Culture, Arts and Leisure Resources

Questions on Languages were asked in the Northern Ireland Life and Times (NILT) survey in 2025.
Questions on Sport and Social Exclusion were asked in NILT in 2013
Questions relating to Sport and Community Relations were asked in NILT in 2013 and 2014.
Questions on Leisure Time and Sport were asked in NILT in 2009.
Questions on Culture, Arts and Leisure were asked in NILT in 2001.

Questions on Sport were asked in the Young Life and Times (YLT) survey in 2015 and 2016.
Questions on Sport were asked in the Kids' Life and Times (KLT) survey in 2015 and 2016.
Questions on Leisure and Play were asked of 16-year-olds in the YLT survey in 2007 and 2010.
Questions on Sport were asked of Primary 7 children in the KLT survey in 2010.

ARK Resources

• Words Matter. Attitudes to the Irish language and Ulster-Scots (Research Update 172) by Aisling O'Boyle, Lorna Carson and Paula Devine, is based on data from the 2025 NILT survey.
• Videos from the event 'Words Matter. Attitudes to languages in Northern Ireland' held on 4 June 2026 are available on YouTube.
• Dementia in the minds of characters and readers is a project exploring the potential of fiction featuring characters with dementia to improve awareness of and empathy towards people living with the condition.
• Evaluating arts-based programmes for people with dementia, and their impact on wellbeing by Paula Devine and Katrina Lloyd is an ARK Discussion Paper.
• A question of sport (Research Update 107) by Dirk Schubotz, Katrina Lloyd and Martina McKnight uses data from the 2015 Young Life and Times and Kids' Life and Times surveys.
• Playscapes at 16 (Research Update 71), by Jacqueline O'Loughlin, Brenda Stevenson and Dirk Schubotz, is based on data from the 2010 Young Life and Times Survey.
• Get up and Go! (Research Update 70), by Katie Liston and Paula Devine, uses data from the 2009 Life and Times Survey.
• Social Activity and Interaction in Northern Ireland (Research Update 10) by Brendan Murtagh is based on 2000 Life and Times data.
• Dementia in the minds of characters and readers is a project exploring the potential of fiction featuring characters with dementia to improve awareness of and empathy towards people living with the condition.
• Evaluating arts-based programmes for people with dementia, and their impact on wellbeing by Paula Devine and Katrina Lloyd is an ARK Discussion Paper.
• Data on Leisure Time and Sport for the Republic of Ireland and for Britain (fielded in 2007) are available on Surveys Online (SOL).
  

Links

• The Arts Council of Northern Ireland is the prime distributor of public support for the arts.
• Under the Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022, three Offices were set up:
  • Office of Identity and Cultural Expression
  • Office of the Irish Language Commissioner
  • The Commissioner for the Ulster-Scots and the Ulster-British Tradition
• Sport Northern Ireland is the lead agency for developing sport in Northern Ireland.
• The Public Health Agency website includes publications relating to physical activity.
• The Arts Council of Northern Ireland is the funding and development organisation for the Arts in Northern Ireland, distributing Public and National Lottery funds.
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