# Sport NI to spend £17.5 million on facilities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/05/24/sport-ni-to-spend-17-5m-on-facilities/
- Published: 2015-05-24T07:04:16+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Sport Northern Ireland has announced a new plan to invest £17.5 million of its
National Lottery funding into sports facility projects over the next five years.**

The funding will be allocated to sports organisations who want to improve their 
facilities and has three strands:

1. Single Facility: single-sport facilities which seek to increase participation
within the club structure

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2. Multi Facility: multi-sport facilities which seek to increase participation across
local communities

3. Performance Facility: performance sport facilities which meet the needs of community
participants and high performance athletes within the same multi-sport environment.

Sport Northern Ireland will deliver a number of workshops beginning at the end of
May, specifically for the Single Facility strand to support potential applicants
through the application process. Details of these workshops are outlined on the 
Sport NI website.

Speaking about the new Facility Fund, Brian Henning, [Sport Northern Ireland](http://www.sportni.net)
Chair said:

> “This investment will continue to develop facilities for sporting communities,
> clubs and athletes and ensure that the people of Northern Ireland can enjoy, engage
> and excel in sport for many years to come.”

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