Its head office is based, near Barnett Demesne, at the "House of Sport" on Upper Malone Road in Belfast.

The organisation, which is also known as Sport NI,[1] was responsible Northern Ireland's involvement in the UK School Games from 2006 onwards.

[citation needed] Sport NI was involved in the building of Northern Ireland's first Olympic-size (50m) swimming pool.

[7] In 2015, a number of members of the organisation's board resigned, following the publication of a report into issues with the "leadership, management and the overall culture" of Sport NI.

[11][12] Primarily based at UUJ,[12] the institute has also operated separate 'Performance Development Centres' (PDCs) in Bangor, Belfast, Cookstown and Lisburn.