Sports Development
Sports Development Consultation
This consultation has been launched by Carrickfergus Borough Council to gather feedback on current Sport Developmentand Physical Activity provisions throughout the Borough.
Carrickfergus Borough Council Leisure & Sports Development Team are looking to develop their services and are keen to learn how they could best support you, your club or activity group.
To enable this, the Team has created a Sport Development & Physical Activity questionnaire: ‘Your Club, Your Say’. We would like to hear from all residents of the Borough, whether you are current user of our facilities, participate in ourprogrammes, a representative of a sporting organisation, a community association or youth group we would really like to hear from you. The questionnaire gives you the opportunity to tell the Team what you think its sport development and physical activityprogrammesshould look like in Carrickfergus and provide information about your club/group, its members and the areas of support that are important to you.
The findings of its consultation will be used to shape the Council’s new Sport Development and Physical Activity Strategy for 2012–2015. This will outline our plans to enhance and develop ourprogrammesand initiatives in partnership with other priorities and users.
The consultation is open from Tuesday 22nd November 2011 until Sunday 22nd January. You can take part by completing survey online here, or by taking part in one of our focus groups. For further information on the consultation process please contact Paul Mawhinney 028 93 35 88 88 or email pmawhinney@carrickfergus.org
The Sports Development team at Carrickfergus Borough Council strives to implement an ethos of excellence in sport at all levels. It achieves this by providing everyone with the opportunity to take part in sport at their chosen level, whether player, coach or volunteer. Our Sports Development team may be able to help you with practical advice and assistance in the following areas:
- where to play a particular sport in the Borough;
- contacts for local sports clubs;
- advice on funding opportunities for sports clubs and sports people;
- how to start a new sports club;
- advice on sport club development, marketing, starting new sections etc.;
- development, advice and opportunities for sports coaches and volunteers; and,
- the Coach Education Programme.
Levels of grant aid are available to support Sports Development in the Borough. Please click on the following for an application form for:
To view the above forms etc you may need to download the latest version of Adobe PDF Reader.
In addition, discretionary funding is also available for the specific development of individual sports persons or clubs. To find out more, download the document here.
Carrickfergus Borough Council is committed to ensuring that all citizens have equal and open access to our facilities. The Council's Sports Facility Management & Leasing Policy is designed to map a way forward for the provision and management of Council owned outdoor sports facilities, both now and in the future. Download the document for further information.
For further information please contact:
Paul Mawhinney - Sports Development & Social Wellness Officer
Telephone: 028 9335 8888
E-Mail: paul.mawhinney@carrickfergus.org
