With support from Dormant Accounts, Sport Ireland has in recent years provided funding to local sports partnerships to establish community based sport and physical activity hubs in communities in every county in Ireland. 

Sports hubs by their very nature seek to create opportunities for all in a community to participate in sport and physical activity regardless of age, background or ability.

In the past five years, Offaly Sports Partnership has secured dormant account funding to establish two Hubs in Offaly: -

1. South Offaly sports hub – operating out of the Crinkle Sport & Recreation Centre, this Hub is an area based community sports Hub which supports delivery of sport and physical activity opportunities for people within south Offaly. In particular, this hub has sought to provide outreach sport, physical activity and fitness programmes in schools in south Offaly. It has also helped increase usage of the sports facilities in Crinkle.
2. Daingean sports hub – a newly established Hub (2021) operating out of the Daingean GAA community sports hall, this Hub is an area / site based community sports Hub supporting the delivery of sport and physical activity opportunities for people within Daingean and its surrounds

Call for expressions of interest to establish additional Hubs in Offaly
Offaly Sports Partnership is now requesting expressions of interest for the establishment of area based community sports Hubs in Offaly. If your club / community / organisation is interested in establishing a Hub in their local area, please complete the expression of interest below and submit to Eamonn Henry, Coordinator, Offaly Sports Partnership by email by close of business on Monday, 6th September

Terms & Conditions with regard to establishing Hubs

• Hubs must target people who are economically or socially disadvantaged, educationally disadvantaged or people with disabilities within the local community.
• following an initial three to five-year investment, Hubs established under this scheme must demonstrate the ability to have a legacy potential once the Dormant Accounts Funding ceases.

For further information on the community sport and physical activity hubs, please contact Eamonn Henry, Coordinator, Offaly Sports Partnership by email or on 086 7948054