AQW 42766/11-15 Written question to the Minister for Social Development
To ask the Minister for Social Development to detail the funding allocated to each volunteer centre in Northern Ireland by the Volunteer Bureau Initiative, since 2012, broken down by centre.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 24 February 2015
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 24 February 2015
- Answer due by
- 11 March 2015
- Answered
- 3 March 20157 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Following an evaluation of Volunteer Bureaux Initiative new arrangements were developed to support volunteering infrastructure across Northern Ireland and the Volunteer Bureaux Initiative ceased to exist on 30 September 2013.
The requested information is only available by financial year and includes funding for Small Grants.
| Funding Programme Title | Organisation Name | Grant Award Amount |
| Volunteer Bureaux Initiative 2012 - 2013 | Causeway Volunteer Centre | £75,778.40 |
| Volunteer Bureaux Initiative 2012 - 2013 | Cookstown & Magherafelt Volunteer Centre | £71,244.00 |
| Volunteer Bureaux Initiative 2012 - 2013 | Craigavon and Banbridge Volunteer Centre | £74,335.00 |
| Volunteer Bureaux Initiative 2012 - 2013 | Limavady Volunteer Centre | £62,744.00 |
| Volunteer Bureaux Initiative 2012 - 2013 | North West Volunteer Centre | £131,295.00 |
| Volunteer Bureaux Initiative 2012 - 2013 | Omagh Volunteer Centre | £60,808.20 |
| Volunteer Bureaux Initiative 2012 - 2013 | Volunteer Now | £992,420.87 |
| £1,468,625.47 |