people with an interest in public service. Applications from women, ethnic minorities, young people and people with disabilities are particularly welcome. Click…Continue reading this article →
4th March, 2021
Today, Sport NI is delighted to confirm that over £10 million has been committed through the Sports Sustainability Fund Programme, to those successful sports in the first group, with up to a further £15M still to be awarded to successful applicants. The Sports Sustainability Fund is designed to provide much needed support to alleviate…Continue reading this article →
3rd March, 2021
Sports Sustainability Fund Awards List Governing Body No. of clubs included Requested Amount Approved Amount 2 & 4 Wheels Motorsport Steering Group 9 £227,245 £227,268 American Football Ireland 1 £4,027 £9,652 Archery NI 0 £2,797 £2,797 Association Irish Indoor Bowls 2 £45,706 £43,540 Athletics NI 6 £225,631 £225,631 Basketball NI 3 £71,681 £51,015 British Gymnastics…Continue reading this article →
25th February, 2021
Sport NI has appointed a new Chief Operating Officer and a new Director of Sport. These new strategic roles are part of the transformation programme within Sport NI. As Chief Operating Officer, Adrian Doherty is a long-standing senior official in the NI civil service with extensive experience in Finance and Governance. Adrian joined Sport NI…Continue reading this article →
25th February, 2021
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25th February, 2021
Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has announced that the first funding awards from the £25M Sports Sustainability Fund have issued. The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has caused significant financial hardship for the sports sector and this fund was co-designed with the Sporting Codes to help mitigate against the net losses that the sector has suffered. The Minister…Continue reading this article →
16th February, 2021
What is the Young Person’s Sport Panel? The Sport NI Young Person’s Sport Panel aims to give a voice to young people, who are passionate about youth representation and sport, and want to make sure that young people have a voice in influencing how Sport NI and the sporting sector delivers the best sporting opportunities…Continue reading this article →
15th February, 2021
What is it all about? Sport Northern Ireland is now establishing a celebrating diversity consultative of sports panel, to represent and hear the lived experiences, views and creative ideas of under-represented groups; to inform and enhance the work of sport Northern Ireland to improve the sporting system. The panel members will represent and provide a…Continue reading this article →
