The New Opportunities Fund has awarded 22.3m this month throughout England, with another 2.1m for projects in Wales, 2m in Scotland and 450,000 in Northern Ireland.
Oakwood Integrated Primary School in Dunmurray, near Belfast, one of 11 projects to receive funding in Northern Ireland, has secured a grant of Pounds 33,800 to create 52 childcare places for children aged four to 14.
School principal Olwin Frost said the project was an important step towards creating local harmony in an area where there is currently no cross-community childcare available.
She added, 'Very often children who attend our school go back to a segregated area each day, so it is important that we provide our pupils with an extra opportunity to meet in a cross-community context.'
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