Safeguarding Training will resume in Autumn 2019. Please keep in touch with our website and facebook page for details.

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Safeguarding 1 Basic Awareness Training: TUESDAY  21ST May 2019  (FULLY BOOKED)  

Sligo Sport and Recreation will be hosting a ‘Safeguarding 1 Basic Awareness course on Child Welfare and Protection in Sport’ on Tuesday 21st May  next. This 3 hour course has been devised by and is certified by Sport Ireland and aims to effectively educate participants on the implementation of best practice in protecting the welfare of children involved in sport.
Limited places are available on the course and pre-booking is essential as it is on a first come first served basis. Each individual must fill out an application form and return with fee to the address below by Fri 3rd May 2019. Participants must be 18 years of age to do this course. For more information contact Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership at 071–91 61511 or info@sligosportandrecreation.ie

NOTE: PARTICIPANTS MUST BE 18 YEARS OF AGE TO COMPLETE THIS COURSE. Places are allocated on a first-come first-served basis on receipt of completed form and fee. 

Venue: Sligo Education Centre (IT Sligo Campus, Ballinode)

Date: Tues 21st May 2019

Time: 6.30pm – 9.30pm

Cost: €15 per person

Download form – NA – FULLY BOOKED

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Safeguarding 2 Club Children’s Officer Course:  Wednesday 15th May 2019

Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership will be hosting a Club Children’s Officer Course on Wednesday 15th May next, as part of club training on the ‘Child Welfare and Protection in Sport’. This Club Children’s Officer’s course presents a great opportunity for sports clubs to lead the way in terms of models of good practice for children’s sport. The training will provide information and resources on how to put in place effective Child Protection measures in your sports club. Recommendations from Sport Ireland are that every club involved with children and young people should appoint a Children’s Officer. This person should be child centred in focus and should have as their primary aim the establishment of a child centred ethos within the club. They are the link between the children and the adults in the club and also take responsibility for monitoring and reporting to the Club Management Committee on how club policy etc, impacts on children and their Sports Leaders.
NOTE: Those who wish to attend the training have first completed Sport Ireland’s Safeguarding 1 Basic Awareness Course. Places are allocated on a first-come first-served basis on receipt of completed form and fee. Each individual must fill out an application form and return with fee to the address below by Fri 26th April 2019.

Venue: Sligo Education Centre (IT Sligo Campus, Ballinode)

Date: Wed 15th May 2019

Time: 6.30pm – 9.30pm

Cost: €15 per person

Download form  NA

Safeguarding 3 Designated Liaison Persons Workshop – Tues 28th May 2019    FULLY BOOKED 

Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership will be hosting a Designated Liaison Persons Workshop as part of training on the ‘Child Welfare and Protection in Sport’; this is the third part of Sport Ireland’s Child Welfare & Protection Training programme. Every club/organisation should designate a person to be responsible for dealing with any concerns about the protection of children. The Designated Liaison Person is responsible for reporting allegations or suspicions of child abuse to TUSLA, the Child and Family Agency or Social Services (NI) and/or An Garda Siochána/PSNI. It is recommended that this person is a senior club person. However, if there is difficulty identifying a separate individual to take this role, the Club Children’s Officer can be appointed as Designated Liaison Person once the club/organisation is clear about the responsibilities of each role. The organisation’s child protection policy and procedures should include the name and contact details of the Designated Liaison Person and the responsibilities attached to the role.

NOTE:  It is essential that the person appointed to the Designated Liaison Person position in a club must have completed Safeguarding 1, the Basic Awareness Workshop in Child Welfare & Protection and should endeavor to complete Safeguarding 3 the Designated Liaison Persons workshop within 6 months of taking up the role. Limited places are available on the course and pre-booking is essential as it is on a first come first served basis. Each individual must fill out an application form and return it, with fee, to the address below by Fri 10^th May 2019.

