Sports development

Creating a healthy city is one of our main priorities.

Belfast currently has poor levels of health compared to the rest of Northern Ireland so encouraging people to keep fit is very important.

Part of our job involves providing opportunities for everyone to enjoy sport and physical activity, regardless of their age, race, religion, gender, class or ability.

We do this by:

managing leisure centres
developing leisure programmes like Teenage Kicks, Make a Splash, Brian the Lion Multi-Skills Programme and our Schools Cross-Country event
running our Healthwise GP referral scheme
offering grants to sports clubs through our Support for Sport programme
funding major sports events
providing general help and advice to sports clubs

Promoting health and fitness in this way also helps to address issues of health, crime and social inclusion.