HC Deb 15 December 2003 vol 415 cc738-40W
Mr. McNamara:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what electoral wards will receive grants from the Local Community Fund; and what projects will be supported in each. [143451]

Mr. Spellar:

For 2003–04 the Local Community Fund has been allocated to communities using the Noble measure of multiple deprivation overlaid by the results of a mapping exercise carried out by the Community Foundation of Northern Ireland. A full list of areas benefiting from the Fund is shown in the following table. Allocation of the Fund has been calculated on a proportionality basis, using estimated populations for the list of selected areas.

It is intended that key activities, which the Fund will support, will involve capacity building and the strengthening of leadership at a neighbourhood level. Deployment of the Fund is based on a bottom up approach with local communities developing community ideas and identifying appropriate activities to be supported as a solution to tackling their problems against the allocated sums. Each area is currently working up initiatives/actions for support through the Fund. Some examples of the type of activity likely to be supported are refurbishment of community houses, youth intervention programmes and environmental improvement projects and it is hoped that activities will get on the ground early in the new year.

Local Community Fund initial areas 2003–04—District council areas
Ward Area
Ards
Loughries Bowtown Estate
Belfast
St. Anne's Lower Shankill
St. Anne's Brown Square
Ballymacarrett Pottinger (Inner East)
Ballymacarrett Avoniel (Part of Inner East)
Ballymacarrett The Mount (Part of Inner East)
Ballymacarrett Willowfield (Part of Inner East)
Ballymacarrett Ravenhill (Part of Inner East)
Clonard Clonard
Clonard Beechmount/Cavendish
Blackstaff Village
Glencairn Glencairn
Highfield Highfield
Finaghy Finaghy
Carrickfergus
Northland Sunnylands
Gortalee Greenisland/Gortalee
Castlereagh
Castlereagh Tullycarnet
Coleraine
Ballysally Ballysally
Churchland The Heights
Cookstown
Stewartstown Stewartstown
Craigavon
Drumgask Parkmore
Derry
St. Peter's Foylehill/Creggan
Victoria Top of Hill/Gobnascale
Shantallow East Shantallow
Glen Glen Estate
Corrody Curryneirin and Tullally
Caw Clooney
Clondermot Irish Street
Faughan Lettershandoney
Crevagh and Springtown Ballymagroaty /Hazel bank
Down
Flying Horse Model Farm Estate
Cathedral Flying Horse Estate
Shimna Newcastle
Local Community Fund initial areas 2003–04—District council areas
Ward Area
Dungannon
Ballysaggart Ballysaggart
Larne
Central Riverdale
Limavady
Limavady Glen Estate and Hospital Lane
Moyle Council
Glentaisie Ballycastle Town
Newry and Mourne
Daisy Hill Carnagat
Newtownhamilton Newtownhamilton Village
Ballybot Derry beg
Newtownabbey
Glengormley Glenvarna and Queenspark
North Down
Conlig Rathgill
Harbour Harbour Ward
Omagh
Termon Carrickmore
Fintona Fintona
Strabane
Glenderg Glenderg Ward
Strabane West Lisnafin
Strabane South Ballycolman