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Northern Ireland: Festivals

Answer

The Department for Social Development (DSD) has provided timebounded funding to several community festivals in the past, to support community cohesion and to promote towns and cities. It was DSD’s intention to provide seed funding so that once festivals had become established further assistance would not be required. The department is still providing funding to a number of festivals on a transitional basis, until permanent government policy on festival funding has been established. In 2005–06 transitional arrangements will continue for those festivals funded on that basis in 2004–05, and DSD will consider applications for funding up to 2004–05 levels.The following table sets out how much the Department for Social Development has allocated to festival and community celebrations in each year since 2000; to whom such funds have been allocated; and for what purpose.

Year	Name of Organisation	Amount £	Purpose of Funding	Funded by
2000–01	Greater Shankill Community Festival	5,000.00	2000 Cultural Weekend	BRO
	Greater New Lodge Festival	5,000.00	Festival	BRO
	Bawnmore Festival	4,000.00	Festival	BRO
	Gasyard Feile	3,400.00	Contribution towards August Festival–publicity and outdoor events	NWDO
	Feile an Chregain	15,000.00	Contribution towards August Festival–publicity and outdoor costs	NWDO
	Derry City Council–Festivals and Special Events	50,000.00	Contribution towards overall cost of completion of Millennium Programme including Walled City Festival of Running	NWDO
2001–02	Feile An Phobail	10,000.00	Feile August 2001	BRO
	Greater New Lodge Festival	7,492.00	Festival	BRO
	Feile an Chregain	12,000.00	August Festival–publicity and outdoor events	NWDO
	Golden Link Gallaigh	5,000.00	Advertising, promotion, printing and equipment hire	NWDO
	Two Cathedrals	5,000.00	Funding provided towards total festival	NWDO
	Shell Foyle Cup 2001	2,900.00	Purchase of trophies and medals	NWDO
	Derry City Council–Festivals and Special Events 2001–02	25,000.00	Contribution towards overall cost of Walled City Festival	NWDO
2002–03	Coiste Na Feile	2,771.10	Community Festival	BRO
	Springmadden Festival Committee	375.00	Summer Scheme	BRO
	Feile An Phobail	20,000.00	Feile 2002	BRO
	Feile An Phobail	26,200.00	Administrator’s salary	BRO
	Feile-An Phobail	9,526.20	Salaries, marketing, publication costs and materials	VCU
	Greater Shankill Community Festival	35,009.90	Festival 2002	BRO
	Ardoyne Fleadh	10,000.00	Fleadh	BRO
	Greater New Lodge Festival	13,400.00	Festival	BRO
	Mount Vernon Community Festival	1,298.00	Festival	BRO
	Maiden City	21,000.00	Full-time development worker’s post	NWDO
	Golden Link Gallaigh	2,000.00	Carnival day Entertainment costs	NWDO
	Shell Foyle Cup 2002	9,000.00	Purchase of trophies/medals	NWDO
	Derry City Council–Festivals and Special Events 2002–03	22,600.00	Contribution towards overall costs of the Walled City Festival, the Halloween Carnival, the Christmas switch-on and the St. Patrick’s Day Carnival	NWDO
2003–04	Feile An Phobail	105,160.15	Feile August 2003 project costs and salaries	BRO
	Feile An Phobail	59,284.93	Salaries, marketing publication costs and materials	VCU
	Ardoyne Fleadh	57,394.65	Fleadh	BRO
	Greater New Lodge Festival	29,160.00	Festival	BRO
	Maiden City	15,000.00	Printing Costs for promotional material	NWDO
	Golden Link Galliagh	5,000.00	Contribution towards staging, sound, lighting and generator costs	NWDO
	Shell Foyle Cup 2003	10,000.00	Purchase of trophies/medials	NWDO
2004–05	Feile An Phobail	102,720.95	West Belfast Festival/Feile 2004–project costs and salaries	BRO
	Feile An Phobail	63,453.87	Salaries, marketing, publication costs and materials	VCU
	Ardoyne Fleadh	60,080.00	Fleadh	BRO
	Greater New Lodge Festival	29,160.00	Festival	BRO
	Maiden City	35,000.00	Contribution towards marketing, insurance and postage costs	NWDO
	Golden Link Gallaigh	5,000.00	Contribution towards staging, sound, lighting and generator costs	NWDO
	Shell Foyle Cup 2004	9,000.00	Purchase of trophies/medals	NWDO
	Derry City Council–Festivals and Special Events 2004–05	28,900.00	Contribution towards marketing costs associated with Halloween and Spring Carnivals	NWDO
	Foyle Film Festival	5,000.00	Contribution towards programme costs	NWDO

BRO—Belfast Regeneration OfficeNWDO—Northwest Development OfficeVCU—Voluntary and Community Unit

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

1154; 673 c307-9WA

Session

2005-06

Subjects

Finance Festivals and special occasions Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Executive Department for Social Development

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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