Minister Ring to bring in new grant scheme for sports clubs ^Featured

Tuesday, 14 February 2012 08:18 Posted by The Editor

font size decrease font size increase font size
Print
E-mail
Image Gallery

Mayo Sports Partnership seminar ‘Building an Effective Club’ which was held in the Breaffy GAA Clubhouse , Front l-r; Emma Moore, Comets Basketball Club,

Increased co-operation between sports clubs / organisations and more support for sports volunteers were Minister of State for Sport Michael Rings message to delegates at Mayo Sports Partnerships Club Development Seminar held at Breaffy GAA Centre, Castlebar. Minister Ring revealed that his department will be announcing the new sports capital grant scheme at the end of this month.

Pictures Ken Wright Photography

The scheme will benefit minority sports in particular and will seek applications from clubs who can demonstrate that they are going to share facilities.

The well-attended seminar addressed issues such as child protection, better use of facilities, social media use for beginner clubs, club structures/roles and volunteer recruitment.

As a result of the very successful event Mayo Sports Partnership plans to run a series of one night workshops on some of the more popular topics such as the use of social media. A workshop will also be held on the new Sports Capital funding scheme at the end of Feburary or early March. Details of these workshops will be announced in due course and will be available on the Sports Partnership website www.mayosports.ie

Last modified on Tuesday, 14 February 2012 11:06