AQW 29916/17-22 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the support provided by her Department to the Vale Centre and the Greysteel Community Centre.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 17 February 2022
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 17 February 2022
- Answer due by
- 4 March 2022
- Answered
- 2 March 202213 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Between 2007 and 2020 the Greysteel Community Centre has been awarded £757,765 in grant funding from the Department and Sport NI for a number of projects and initiatives. Details are set out in the following table:
| Fiscal Year | Type | Fund | Programme | Grant Amount |
| 2007 | Capital | Lottery | Building Sport | 558,167 |
| 2007 | Revenue | Lottery | Building Sport | 102,000 |
| 2011 | Revenue | Exchequer | Awards For Sport | 5,500 |
| 2014 | Capital | Exchequer | Disability Sport NI Inclusive Sport Facilities | 43,118 |
| 2014 | Revenue | Lottery | Active Awards for Sport | 10,000 |
| 2019 | Capital | Exchequer | Business Case Investment | 17,990 |
| 2020 | Revenue | Exchequer | Sports Hardship Fund | 2,000 |
| 2020 | Capital | Exchequer | Business Case Investment | 17,990 |
| 2020 | Revenue | Exchequer | Sports Hardship Fund | 1,000 |
| Total | £757,765 | |||
In addition, the Vale Centre received an Automated External Defibrillator and associated training from Sport NI, valued at approximately £700, in 2019.
More recently officials from my Department and Sport NI met with representatives of the Vale Centre on 23 July 2021 via Zoom to hear about the future plans for the centre. Details of potential funding opportunities were shared during that meeting.