AQW 29916/17-22


Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry


Tabled Date: 17/02/2022
Answered On Date: 02/03/2022
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the support provided by her Department to the Vale Centre and the Greysteel Community Centre.


Answer:
Between 2007 and 2020 the Greysteel Community Centre has been awarded £757,765 in grant funding from the Department and Sport NI for a number of projects and initiatives. Details are set out in the following table:
Fiscal Year
Type
Fund
Programme
Grant Amount
2007
Capital
Lottery
Building Sport
558,167
2007
Revenue
Lottery
Building Sport
102,000
2011
Revenue
Exchequer
Awards For Sport
5,500
2014
Capital
Exchequer
Disability Sport NI Inclusive Sport Facilities
43,118
2014
Revenue
Lottery
Active Awards for Sport
10,000
2019
Capital
Exchequer
Business Case Investment
17,990
2020
Revenue
Exchequer
Sports Hardship Fund
2,000
2020
Capital
Exchequer
Business Case Investment
17,990
2020
Revenue
Exchequer
Sports Hardship Fund
1,000
Total
£757,765
In addition, the Vale Centre received an Automated External Defibrillator and associated training from Sport NI, valued at approximately £700, in 2019.
More recently officials from my Department and Sport NI met with representatives of the Vale Centre on 23 July 2021 via Zoom to hear about the future plans for the centre.  Details of potential funding opportunities were shared during that meeting.