AQW 7122/22-27
Mr Peter McReynolds
Alliance Party
East Belfast
Tabled Date: 21/02/2024
Answered On Date: 05/03/2024
Priority Written: No
Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the grants for community festivals in the last three years.
Answer:
My Department’s funding to the Community Festivals Fund in the last three years is as follows: 2020/21* | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | - | £369k | £369k |
*No funding was allocated in this financial year due to the pandemic. Further DfC funding has been provided directly by the Belfast Regeneration Directorate to the following festivals in the last three years: Name of Event | Date of Event | Amount | Orangefest | 1/4/20 – 31/3/21 | £40,763 | Orangefest | 1/4/21 – 31/3/22 | £40,700 | Orangefest | 1/4/22 – 31/3/23 | £40,700 | NI Science Festival | 18/2/21 – 28/2/21 | £9,000 | Young at Art’s Belfast Childrens Festival | 5/3/21 – 14/3/21 | £10,000 |
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