The Department of Community, Culture and Leisure (often abbreviated to DCCL) was one of nine departments of the

Isle of Man Government The Isle of Man Government () is the government of the Isle of Man. The formal head of the Isle of Man Government is the Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man, Lieutenant Governor, the personal representative of the Lord of Mann (currently Char ...

. It was created on 1 April 2010 taking over the leisure functions from the former

Department of Tourism and Leisure The Department of Tourism and Leisure ({{langx, gv, Rheynn Turrysid as Soccar) was a department of the Isle of Man Government. History The department was created in 1986 as the Department of Tourism and Transport. With the addition of extra re ...

along with the community and culture functions from various other departments. It was dissolved on 1 April 2014.

Functions

Community

* Public transport **

Bus Vannin Bus Vannin - styled as ''bus'' vannin - is the government-owned and operated bus service on the Isle of Man. The name was adopted in June 2009 to replace Isle of Man Transport. The company was founded on 1 October 1976,

Isle of Man Railway The Isle of Man Railway (IMR) is a narrow gauge steam locomotive, steam-operated railway connecting Douglas, Isle of Man, Douglas with Castletown, Isle of Man, Castletown and Port Erin in the Isle of Man. The line is Narrow gauge railway, ...

Manx Electric Railway The Manx Electric Railway ( Manx: ''Raad Yiarn Lectragh Vannin'') is an electric interurban tramway connecting Douglas, Laxey and Ramsey in the Isle of Man. It connects with the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway at its southern terminus at Derby Cas ...

* 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 Curraghs Wildlife Park is a wildlife park in The Curraghs (also known as the Ballaugh Curraghs), an area of wetland in the north-west of the Isle of Man. The park is owned by the Isle of Man Government and is administered by the Department of ...

Non Governmental agencies reporting to the DCCL

* Arts Council *

Manx National Heritage Manx National Heritage () is the national heritage organisation for the Isle of Man. The organisation manages a significant proportion of the Island’s physical heritage assets including over 3,000 acres of coastline and landscape. It holds pro ...

* Manx Heritage Foundation * Office of Fair Trading * Sports Council * Swimming Pool Authorities

Ministers for Community, Culture and Leisure

David Cretney David Clifford Cretney (born 15 January 1954) is a Manx people, Manx politician. Biography Before going into politics, Cretney was a shop manager (1977–85) and he was also a businessman in the period 1985–2012. He was, until March 2014, D ...

MHK, 2010–11 *

Tim Crookall Timothy Mark Crookall is a Member of the House of Keys (the lower house of Tynwald, the Isle of Man parliament) for Glenfaba & Peel, elected in the 2021 Manx general election. He was formerly Member of the House of Keys for Peel from 2006 to 201 ...

MHK, 2011–2012 * Graham Cregeen MHK, 2012-2014 * Chris Robertshaw MHK, 2014

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Department Of Community, Culture and Leisure Government of the Isle of Man Ministries established in 2010

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Cultural organisations based in the Isle of Man