SDCC receives €2.6m in Community Sport Facilities Funding Allocations

As part of the call for Sports Capital Grant funding in 2023, 31 applications were made for new and upgraded facilities in SDCC’s parks and open spaces. SDCC have recently received notice that all grants applied for facilities in our parks and open spaces have been granted. The projects cross a wide variety of sports and range from small scale to large scale projects.

Examples include: the provision of funding for necessary upgrades to existing grass pitch upgrades across the county to help improve playability and adaption in the face of climate change, additional funding towards SDCC’s sports pavillion programme and a water sports pavillion at Lucan Demesne, funding for goal storage compounds, additional funding towards some of our park upgrades to enable new facilities at Quarryvale, St. Cuthbert’s and Jobstown Parks, such as basketball, a pump track, MUGA and parkour.

The funding also includes for upgrades to existing well-loved multi use games areas at MacUilliam, Balgaddy and Jobstown Parks, funding to upgrade the popular grass volleyball court at Corkagh Park to a sand volleyball court (this will be the first of its kind in a public park in Ireland) and contributions towards the upgrade of existing athletics facilities at Griffeen Valley and Bancroft Parks.

The total amount of grant funding received by SDCC in this round of Community Sport Facilities Funding Allocations is €2,660,274. This programme is funded by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht , Sport and Media.

Further information on the grant announcement is available at this link: https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/49b0d-largest-ever-funding-announced-for-sport-facilities/