AQW 43700/11-15 Written question to the First Minister and deputy First Minister
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail the funding allocated to the Minority Ethnic Development Fund in 2013/14; and for a breakdown of its distribution.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 13 March 2015
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 13 March 2015
- Answer due by
- 31 March 2015
- Answered
- 31 March 201518 days after tabling
- Department
- The Executive Office
- Priority question
- No
Answer
£1.2m was allocated to the Minority Ethnic Development Fund in 2013/14. Letters of Offer were issued to the organisations in the table below.
| 2013-14 | |
| ACSONI - (Tier 2) | £45,000.00 |
| An Munia Tober- (Tier 2) | £45,000.00 |
| Armagh Travellers Support Group- (Tier 2) | £45,000.00 |
| ArtsEkta - (Tier 2) | £45,000.00 |
| ArtsEkta - (Tier 1) | £15,000.00 |
| Ballymena Inter Ethnic Forum Tier 2 | £45,000.00 |
| Ballymena Inter-Ethnic Forum Tier 1 | £3,670.00 |
| Ballymoney Community Resource Centre- (Tier 2) | £44,292.52 |
| Barnardo’s Tuar Ceatha- (Tier 2) | £45,000.00 |
| Belfast Islamic Centre- (Tier 2) | £14,975.00 |
| Bryson Intercultural- (Tier 2) | £45,000.00 |
| Chinese Welfare Association - (Recruitment Costs) | £1,500.00 |
| Chinese Welfare Association- (Tier 2) | £45,000.00 |
| Connect NICEM (Tier 1) | £15,000.00 |
| Cookstown and Western Shores Area Network- (Tier 2) | £45,000.00 |
| Craigavon Intercultural Programme - (Tier 2) | £45,000.00 |
| Craigavon Travellers Support Committee- (Tier 2) | £45,000.00 |
| Dialogue for diversity(Tier 1) | £3,573.65 |
| EMBRACE- (Tier 2) | £44,386.36 |
| GEMS NI- (Tier 2) | £27,985.74 |
| Homeplus NI- (Tier 2) | £44,996.99 |
| NICEM (Tier 1) | £15,000.00 |
| NICEM North West (Tier 2) | £45,000.00 |
| NICEM (Tier 2) | £45,000.00 |
| NICRAS (Tier 2) | £39,722.81 |
| North Down YMCA- (Tier 2) | £20,076.00 |
| North Down YMCA - (Recruitment Costs) | £545.00 |
| North West Migrants Forum - (Tier 2) | £1,139.10 |
| Omagh Ethnic Communities Support Group - (Tier 2) | £44,984.50 |
| South Belfast Roundtable (Tier 1) | £10,125.00 |
| South Belfast Roundtable (Tier 2) | £43,122.00 |
| South Tyrone Empowerment Programme (Tier 1) | £2,300.00 |
| South Tyrone Empowerment Programme (Tier 3) | £75,000.00 |
| The Welcome Project- (Tier 2) | £45,000.00 |
| Wah Hep Chinese Community Association- (Tier 2) | £45,000.00 |