Like many organisations, Sport NI is prioritising environmental sustainability. We want to empower positive change within the sports sector and we want to lead by example, by reviewing our own environmental performance and reducing our environmental impact.
Sport is enjoyed by thousands of participants and fans across Northern Ireland. It delivers significant social and economic value through improved health and wellbeing, it connects communities, and supports economic growth. Our built and natural environments provide the spaces and places for our sports clubs to facilitate sport and physical activity, but climate change and wider environmental degradation present a real threat to our way of life and to the sports sector.
In response we have created an Environmental Sustainability Survey to capture perspectives of sports clubs around positive environmental action in sport. Whether you’re already acting or just starting to think about it, all views are welcome. We’d love to learn about what you’re already doing to reduce your environmental impact, the biggest opportunities, and the challenges that exist to implementing positive change.
Sport NI’s Environmental Sustainability Survey is open and takes just 10 minutes to complete. We want to learn more about how we can work with your sports club to help make your club more environmentally sustainable.
Complete the survey, visit bit.ly/EnvironmentalSustainabilitySurvey. If you have any questions, you can contact us at infrastructure@sportni.net
Renewable Energy Fund (Pilot Programme)
Sport NI ran an invitation for applicants (which is now closed) for a Renewable Energy Fund for sports clubs. The objective of this programme is to reduce the environmental impact of sports clubs in Northern Ireland.
However, the Fund will also provide insight to Sport Northern Ireland on the types of energy interventions that can have the greatest impact on sports clubs and will help us to shape future rounds of the Renewable Energy Fund (subject to budget availability).
Any project selected to participate in the pilot programme, will have to provide energy performance and financial data to Sport NI.
Sport Environment and Sports Coalition Resource Hub
The Sport Environment and Climate Coalition (SECC) is a collaboration between organisations in the sport, recreation, and physical activity sector to lead and coordinate the sector’s efforts on climate change and environmental sustainability.
The group, including ourselves, harnesses the sector’s collective resources to help reduce the environmental impact of sport, recreation and physical activity and contribute to the UK’s transition to net zero.
This hub brings together the most relevant knowledge on sports sustainability with practical documents and resources that can be used to affect meaningful change.
Access the hub HERE.
