§ 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 739W 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.
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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