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

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

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