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“Providing services to People with Disabilities”

“Providing services to People with Disabilities”. A presentation by Shane Hayes – Sports Inclusion Disability Officer Sligo Sport & Recreation Partnership. About Us. SSRP formed in 2002 to help co-ordinate and develop local sport and active recreation SIDO in place within LSP in March 2008

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“Providing services to People with Disabilities”

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  1. “Providing services to People with Disabilities” A presentation by Shane Hayes – Sports Inclusion Disability Officer Sligo Sport & Recreation Partnership

  2. About Us • SSRP formed in 2002 to help co-ordinate and develop local sport and active recreation • SIDO in place within LSP in March 2008 • Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership (Board of Management-Partnership) • Operate Throughout County Sligo (all target groups/SIDO specific to people with disabilities) • Making Sport & Recreation a Way of Life in Sligo (Partnership approach with community, voluntary, statutory agencies) • SIDO aims to increase opportunities for people with disabilities in Sligo to participate in Sport and physical activity

  3. About Our Service • Deliver programmes/organise events/provide training and education/information and advice on disability sport • Open to all ages and ability levels (all ability types) • Only service in Sligo with a specific remit to increase opportunities for People with disabilities in sport and physical activity. • SIDO‘s linked nationally to ISC and CARA APA Centre to receive training/continued professional development/opportunity for national SIDO network • Also work with key organisations nationally (PCI, SO, IBS, IDS, CPSI, FAI etc)

  4. Experience & Outlook • Response from local disability community has been very positive for initial two years of the project with over 100 local participants in a range of programmes/events • Secured funding for SIDO programme locally for a further year • SIDO available to meet with groups/organisations/service providers/individuals with disabilities to discuss potential sporting/recreational opportunities • Message: Find an activity which you can enjoy and stick with it – more people, more active, more often

  5. Contact Details Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership VEC Offices, Riverside, Sligo Tel: 071 91 61511 Email: info@sligosportandrecreation.ie Web: www.sligosportandrecreation.ie

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