A Community Sports Hub can combine a number of facilities/ organisations in a geographical area or it may simply be a single venue hosting many clubs. Hubs provide information, support and advice on a wide range of sports and physical activities to make it easier for people to become more active.
The objective is to bring communities and groups interested in promoting sports participation together to plan, co- ordinate and deliver increased sport and physical activity opportunities.
Key areas of work in a Community Sports Hub involves:
Currently, there are three Community Sports Hubs in Sligo:
East City Community Sports Hub
The Sligo East City Community Sports Hub is a collective of progressive community organisations, sports clubs and agencies working together, as part of the Cranmore Regeneration Project, to develop a model of active partnership which leads to increased participation in sport and physical activity in the disadvantaged area of the Sligo East City.
The partners include Cranmore Co-operative Society, Abbeyquarter Community Centre, Cranmore Resource House Project, Abbeyquarter Men’s Group, Sligo Regional Sports Centre, St. John’s GAA, Sligo Lawn Bowls Club, Sligo City Boxing Club and Sligo Cricket Club.
Through the support of the SSRP, the Hub provides a diverse range of sporting activities, by engaging with community and sporting groups, encouraging community leadership, enhancing facilities and bringing stakeholders together to plan and deliver sport in the East City area, including Walking, Lawn Bowls, Community Soccer, Summer Camps, Water Sport opportunities, Cycling, GAA, Boxing, Outdoor Gym and fitness programmes.
While SSRP coordinates and provides expertise for the Hub, the Hub is led by local community organisations through a ‘bottom up’ community approach. On this basis the community are largely responsible for the choice and the realisation of the sports programmes and activities.
For more information on the East City Community Sports Hub please contact:
Siubhean Crowne
Community Sports Development Officer
Tel: 083-0298079
Email: siubhean@sligosportandrecreation.ie
Bunninadden Community Sports Hub
Bunninadden Community Sports Hub represents a collaborative approach between community organisations, sports clubs, schools and agencies working together to increase participation in sport and recreation in the Bunninadden community and surrounding areas.
Key organisations involved in the Hub are Bunninadden Community Centre, Ballinalack Community Park, Tubbercurry Family Resource Centre, Ballymote Family Resource Centre, South Sligo Community Park, Bunninadden Table Tennis Club, South Sligo Athletics Club and schools in the area.
The project focuses on increasing participation through a number of sporting activities, engaging with community groups and sports clubs, encouraging community leadership and bringing organizations together to plan and deliver sport and physical activity in the Bunninadden area.
Through the support of Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership, the Hub provides a diverse range of sporting activities for the wider community including Basketball, Table Tennis, Boules, fun Fitness classes, adults social Badminton, Dance for youth, Multisport, Teenage Yoga, Meet and Train, Outdoor Gym classes and more.
Among the accomplishments to date are the successful participation in adult multisport year after year and many children’s programmes.
Among the many achievements of this Community Sports Hub has been the addition of a 10 piece outdoor gym to Ballinalack Community Park in 2019 and the recent work on South Sligo Community Park in Tubbercurry. Among the programming successes to date have been the participation in adult multisport year after year and many children’s programmes.
For further details on the Bunninadden Community Sports Hub contact:
Deborah Sherlock
Community Sports Development Officer
Tel: 085 2127821
Email: deborah@sligosportandrecreation.ie
Enniscrone Community Sports Hub
The Enniscrone Community Sports Hub formed in 2020 aims to increase participation in sport and physical activity through a model of delivery which has a partnership approach at its core.
Community organisations, sports clubs, NGBs and statutory agencies will work collectively to increase participation opportunities facilitated by SSRP, including West Sligo Family Resource Centre, the Enniscrone Community Council, Enniscrone Kilglass GAA, Kilglass Enniscrone Soccer Club, Enniscrone Golf Club, Water Point Leisure Centre, Enniscrone’s Men Shed, 7th Wave Surf School, Castleconnor Community Council, Castleconnor GAA and Swim Ireland.
This project will include growing participation by offering a greater range of sporting activities to a wider geographical area, engaging with more community and sporting groups, encouraging more community leadership, enhancing facilities and bringing more stakeholders together to plan and deliver sport under the umbrella of the Enniscrone CSH.
Among the many achievements of this new Community Sports Hub, is a very successful Open Water Swimming programme supported by the Enniscrone Community Council and Swim Ireland, as well as the many community online fitness programmes supported by the West Sligo Family Resource Centre including Indoor Rowing for men, Pilates for women, Dance for youth and Teen Fitness programmes.
For more information on the Enniscrone Community Sports Hub, please contact
Diane Middleton Cox
Community Sports Development Officer
Tel: 085 2093043
Email: diane@sligosportandrecreation.ie
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