Sport NI are delighted to announce that the SportMaker Awards 2020 call for nominations will officially open on Friday 12 June 2020. The nomination period will be open for four weeks and will close on…
Category Archives: Covid-19
Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Sports Forum, a voluntary body that provide a voice for local sport, are currently seeking applications from clubs and individuals who wish to be affiliated with the organisation. Working closely with…
Nearly half (47%) the population of Northern Ireland are spending more of their free time outdoors now, than they did this time last year and 51% expect to do more after lockdown. A recent survey*…
The Northern Ireland Sports Forum welcomes the inclusion of leisure and sports facilities in a new relief scheme for those impacted by the Covid-19 crisis which was announced by Finance Minister Conor Murphy earlier today….
Northern Ireland Executive ministers and their officials have over the past 72 hours been involved in a number of initiatives and critical decisions relating to the Coronavirus emergency. Covid-19 Executive Update Socially distanced gatherings of…
The NI Executive has launched a new NI Micro-business Hardship Fund to help Northern Ireland based micro-businesses and social enterprises unable to access other regional and national COVID-19 support measures. Department for the Economy (DfE)…
Date published: 15 May 2020 Fisheries Minister Edwin Poots has confirmed that the Public Angling Estate (PAE) will gradually re-open to local anglers, from Monday. Thirty PAE’s across Northern Ireland will re-open to the public for…
Economy Minister Diane Dodds has announced that £40 million is to be made available for a new Hardship Fund aimed at microbusinesses which have not been able to avail of the existing support schemes and…
Important survey launched on use of outdoors during lockdown A new survey has been launched to find out how the public in Northern Ireland has been able to exercise and engage with the outdoors during…