Lower North Belfast is lagging well behind other parts of the city in receiving community grants due to a lack of expertise in applications, a local councillor has claimed.
At Belfast City Council ’s meeting of its People and Communities Committee this week, DUP Castle Councillor Fred Cobain said that out of almost a million spent by the council on community grants in the 20/21 year throughout the city, Lower North Belfast received only £9,000.
He said groups in other parts of the city had developed a “professional” strategy to claim community grants, which was leaving Lower North Belfast behind, and called upon the council to support these overlooked groups.
