Sport Matters

We aim to establish the key priorities for the future development of sport and physical recreation in Northern Ireland and to inform the direction of future investment.

DCAL, in partnership with Sport Northern Ireland (SNI) has been developing a new 10-year Strategy for Sport and Physical Recreation in Northern Ireland. '

The aim is to provide a high level template for the development of sport and physical recreation in Northern Ireland which reflects the aspirations and priorities of all sports stakeholders. The new strategy is also expected to inform the direction of future investment.

A final version of the Sports Strategy"Sport Matters: The Northern Ireland Strategy for Sport and Physical Recreation, 2009 - 2019" was approved by the Northern Ireland Executive in December 2009.  A copy of the approved version is available here.  It is expected that Sport Matters will be formally launched by the Minister at the first meeting of the Ministerial led Sport Matters Monitoring Group.  It is expected that this meeting will take place in the next few weeks.