A club may appoint the same person to both the Club Children’s Officer and Designated Liaison Person positions however best practice advises that they are kept as separate roles.

Venue: Sligo Education Centre (IT Sligo Campus, Ballinode)

Date: Tuesday 28th May 2019

Time: 6.30pm – 9.30pm

Cost: €15 per person

Download form NA FULLY BOOKED

Download application form HERE

Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership will facilitate a Simply Street Leader course on the 22^nd & 23^rd September to train local coaches, instructors, youth leaders and School teachers interested in delivering dance programmes in School and community settings. This 2 day course will equip you to deliver pre-choreographed routines and also learn how to plan and deliver simply street routines. Limited places apply. For more information on the course please email diane@sligosportandrecreation.ie

Download poster/form HERE

PLEASE NOTE: Safeguarding training will resume in Autumn 2018. Please keep in contact with our website from September  onward for more details.  

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Safeguarding 1 Basic Awareness Training, Monday 30th April 2018  FULLY BOOKED 

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Safeguarding 1 Basic Awareness Training: Monday 14th May 2018   FULLY BOOKED 

Sligo Sport and Recreation will be hosting a ‘Safeguarding 1 Basic Awareness course on Child Welfare and Protection in Sport’ on Monday 14th  May next. This 3 hour course has been devised by and is certified by Sport Ireland and aims to effectively educate participants on the implementation of best practice in protecting the welfare of children involved in sport.
Limited places are available on the course and pre-booking is essential as it is on a first come first served basis. Each individual must fill out an application form and return with fee to the address below by Fri 27th April 2018. Participants must be 18 years of age to do this course. For more information contact Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership at 071–91 61511 or info@sligosportandrecreation.ie

NOTE: PARTICIPANTS MUST BE 18 YEARS OF AGE TO COMPLETE THIS COURSE. Places are allocated on a first-come first-served basis on receipt of completed form and fee. 

Venue: Sligo Education Centre (IT Sligo Campus, Ballinode)

Date: Mon 14th May 2018

Time: 6.30pm – 9.30pm

Cost: €15 per person

Download form NA–  FULLY BOOKED

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Safeguarding 2 Club Children’s Officer Course:  Monday 21st May 2018   FULLY BOOKED 

Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership will be hosting a Club Children’s Officer Course on Monday 21st May next, as part of club training on the ‘Child Welfare and Protection in Sport’. This Club Children’s Officer’s course presents a great opportunity for sports clubs to lead the way in terms of models of good practice for children’s sport. The training will provide information and resources on how to put in place effective Child Protection measures in your sports club. Recommendations from Sport Ireland are that every club involved with children and young people should appoint a Children’s Officer. This person should be child centred in focus and should have as their primary aim the establishment of a child centred ethos within the club. They are the link between the children and the adults in the club and also take responsibility for monitoring and reporting to the Club Management Committee on how club policy etc, impacts on children and their Sports Leaders.
NOTE: Those who wish to attend the training have first completed Sport Ireland’s Safeguarding 1 Basic Awareness Course. Places are allocated on a first-come first-served basis on receipt of completed form and fee. Each individual must fill out an application form and return with fee to the address below by Fri 4th May 2018.

Venue: Sligo Education Centre (IT Sligo Campus, Ballinode)

Date: Mon 21st May 2018

Time: 6.30pm – 9.30pm

Cost: €15 per person

Download form NA–  FULLY BOOKED

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Safeguarding 3 Designated Liaison Persons Workshop:  Monday 28th May 2018   

Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership will be hosting a Designated Liaison Persons Workshop as part of training on the ‘Child Welfare and Protection in Sport’; this is the third part of Sport Ireland’s Child Welfare & Protection Training programme. Every club/organisation should designate a person to be responsible for dealing with any concerns about the protection of children. The Designated Liaison Person is responsible for reporting allegations or suspicions of child abuse to TUSLA, the Child and Family Agency or Social Services (NI) and/or An Garda Siochána/PSNI. It is recommended that this person is a senior club person. However, if there is difficulty identifying a separate individual to take this role, the Club Children’s Officer can be appointed as Designated Liaison Person once the club/organisation is clear about the responsibilities of each role. The organisation’s child protection policy and procedures should include the name and contact details of the Designated Liaison Person and the responsibilities attached to the role.

