Lodges in Bangor and Comber both failed to get public money for July events, despite the local authority going against its own guidelines to accommodate them
Two orange lodges in Ards and North Down Borough have failed in their applications for public funding for July twelfth events despite the local council controversially bending its policy to allow lodges inclusion in the process.
Independent Unionist Councillor Wesley Irvine, himself a member of the Orange Order, proposed the council deemed the lodges eligible for funding, with a scoring process to be held “at the earliest opportunity.” The council report states: “Bangor District LOL 18’s application is for a “Boyne anniversary event on July 12th in Ward park, Bangor, and is seeking £12,050. The panel scored the application against the agreed scoring matrix. The application scored 38.2 percent therefore failed to meet the required pass mark set of 55 percent.
Ards and North Down Council has set aside £175,000 for the events and festivals fund, and is expecting £31,400 in match funding from the Stormont Department for Communities. DfC stated in its letter of offer the council must “ensure that all events funded promote the principles of inclusion and comply with equality requirements.”
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