Your School Your Club is an initiative to help promote community use of school sports facilities. The opening of the school sports estate to community and club use will have a major impact on the provision of sports facilities throughout Northern Ireland.
Your School Your Club seeks to develop strategic partnerships in order to revitalise existing sports facilities or to develop new/additional provision. The Your School Your Club Steering Group is governed by the Department for Communities (DfC); current membership includes DfC, Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), District Councils, Department for Education (DE), Education Authority (EA) and Sport Northern Ireland.
If you have a query, please email: yourschoolyourclub@sportni.net
Please see case studies below of how the Your School Your Club investment has benefitted several communities:
Hazelwood Integrated College
The project at Hazelwood Integrated College was to upgrade their sports hall to help with improving the facility for an anchor club to meet league standards. As part of the Expression of Interest Hazelwood Integrated College partnered with Hazelwood Hawks Basketball Club who will be the anchor tenant at the facility.
The College always had a great relation with Hazelwood Hawks Basketball Club and regularly hired out the facility for training. The upgrade to the facility at the school has enhanced the relationship further and allows them to play league matches at the venue.
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Rathfriland High School
The project at Rathfriland High School was to upgrade the current tennis provision. As part of this Expression of Interest Rathfriland High School partnered with Rathfriland Tennis Club who will be the anchor tenant at the facility.
Rathfriland High School are already committed to opening their school sport provision outside of core school hours. The school currently have a service level agreement with Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council to hire out their 88m x 53m 3g synthetic soccer pitch that local sports club’s avail of throughout the year.
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Our Lady Grammar School
The project at Our Lady’s Grammar School Newry was for the creation of a new 36m x 36m x 9.5m double skin tennis bubble that contained two synthetic tennis courts and an access ramp from Newry Leisure Centre. This project was in partnership with Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMDDC).
NMDDC partnered with Our Lady’s Grammar School to enhance their tennis provision at the school. The original four tennis courts were beyond repair and therefore this facility was not able to accommodate Tennis.
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