Department of Community, Culture and Leisure (Isle of Man)

Department of Community, Culture and Leisure

Department overview
Formed	1 April 2010
Preceding Department	Department of Tourism and Leisure
Dissolved	1 April 2014
Jurisdiction	Isle of Man
Headquarters	Illiam Dhone House 2 Circular Road Douglas, Isle of Man
Employees	408
Annual budget	£26m (2011-2012)
Minister responsible	Chris Robertshaw MHK, Minister for Community, Culture and Leisure
Department executive	Nick Black, Chief Executive Officer
Website	www.gov.im/dccl

The Department of Community, Culture and Leisure (often abbreviated to DCCL) was one of nine departments of the Isle of Man Government. It was created on 1 April 2010 taking over the leisure functions from the former Department of Tourism and Leisure along with the community and culture functions from various other departments. It was dissolved on 1 April 2014.

Functions

Community

• Public transport
  • Bus Vannin
  • Isle of Man Railway
  • Manx Electric Railway
• Recreational clubs

Culture

• Manx culture
• Arts
  • Management of the Villa Marina complex

Leisure

• Leisure
• Sports
  • Management of the National Sports Centre (NSC)
• Curraghs Wildlife Park

Non Governmental agencies reporting to the DCCL

• Arts Council
• Manx National Heritage
• Manx Heritage Foundation
• Office of Fair Trading
• Sports Council
• Swimming Pool Authorities

Ministers for Community, Culture and Leisure

• David Cretney MHK, 2010–11
• Tim Crookall MHK, 2011–2012
• Graham Cregeen MHK, 2012-2014
• Chris Robertshaw MHK, 2014