GAA on the ball!
Thursday, 19 October 2017
Loughgiel Shamrocks have received money from Causeway Coast and Glens Borough to develop an artificial playing pitch at their grounds
GAA clubs are better at obtaining grants than organisations from the unionist community.
Those were the stark facts delivered to a DUP councillor who questioned funding allocation at the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council’s Leisure and Development Committee meeting.
Members were told the latest successful applicants to the Capital Grants Programme were in line for awards totalling £423,587.
The biggest beneficiary was Loughgiel Shamrocks GAC with £294,000 earmarked for a new artificial pitch followed by St Matthew’s Drumsurn GAC with a grant of £69,000.
Completing the list was Portstewart Regeneration and Cultural Group which is line for a grant of £60,000.
Capital Grants funds are available to sports and community organisations who wish to develop new facilities.
The council has set aside £750,000 for the 2017/18 financial year
According to a committee report, five applications were received in the latest round of allocations but three failed the “eligibility criteria.”
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