£9k arts and heritage underspend to be reallocated to NI 100 budget
An underspend of £9,000 from the Causeway Coast & Glens Council Culture Arts and Heritage budget will be reallocated to the NI 100 budget following a meeting of the Leisure & Development Committee, writes Gillian Anderson, Local Democracy Reporter.
Wednesday, 19th May 2021, 5:13 pm
The Culture Arts and Heritage grant was awarded to 11 applicants including Ballymoney Drama Festival, Comhaltas Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, Dún Lathaí, Kingdom of Dalriada Ulster Scots Society and Portrush Summer Theatre, who received £1,000 apiece.
A total of 14 applications were submitted by the closing date with three deemed unsuccessful.
Members were given three options for reallocation of £9,000: Option 1 – Council offers a second tranche of grants during the 21/22 financial year; Option 2 – The underspend is reallocated to the Arts Service programme budget to support community arts development; Option 3 – The u