Sport Northern Ireland
Abbreviation | Sport NI |
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Formation | December 31, 1973 |
Type | NGO |
Purpose | Development of sport in Northern Ireland |
Headquarters | House Of Sport |
Location |
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Region served | Northern Ireland |
Chief Executive | Antoinette McKeown |
Main organ | Board of Sport NI (Chairman - Brian Henning) |
Parent organization | Department for Communities |
Affiliations | UK Sport, UK Anti-Doping, The National Lottery |
Budget | £31,304,000 (2011-12) |
Staff | 83 |
Website | www |
Formerly called |
Sport Northern Ireland (Irish: Spórt Thuaisceart Éireann) is the regional government sports council (funding body) for Northern Ireland.
History[]
It was established under the Recreation and Youth Service (Northern Ireland) Order 1973[1] as the Sports Council for Northern Ireland, with its purpose defined by Article 3 of the Recreation and Youth Service (Northern Ireland) Order 1986.[2] Another organisation, the Youth and Sports Council for Northern Ireland, had been established by the Youth Welfare, Physical Training and Recreation Act of 1962.
From 2006, it organised Northern Ireland's involvement in the UK School Games.
It has recently contributed £7m to the building of Northern Ireland's first 50m swimming pool, for North Down Borough Council, approved in September 2009,[3] being built by (owned by CRH plc).[4]
Structure[]
Its head office is based at the Malone Roundabout of the A55 and B103, near .
Funding[]
It receives around £7m a year from the National Lottery; the rest comes from the taxpayer.
Centres[]
It has a national outdoor training centre, the , at the base of the Mourne Mountains. This is a training base for mountaineering and canoeing. It was built in 1970.
At the Jordanstown campus of Ulster University, it has the Sports Institute for Northern Ireland. This was created in 2002.
See also[]
- Irish Sports Council, similar organisation for the Republic of Ireland
- Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games
- Northern Ireland Federation of Sub-Aqua Clubs
References[]
External links[]
- Sport Northern Ireland
- Sport NI at Flickr
- Sports Institute Northern Ireland
- Tollymore National Outdoor Centre
Video clips[]
- 1973 establishments in Northern Ireland
- Government agencies established in 1973
- Organisations based in Belfast
- Non-Departmental Public Bodies of the Northern Ireland Executive
- Sports governing bodies in Northern Ireland