Council provides grants totaling almost £600k to local communities

Tuesday, 10 April 2018 12:51

By Grainne Connolly @grainne555

by Gráinne Connolly

36 groups and community organisations across the Fermanagh and Omagh District Council area have been awarded £578,895 through the Council’s Capital Grant Aid Scheme with almost half benefiting from the maximum grant of £20,000.

The Capital Grant Aid Scheme is available to groups and community organisations every two years within the fields of community development, sport, arts and culture and social economy.

The grant provides groups and organisations with the opportunity to avail of financial assistance towards the purchase of equipment and to support the enhancement or development of new or existing facilities.

Organisations that have been awarded grants from this round of capital grant aid funding are as follows:

Organisation			Project title / details	£ awarded
Aisling Centre			Replacement of Telephone System	£4,560.00
Ballinamallard Fisher Park			Resurfacing of Car Park	£20,000.00
Belnaleck Art Mac Murroughs GAC			Development of Full Size Sports Pitch	£10,577.00
Beragh Red Knights GAA			Construction of Community Hub & Handball Alley	£20,000.00
Carrowshee Park Sylvan Hill Community Association			Construction of New Community Building	£20,000.00
Cashel Community Association			Provision of Car Park for Community Centre	£20,000.00
Church Hill Silver Band			Replacement Extension to Building for Kitchen, Storage & Disabled Access	£20,000.00
Coa Community Group			Repairs to Roof & Heating System & Replacement Windows & Doors	£15,080.00
Cooneen/ Coonian Community Development Association		Replacement of Roof Slates & Ridge Caps			£3,753.00
Creggan Community Association Ltd		Refurbishment of Community Centre to Provide Family Hub			£20,000.00
Derrygonnelly & District Community Partnership		Construction of Looped Pathway			£19,217.00
Drumquin Community Youth Centre		Refurbishment of Youth Centre to Provide Additional Services			£20,000.00
Drumragh GAA		Perimeter Fencing to GAA Grounds			£13,743.00
Ederney Community Development Trust		Supply, Installation of a Lift & Provision of Toilet & Shower Facilities			£16,272.00
Eire Og Charraig Mhor Hurling		Lighting for Community Track			£20,000.00
Extern		Boundary Fencing, Upgrade of Access Road & Car Parking			£11,739.00
Florencecourt Hall Management Group		New Storage Unit with Pathway Access			£10,592.00
Greencastle GAA Club		Plumbing & Upgrade of Water Supply to GAA Club Building			£14,000.00
Killadeas LOL		Resurfacing of Car Park & Footpath			£7,100.00
Kinawley Enterprise Ltd		Alterations to Car Park at Kinawley Community Enterprise Centre			£20,000.00
Kinawley Community Hall Association		Conversion of First Floor Open Space into Meeting Rooms			£20,000.00
Kipling Newporton Masonic Lodge		Replacement Roof & Heating System			£19,362.00
Knocks Community Association		Extension & Refurbishment of Community Hall Kitchen			£14,864.00
Little Smarties Playgroup	Playground Repairs & Upgrade					£3,896.00
Lough Erne Yacht Club	Installation of Floating Jetty & Crane/Hoist for Disabled Access to Boats					£20,000.00
Maguiresbridge Pitch Development Association	Provision of a Toilet Block at Maguiresbridge 3G Pitch					£20,000.00
Maguiresbridge Silver Band	Safe Storage					£15,584.00
Mid Ulster Community & Arts Trust	Building of Additional Storage Extension					£9,375.00
Mountjoy United Football Club	Purchase Plot of Land for Football Pitch & Car Park					£20,000.00
Newtownbutler Playgroup Ltd	Upgrade of Heating System					£14,985.00
Omagh Academicals Rugby Club	Replacement of Heating System					£20,000.00
Omagh- Riding for the Disabled	Construction of New Stable Block					£20,000.00
Sillees River & Cultural Society	Replacement of Roof to Derrygonnelly Orange Hall					£20,000.00
Tempo Maguires GAC	Gym Building & Equipment					£19,256.00
Trillick St Macartans GFC	Resurface & Tar at GFC Car Park					£15,000.00
Tyrone GAA	Construction & Fit-Out of Multi-Use Fitness Space					£20,000.00

This is the second allocation of Capital Grant Aid Scheme made by Fermanagh and Omagh District Council.

An allocation of £290,000 was made towards projects during the period 2015-17.

Commenting on the awarding of the Capital Grant Aid, Chairman of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, Councillor Stephen McCann said:

“The Capital Grant Aid Scheme assists groups and organisations within the district to develop new or existing facilities.

"Having witnessed the positive impact on community groups and organisations following the initial capital grantaid process, I have no doubt that the latest round of funding will have a similar impact on the ability of the successful applicants to augment and expand their existing facilities.”

For further information on any of the Council's Grant Aid programmes, please contact the Funding and Investment service on 0300 303 1777, text phone on 028 8225 2616 or visit the Council website at fermanaghomagh.com.