AQW 43194/11-15 Written question to the Minister for Social Development

To ask the Minister for Social Development, pursuant to AQW 42769/11-15, to detail the arrangement for administering revenue core funding to Volunteer Centres in Northern Ireland, since 2013.

Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 4 March 2015

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Tabled
4 March 2015
Answer due by
20 March 2015
Answered
11 March 20157 days after tabling
Department
Department for Communities
Priority question
No

Answer

New arrangements to support volunteering infrastructure organisations have been in place since 1 October 2013 providing support to seven volunteering infrastructure organisations in Northern Ireland.

The table provides detail on the level of support provided since 1 October 2013.

1/10/2013 -31/03/2014
Organisation NameGrant Award Amount
Causeway Volunteer Centre£25,000.00
Cookstown & Magherafelt Volunteer Centre£21,062.00
Craigavon and Banbridge Volunteer Centre£20,548.65
Limavady Volunteer Centre£22,956.65
North West Volunteer Centre£28,334.00
Omagh Volunteer Centre£19,385.52
Volunteer Now£111,349.00
Volunteer Now£188,304.97
£436,940.79
1/04/2014 -31/03/2015
Organisation NameGrant Award Amount
Causeway Volunteer Centre£40,000.00
Cookstown & Magherafelt Volunteer Centre£43,938.00
Craigavon and Banbridge Volunteer Centre£39,451.35
Limavady Volunteer Centre£37,043.35
North West Volunteer Centre£58,666.00
Omagh Volunteer Centre£40,614.48
Volunteer Now£401,695.03
£661,408.21

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