NOTE:  It is essential that the person appointed to the Designated Liaison Person position in a club must have completed Safeguarding 1, the Basic Awareness Workshop in Child Welfare & Protection and should endeavor to complete Safeguarding 3 the Designated Liaison Persons workshop within 6 months of taking up the role. Limited places are available on the course and pre-booking is essential as it is on a first come first served basis. Each individual must fill out an application form and return it, with fee, to the address below by Fri 11th May 2018.

A club may appoint the same person to both the Club Children’s Officer and Designated Liaison Person positions however best practice advises that they are kept as separate roles.

Venue: Sligo Education Centre (IT Sligo Campus, Ballinode)

Date: Monday 28th May 2018

Time: 6.30pm – 9.30pm

Cost: €15 per person

Download form HERE 

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Safeguarding 1 Online Refresher Training (launched March 2017) 

Sport Ireland has gone live with their online Safeguarding 1 Refresher, a web based education resource aimed at providing further training to those who have previously attended a Safeguarding workshop or equivalent.

The content contains four modules which will provide persons in roles with regular responsibility for children an opportunity to learn about:
best practice procedure; understanding of why safeguarding children and young people in sport is important; recognising the different categories of child abuse and identify the signs of abuse; and the responding, recording and reporting issues of poor practice or abuse.

The refresher course content was developed by Sport Ireland and Sport Northern Ireland in collaboration with welfare officers from a number of National Governing Bodies for Sport.

The web resource was designed in collaboration with Ineqe Group, who specialise in safeguarding and child protection, both in the offline world and in the digital world.

To undertake the online Refresher training clink on the following link below. Following completion of the online training you will be issued with a digital cert. Please note this digital cert is only valid in conjunction with your original Safeguarding 1 certificate.

https://able.ineqe.com/apps/sportireland/coaches/

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If you would like to be notified by email of upcoming courses, please drop us an email at info@sligosportandrecreation.ie   or call us on 07191 61511. For details of Sport Ireland’s Child Protection Training see below.  

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Irish Sports Council (now Sport Ireland) Review of Child Protection Training (Jan 2015)

Safeguarding 1 – Basic Awareness Workshop in Child Welfare & Protection – a must for anyone working with children

All Coaches, Club Children’s Officers and Designated Liaison Persons must first complete the 3 hour Child Welfare & Protection Basic Awareness Course. This course educates participants on the implementation of best practice in protecting the welfare of children involved in sport.

The old six hour Children’s Officer Training Course has been replaced by two separate three hour courses.

Safeguarding 2 – Club Children’s Officer (CCO) Workshop – a must for all Club Children’s Officers

A Club Children’s Officer should be child centered in focus and have as the primary aim the establishment of a child centered ethos within the club. S/he is the link between the children and the adults in the club. S/he also takes responsibility for monitoring and reporting to the Club Management Committee on how club policy impacts on young people and Sports Leaders.

A person appointed to the Club Children’s Officer position in a club must have completed the Child Welfare & Protection Basic Awareness workshop and should complete the NEW Club Children’s Officer 3 hour Training Course. This course will help the Club Children’s Officer to carry out the function of their role in the club and support the implementation of best practice in the club. Participants will also receive a Club Children’s Officer Action Planning document as part of the training.

Safeguarding 3 – Designated Liaison Person (DLP) Workshop

The third part of the ISC Child Welfare & Protection Training Programme is the Designated Liaison Person workshop. 

