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10/05/2005
Lottery windfall to boost PE and sport in NI
PE and sport facilities across Northern Ireland are to be transformed thanks to a lottery windfall totalling more than £5.3 million.
Thirteen projects including schools, community sports halls and youth groups will receive a share of the £5,368,965 funding announced today by the Big Lottery Fund, ensuring hundreds of children and the wider community will benefit from new and improved sports facilities.
Big Lottery Fund Northern Ireland Board Member Breidge Gadd, said: “Today’s announcement is all about giving Northern Ireland communities the best start in life by providing good quality sporting facilities on their doorstep.
“Schools are increasingly becoming a focus for developing active community links and these new facilities will encourage schools to work together, and with their local communities, to engage more people in an active and healthy lifestyle. I am sure that this will provide many more people with fantastic opportunities to get more healthy and develop their sporting talents.”
The grants have been awarded under the Fund’s New Opportunities for PE and Sport programme that aims to revamp existing facilities, build new outdoor sports facilities for pupils and encourage young people to stay involved in physical education.
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Thirteen projects including schools, community sports halls and youth groups will receive a share of the £5,368,965 funding announced today by the Big Lottery Fund, ensuring hundreds of children and the wider community will benefit from new and improved sports facilities.
Big Lottery Fund Northern Ireland Board Member Breidge Gadd, said: “Today’s announcement is all about giving Northern Ireland communities the best start in life by providing good quality sporting facilities on their doorstep.
“Schools are increasingly becoming a focus for developing active community links and these new facilities will encourage schools to work together, and with their local communities, to engage more people in an active and healthy lifestyle. I am sure that this will provide many more people with fantastic opportunities to get more healthy and develop their sporting talents.”
The grants have been awarded under the Fund’s New Opportunities for PE and Sport programme that aims to revamp existing facilities, build new outdoor sports facilities for pupils and encourage young people to stay involved in physical education.
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