Will the Vaivorykštės gymnasium stadium finally undergo changes?

At the meeting of the Klaipėda District Municipal Council, held on February 29, the draft decision to submit an application for funding under 2024 was unanimously approved. call for sports facility improvement projects financed by the Sports Sponsorship Fund. It aims to obtain partial financing for the reconstruction of the sports field of Gargždai “Vaivorykštės” gymnasium, as the preliminary value of the project is more than 900,000. euros.
As written in the explanatory letter submitted to the Council, the draft decision aims to approve the application for financing of the project “Reconstruction of the Gargždų “Vaivorykštės” gymnasium sports field”. Funding would be allocated in accordance with the 2024 published by the National Sports Agency under the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports of the Republic of Lithuania. call for sports facility improvement projects financed by the Sports Sponsorship Fund. According to the published invitation, the maximum amount that can be allocated to the project is 500 thousand. Eur. The project promoter must contribute at least 25 percent of the project estimate to the sports project with his own or partner funds.
“The project provides an opportunity to increase the variety of physical activity activities and expand the number of sports, by carrying out permanent free physical activity activities for at least 3 years after the end of the project implementation, and the field will also be adapted for people with disabilities. The planned preliminary value of the project is about EUR 927,427. Since the maximum possible amount for the project is 500 thousand. EUR, the Municipality should contribute about EUR 427,427”, the explanatory note states.
Nijolė Balčikonytė, Deputy Director for Education of Gargžda “Vaivorykštės” Gymnasium, acting as director, told “Bangai” that the sports field has been waiting for repairs for a long time: “The wait is long overdue, the current steps of the Municipality give hope that everything will move forward. We are very happy with the changes, because physical education teachers have to work in difficult conditions, and students have to study, the condition of the stadium is not favorable for education.”

Gabriele ČIUNKAITĖ
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