Sport Northern Ireland Performance Pathway Survey

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Closes 30 Jun 2026

Privacy Notice

What we will use this information for?

We will use your information for the following things:

  • To understand how funding is currently utilised across different stages of the athlete pathway
  • To assess whether investment is aligned to intended performance outcomes
  • To evaluate the effectiveness and value for money of existing programmes
  • To identify strengths, gaps, and risks within the performance system
  • To understand how core investment is complemented by wider support, including Athlete Awards and Sport NI Sports Institute services
  • To support a clearer understanding of pathway positioning across the sector, particularly in relation to Developmental and High-Performance stages
  • To enable evidence-informed insights that reflect the differing contexts and disciplines across sports

Who are we?

For the purposes of the Data Protection Act 2018, SPORT NORTHERN IRELAND, House of Sport, 2a Upper Malone Road, Belfast, County Antrim BT9 5LA are the data controller of your information. Our ICO Registration number is Z8579526.

Your rights over your personal information

You have a number of rights regarding your information:

  1. Right to be informed

Individuals have the right to be informed about the collection and use of their personal data.

  1. Right of access

Individuals have the right to access and receive a copy of their personal data, and other supplementary information.

  1. Right to rectification

The UK GDPR includes a right for individuals to have inaccurate personal data rectified, or completed if it is incomplete.

  1. Right to erasure

The UK GDPR introduces a right for individuals to have personal data erased.

  1. Right to restrict processing

Individuals have the right to request the restriction or suppression of their personal data.

  1. Right to data portability

The right to data portability allows individuals to obtain and reuse their personal data for their own purposes across different services.

  1. Right to object

The UK GDPR gives individuals the right to object to the processing of their personal data in certain circumstances.

  1. Rights related to automated decision making including profiling

The UK GDPR has provisions on:

  • automated individual decision-making (making a decision solely by automated means without any human involvement); and
  • profiling (automated processing of personal data to evaluate certain things about an individual). Profiling can be part of an automated decision-making process.

 

Who do we share your information with?

 We need to share your anonymised information with different teams within Sport Northern Ireland.

Some examples are:

  • Sport Northern Ireland Sport Systems Teams
  • Sport Northern Ireland Institute

When we share your personal information, we make sure we do it safely, and any person who receives it has a duty to protect it. 

What happens if I don’t want Sport Northern Ireland to use my personal information?

You can tell us to stop using or sharing your personal information at any time, but this may prevent us from providing you a service. Please contact the Sport Northern Ireland Data Protection Officer, if you want advice on this, or to ask us to stop using your information.  The Data Protection Officer can be contacted by email foi@sportni.net.

Sometimes, Sport Northern Ireland may have to use or share information without your permission, such as to assist in crime prevention or other lawful reasons.

Storing your information electronically

Sport Northern Ireland uses a number of apps, software programmes and devices to improve your performance. These services must keep your information safe.

Some of these services use or store your information outside of the European Union.

How long does Sport Northern Ireland keep my information?

Sport Northern Ireland will keep your information all the time you are with us and/or for no longer than 10 years. We won’t keep information for longer than is necessary.

Questions or advice

If you have any questions, or want further advice regarding anything here, please email foi@sportni.net, or write to Data Protection Officer, House of Sport, 2A Upper Malone Road, Belfast, BT9 5LA.

Alternative formats

This survey is available in alternative formats which a range and type of impairments”. (We may need to offer for visual impairments – audio, audio description, Braille, Moon, telephone; learning disabilities and literacy difficulties – audio, audio description, easy read, easy access, Makaton, subtitles; hearing – British Sign Language, Makaton, subtitling, textphone, SMS; co-ordination difficulties – large print, audio, audio description, telephone).