AQW 4251/17-22

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 22/05/2020
Answered On Date: 03/06/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health whether he intends to delay the Open Call for funding applications to the Core Grant Programme 2021-22, given the time lost by charities and voluntary organisations, in relation to project planning and development, while they reconfigured their services during this pandemic.

Answer:

The Department of Health currently has no plans to delay the introduction of the Open Call for applications for core grant to voluntary and community sector organisations in 2021/22. However, this will be kept under review.