Every club/organisation should designate a person to be responsible for dealing with any concerns about the protection of children. The Designated Liaison Person is responsible for reporting allegations or suspicions of child abuse to TUSLA Child and Family Agency or Social Services (NI) and/or An Garda Siochána / PSNI. It is recommended that this person is a senior club person. However, if there is difficulty identifying a separate individual to take this role, the Club Children’s Officer can be appointed as Designated Liaison Person once the club/organisation is clear about the responsibilities of each role. The organisation’s child protection policy and procedures should include the name and contact details of the Designated Liaison Person and the responsibilities attached to the role.

A person appointed to the Designated Liaison Person position in a club must have completed the Basic Awareness Workshop in Child Welfare & Protection and should complete the NEW Designated Liaison Person 3 hour workshop. A club may appoint the same person to both the CCO and DLP positions however best practice advises that they are kept as separate roles.

Download a summary of the review Here 

A Disability Inclusion Training/Sport & Physical Activity course will be taking place on Saturday 24th March 2018 (Revised date). This course is suitable for coaches, sports leaders, volunteers, teachers, SEN assistants, parents and anyone involved in the provision of sport and physical activity for people with disabilities. See poster below for more details.

Places can be booked by clicking on the following link https://www.active.com/sligo-sligo/running/distance-running/sligo-disability-inclusion-training-course-march-2018?int=72-4-A6

Please note there is grant aid support of €10 available to participants from the Sligo area towards the cost of the course. To avail of this support please contact Shane Hayes directly before booking to get the code for the reduced rate.

shane@sligosportandrecreation.ie or 0719161511  Download poster HERE 

Download poster HERE 

What is CounterPunch?

CounterPunch combines Psychology, Sports and Exercise Science, and Boxing training to teach clients the skills and strategies to respond to life’s challenges and opportunities.

The CounterPunch name is a Boxing term used to describe a “thoughtful intelligent response” to an attack, just as the CounterPunch strategy is an effective response to life’s challenges enabling clients to choose positive outcomes with positive consequences.

Clients are motivated to allow themselves to contribute to their own learning experience, using a values linked combination of practical boxing skills, physical activities and Reality Therapy based Performance Coaching. The physical activity is a powerful means to regulate emotions and develop an awareness of self. By identifying what’s happening in the body as a result of physical activity clients begin to connect with their physical body, their thoughts and their emotions. This connection is then related to life’s challenges and a toolbox for effective communication and performance is established to optimize potential.

WHO IS COUNTERPUNCH FOR?

Mercedas Taaffe-Cooper, founder of Counter Punch specialises in teenage clients who are struggling to regulate their emotions, have difficulty managing their anger and/or anxiety, lacking confidence, Low self-esteem, difficulties with peers or struggling with relationships.

Come along to the free CounterPunch information session on  Tues 19th Sept at 7.30 pm in the Riverside Hotel.

See CounterPunch flyers below or Download for more information….CP1& CP2

Email: Merc@counterpunch.com.au

Web: www.counterpunch.com.au

Facebook: Counterpunch/life , Twitter: @counterpunchbox

Athletics Ireland Assistant Coaching Course – Skreen Dromard Community Cente, Sat 9th Sept  – Open to all Athletics Clubs in County Sligo  

Assistant Coach Course. Sligo.

September 9th, 10am-5pm

Cost: €60.00

Location – Skreen/Dromard Community Centre, Carrownaboll, Skreen, Co Sligo.

Price is €60.00

Course Info: http://www.athleticsireland.ie/coaching/coach-education/assistant-coach/

Contact: Paul McKee paulmckee@athleticsireland.ie or 0858709703 for further details.

