AQW 22263/22-27

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 10/02/2025
Answered On Date: 25/03/2025
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the funding stream within his Department that the network of Men’s Sheds can apply to in 2025-26 to cover their core operating costs.

Answer:

Community Empowerment Division provide funding of approx. £10k per annum to one men’s shed project, located in Ballymena. Subject to progression of the People & Place review process, there are no new funding opportunities available for the network of Men’s Sheds in 2025-26.