In December 2020, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Sports Partnership was delighted to assist 36 local clubs with Covid-19 related costs and expenditure totalling €43,000. Funding of €15,000 has also been made available to support the Parkruns in the area once they can return.
The COVID-19 Club Small Grant Scheme is part of a series of COVID-19 related funding schemes from Sport Ireland, following the announcement of €70 million of funding by the Government to support the sports sector in response to the Covid-19 crisis.
This scheme was designed to support sports clubs that do not have the finances to implement COVID-19 related hygiene and social distancing protocols. The COVID-19 Club Small Grants will be used to support COVID-19 related expenditure dating from May 2020 onwards.
The successful clubs in this grants scheme were:
| Blackrock Flyers Special Olympics Club | € 500 |
| Bray Emmets | € 1,500 |
| Cabinteely Athletic Club | € 885 |
| Cabinteely FC Ltd. | € 1,500 |
| Cabinteely GAA | € 1,500 |
| Dalkey Devils | € 1,200 |
| Dalkey Rowing Club | € 1,000 |
| Dalkey Scubadivers | € 1,110 |
| De La Salle Palmerston FC | € 1,500 |
| DLR Waves | € 1,300 |
| Dublin Rebels | € 1,500 |
| Foxrock Cabinteely Gaa Club | € 1,300 |
| Foxrock Geraldine Patrick Morans GFC | € 960 |
| Genesis Hockey Club | € 1,200 |
| Ireland Hankuk Taekwondo | € 1,500 |
| Irish National Sailing Club | € 1,430 |
| Mariners Baseball Ireland | € 890 |
| MTB Association of Dublin | € 900 |
| Naomh Olaf GAA Club | € 1,400 |
| Precision twirlers | € 1,100 |
| Rosemount Mulvey Football Club | € 1,500 |
| Sallynoggin Pearse Football Club | € 1,500 |
| Seal Bay Divers | € 250 |
| SEAPOINT RUGBY CLUB | € 1,500 |
| St Marys Boys FC | € 1,500 |
| St Raphaelas Badminton Club | € 1,500 |
| St. Brigids Badminton Club | € 1,500 |
| St. James Athletic Football Club | € 1,460 |
| St. Michael's Coastal Rowing Club | € 310 |
| Stars of Erin GAA Club | € 1,500 |
| SuperSonic Trampoline Club | € 750 |
| Swim Plus | € 965 |
| Tivoli Tigers Special Olympics Club | € 1,050 |
| Trident Sub Aqua Club | € 780 |
| Trojan Gymnastic Club | € 1,500 |
| Wayside Table Tennis Club | € 1,185 |
| TOTAL GRANTS AWARDED | € 42,925 |
Speaking regarding the grants scheme, Coordinator with DLR Sports Partnership, Shane McArdle stated ‘We are delighted to be able to give local clubs a hand when and where we can. This financial support helps reduce the pressure that our local clubs are experiencing in these unprecedented times.’
A new round of this Covid-19 Clubs Small Grant programme will open in the first quarter of 2021 and details will be advertised on the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Sports Partnership website and social media channels from February.
