The National Lottery's small grants scheme has announced that it is awarding over £10,000 to the local organisations as part of a grants rollout of £535,710 to 77 groups across Northern Ireland.
Earlview Primary School, based in New Mossley estate, has been awarded a grant of £5,090 to paint new markings on their playground thereby encouraging pupils to get more physically active. It will also mean that teachers can use the playground for outdoor lessons.
Principal Raymond Smyth said: "We are a school that promotes health. We have a healthy breaks initiative and we give the children free fresh fruit and milk every day and have a tuck shop where they can buy toast instead of sweets.
"We also promote healthy activity and the funding will be used to get playground markings so we can encourage the children to take part in physical activity in a structured way at break and lunch.
"We have a buddy system where P6 and P7 pupils look after the other children. The buddies will take control of games in the playground in zones laid out by the playground markings. This will encourage leadership and responsibility. Some of the markings will be educational and have compass and grids and can be used by teachers for lessons.
"It will be safer for the kids, and everyone will be included in play so there's much less chance of children being left out."
Glengormley Irish Traditional Music School meanwhile, has been awarded £5,000 in the latest tranche of awards. The school promotes and provides education and training in Irish traditional music and the funding will facilitate increased participation and skill levels through traditional music classes.
Awards for All Programme Manager Punam McGookin said: "The Awards for All programme, supported by Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Big Lottery Fund, Heritage Lottery Fund and Sport Northern Ireland continues to make a huge impact in local communities. It is clear that there is a real need for such funding and that smaller projects can bring positive changes to the lives of local people."
She continued: "The popularity of Awards for All is growing. Its application process is user friendly and shall remain so, with funding continuing to favour smaller groups. The accessibility of the programme has been key to its success in Northern Ireland."
For further information and for application packs which are available to download from the website, log on to www.awardsforall.org.uk or telephone the Awards for All hotline on: 0845 6002040.