拢4.1 million to upgrade Daisyfield Community Sports Hub
With the support of 拢4.1 million from the Levelling Up Fund, Daisyfield Sports Hub will provide better leisure facilities to develop sporting talent.
Sport is a big part of the community in Derry City and Strabane. 皇冠体育app area has produced:
- Olympic athletes
- Paralympic athletes
- World Champions
皇冠体育app , in Brandywell, is currently unfit for use. This area has some of the highest levels of deprivation across Northern Ireland. 皇冠体育app community must travel out of their area to access facilities.
Upgrades to Daisyfield Sports Hub
皇冠体育app hub will help breathe a new lease of life into the football and boxing communities in the city.
皇冠体育app regeneration of the sports hub will include:
- a FIFA 1 Star synthetic multi-use games area
- development of a single storey sports centre
- an upgraded grass pitch
- new changing rooms.
Attracting new participants
皇冠体育app community hub will provide a new home for Oakleaf Boxing Club, who are developing the next generation of talented boxers.
皇冠体育app hope is also that the upgrades will attract those currently underrepresented in boxing and football.
Daisyfield Sports Hub was one of three projects that were successful in securing Levelling Up Funding in Derry City and Strabane.
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