Urban Club Development Ryan Feeney Urban Club Development

Urban Development Urbanisation is a vital challenge for the GAA Ulster GAA focus over the next five years Derry City Urban GAA Project Belfast City Urban GAA Project (Upper Springfield Project Pilot)

National Urban Development Committee Twenty two targeted initiatives in each one of the key urban areas Provincial and County Urban committees Existing resources dedicated to this challenge

Urban Development 2008 Urban GAA Strategy Place with Project board All 9 Clubs no involved in the project (project board) Four GAA pitches Four more GAA pitches being developed with a new “shared” 3G pitch All clubs will have a home ground by mid 2010 Full-Time GAA Urban Community Development Officer in Derry City Council (This post has secured £1.8 million of public investment to GAA in the city) Five coaches (1 GPO and 4 Schools Coaches) GAA high priority for the city council- Land leased to clubs for pitch development by Council with a total value of over £2million Over 1000 participants at annual summers camps Three female teams City wide development squad feeding into County squads 2002 Six Urban Clubs (three rural clubs in the district) One coach for the city (placement student) No GAA pitches No council provision or support No summer camps or youth programmes Low GAA provision One female team

Ulster’s Sleeping Giant Urban Development Belfast Ulster’s Sleeping Giant Population 550,000+ Priority for CDU Belfast Rising, Strategy for the GAA in Ireland’s second city Upper Springfield Project Focused on Three Clubs (Years 1 and 2) Focus will expand to North/West Belfast year 3 Feeder Club Female participation Linked to overall Belfast Strategy Community Officer/Community Coach in place

Neighbourhood Renewal (Six Counties) Strategy - Department For Social Development www.dsdni.gov.uk Theme - People and Place ‘Together, tackling disadvantage, building communities’ Ministerial Support

A GAA CLUB

A GAA CLUB Neighbourhood Renewal Strategic Objectives Renewal Community Economic Social Physical

Deprivation - 1 in 6 of the population 280,000 people approximately 10% of most deprived neighbourhoods Nobel Multiple Deprivation Measure Neighbourhood Renewal Areas 36 designated by Department for Social Development - Belfast (15) - Derry (4) - Coleraine (2) - Limavady, Strabane, Armagh, Ballyclare, Ballymena,Bangor, Brownlow, Coalisland, Downpatrick, Dungannon, Enniskillen, Lurgan, Newry, Omagh, Portadown (1)

DEPRIVATION Deprivation - Multi dimensional * health * education * housing * physical * economic Tackling It - Integrated approach

Department for Social Development Website - Urban Regeneration - Neighbourhood Renewal People and Place – Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal Partnerships – Information and Guidance N. Ireland Neighbourhood Information Service Related Strategies

Pontential Funding

Pontential Funding FULL LIST OF NEW COUNCILS • Belfast City Council • Derry City and Strabane District Council • Armagh City and Bann District Council • Lisburn City and Castlereagh District Council • Newry City and Down District Council • Antrim and Newtownabbey District Council • Ards and North Down District Council • Causeway Coast District Council • Fermanagh and Omagh District council • Mid-Antrim District Council • Mid-Ulster District Council Donegal, Monaghan and Cavan County Councils Remain the same

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RAPID Parts of Counties: Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs www.pobail.ie Community Development Local Development RAPID National Drugs Strategy Volunteering Rural Development Irish Language Islands RAPID Parts of Counties: Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan

For more information on RAPID Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs www.pobail.ie For more information on RAPID Tel: 049 4378584 E mail:ccraven@cavancoco.ie

Strategy in place

Conclusion GAA Clubs are about Place. Develop the Urban Place Conclusion GAA Clubs are about Place! Develop the Urban Place! Lobby, lobby, lobby Link with Ulster Council and Urban Strategies Club Maith

E-mail queries@ulster. gaa. ie clubmaith@ulster. gaa E-mail queries@ulster.gaa.ie clubmaith@ulster.gaa.ie Web-sites http://ulster.gaa.ie/club-maith

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