Under the national lottery funded sports capital programme operated by my Department, grants are allocated to clubs and organisations for the development of sports and recreational facilities.
An application for funding was received from the Canon Hayes Recreation Centre under the 2001 sports capital programme. This application was assessed in accordance with the detailed criteria outlined in the guidelines, terms and conditions governing the programme. Following the assessment process the application was unsuccessful and this decision was conveyed by my Department to the organisation in a letter dated 13 June 2001.
The 2002 sports capital programme will be announced within the next few weeks and it will be open to the Canon Hayes Recreation Centre to make an application for funding. All applications received will be considered on the basis of the assessment criteria outlined in the guidelines, terms and conditions of the programme.