Sports Council Northern Ireland Lottery Fund

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Sports Council Northern IrelandLottery Fund

• Athlete Support Programme
• A programme to assist Northern Irelands most
  talented sportspeople to perform successfully in
  competition

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Funds Two levels

• Elite - Improve Ranking and win medals at
• Olympic Games
• Commonwealth Games
• World Championships (Elite)
• European Championships (Elite
• Performance- International success a long term
  goal
• To assist sportspeople to achieve performance
  levels that will enable them to progress towards
  international success and improve rankings

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Who Can Apply?

• Normally only the Governing Bodies of Sport in
  Northern Ireland
• The Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games Council
• The Applicant Organisation must be SCNI recognised

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The Applicant Organisation

• Must have in place
• a data retrieval system - annual updates
• a constitution
• an anti doping policy
• annual accounts approved by membership
• a child protection policy
• an equity statement

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The Application

• Must Contain a detailed written performance plan
• Can be for an athlete/team/squad but can only be
  for people who are
• Born in Northern Ireland
• Born of a parent who was born in N Ireland
• Eligible to compete for N Ireland in the targeted
  competition

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How much funding is available?

• Elite category
• Seniors, Juniors or exceptional athletes
• 12K per annum
• Living Costs
• Medical Cover
• SINI Services
• Senior Squads and Teams
• 25K per annum (maximum 5K per person)
• plus other benefits above

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How much funding is available?

• Performance
• Senior Squads/Teams (OPEN) competition
• 10K per annum (max) 2K per person
• Senior, Junior Individuals who compete in OPEN
  competition
• 6K per annum (max)
• No other benefits except medical cover

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What can be funded?

• Residential Training camps
• Additional competitive opportunities
• Coaching
• Personal equipment
• Personal Training costs
• Team/Squad preparation

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What Cannot be funded?

• Salaries
• Costs of preparing the application
• Domestic Training
• Some of the Targeted competition costs
• Unreasonable costs

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UBTI Criteria

• The applicant must fulfil all aspects of the SLF
  eligibility and performance criteria.
• Athletes who wish to be considered will make
  preliminary application to UBTI Selector and /or
  Performance Director providing detail on the
  purpose of the funding request and intended
  Performance Manager.
• The Ulster Selector/Performance Director will
  present the request to UBTI Committee, which will
  consider all applications on the basis of
  accredited performance of the athlete.

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UBTI Criteria

• The Performance Manager will be a member of
  Triathlon Ireland through the Ulster Branch and
  will be subject to approval by Ulster Branch. At
  all times the Performance manager will be
  responsible to Ulster Branch for the discharge of
  his/her responsibilities in accordance with the
  SLF contract.
• The applicant must have been a full member in
  good standing of Triathlon Ireland, through the
  Ulster Branch, for a period of 2 consecutive
  years prior to the date of Application.
• The applicant must have been born in N. Ireland,
  or within the preceding 3 years have been
  resident in N. Ireland for a period of 2 years.

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UBTI Criteria

• Only Elite/Senior competition performances will
  be eligible for consideration. These
  performances must have been in Triathlon (1.5k,
  40k, 10k) distance races and in Duathlon (10k,
  40k, 5k) distance races. Consideration will also
  be given to exceptional performances at Elite
  standard in greater distance events.
• An applicant for Talented Athlete Programme will
  be ranked within the top 5 Triathletes/Duathletes
  in Ireland, based on proven performances and
  verified by the UB Selector and TI Head of
  Selectors.

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• An applicant for Talented Athlete Next Generation
  Programme will be ranked within the top 3 at
  Junior and/or under 23 level on performance at
  distances mentioned in 7 above
• The applicant will have attained International
  Representative status and have displayed
  potential for substantial achievement at Elite
  International level.
• Performance Targets
• UBTI will administer all payments to
  Triathletes/Duathletes through a Bank account
  that is dedicated only to processing SLF Awards.
• Individuals in receipt of TAP funding will
  maintain a dedicated Current Account and will
  produce a bank statement or any other information
  upon request, to Ulster Branch Officials.

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• As the representative of the National Governing
  Body, Ulster Branch Triathlon Ireland, through
  the appointed Performance Director and other
  Officers, will at all times hold award recipients
  and performance managers to account for the
  proper and efficient discharge of their
  responsibilities.
• Failure, of any Performance Manager or Athlete,
  to comply with any requirement of SLF or UBTI may
  result in withholding or withdrawal of funding
  subject to decision by UBTI committee or
  direction from SLF.
• Athletes will at all times comply with the rules
  of International and National Governing Body
  including International Olympic Committee Anti
  Doping regulations.
• Athletes in receipt of Lottery Funding are
  required to reimburse any and all monies paid by
  UBITA as a result of any recovery action being
  undertaken by the SLF.