 Register Online:    http://www.athleticsireland.ie/coaching

Sligo Sport and Recreation can provide 50% grant aid to eligible coaches actively involved in Sligo Clubs. For more on this contact Andrea at info@sligosportandrcreation.ie

Safeguarding 1 Awareness Course  Wed 14th June (FULLY BOOKED) 

Sligo Sport and Recreation will be hosting a ‘Safeguarding 1 Basic Awareness course on Child Welfare and Protection in Sport’ on Wed 14th June next. This 3 hour course has been devised by and is certified by Sport Ireland (previously the Irish Sports Council) and aims to effectively educate participants on the implementation of best practice in protecting the welfare of children involved in sport.
Limited places are available on the course and pre-booking is essential as it is on a first come first served basis. Each individual must fill out an application form and return with fee to the address below by Fri 26th May 2017. Participants must be 18 years of age to do this course. For more information contact Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership at 071–91 61511 or info@sligosportandrecreation.ie

NOTE: PARTICIPANTS MUST BE 18 YEARS OF AGE TO COMPLETE THIS COURSE. Places are allocated on a first-come first-served basis on receipt of completed form and fee. 

Venue: Sligo Education Centre (IT Sligo Campus, Ballinode)

Date: Wed 14th June 2017

Time: 6.30pm – 9.30pm

Cost: €15 per person

Download form NA COURSE IS FULLY BOOKED

Safeguarding 2 Club Children’s Officer Course – 28th June 2017  (FULLY BOOKED)

Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership will be hosting a Club Children’s Officer Course on Wed 28th June next, as part of club training on the ‘Child Welfare and Protection in Sport’. This Club Children’s Officer’s course presents a great opportunity for sports clubs to lead the way in terms of models of good practice for children’s sport. The training will provide information and resources on how to put in place effective Child Protection measures in your sports club. Recommendations from Sport Ireland are that every club involved with children and young people should appoint a Children’s Officer. This person should be child centred in focus and should have as their primary aim the establishment of a child centred ethos within the club. They are the link between the children and the adults in the club and also take responsibility for monitoring and reporting to the Club Management Committee on how club policy etc, impacts on children and their Sports Leaders.
NOTE: It is essential that those who wish to attend the training have attended the Sport Ireland Safeguarding 1 Basic Awareness Course. Places are allocated on a first-come first-served basis on receipt of completed form and fee. 

Venue: Sligo Education Centre (IT Sligo Campus, Ballinode)

Date: Wednesday 28th June 2017

Time: 6.30pm – 9.30pm

Cost: €15 per person

Download form NA FULLY BOOKED

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Irish Sports Council Review of Child Protection Training (Jan 2015)

Safeguarding 1 – Basic Awareness Workshop in Child Welfare & Protection – a must for anyone working with children

All Coaches, Club Children’s Officers and Designated Liaison Persons must first complete the 3 hour Child Welfare & Protection Basic Awareness Course. This course educates participants on the implementation of best practice in protecting the welfare of children involved in sport.

The old six hour Children’s Officer Training Course has been replaced by two separate three hour courses.

Safeguarding 2 – Club Children’s Officer (CCO) Workshop – a must for all Club Children’s Officers

A Club Children’s Officer should be child centered in focus and have as the primary aim the establishment of a child centered ethos within the club. S/he is the link between the children and the adults in the club. S/he also takes responsibility for monitoring and reporting to the Club Management Committee on how club policy impacts on young people and Sports Leaders.

A person appointed to the Club Children’s Officer position in a club must have completed the Child Welfare & Protection Basic Awareness workshop and should complete the NEW Club Children’s Officer 3 hour Training Course. This course will help the Club Children’s Officer to carry out the function of their role in the club and support the implementation of best practice in the club. Participants will also receive a Club Children’s Officer Action Planning document as part of the training.

Safeguarding 3 – Designated Liaison Person (DLP) Workshop

Every club/organisation should designate a person to be responsible for dealing with any concerns about the protection of children. The Designated Liaison Person is responsible for reporting allegations or suspicions of child abuse to TUSLA Child and Family Agency or Social Services (NI) and/or An Garda Siochána / PSNI. It is recommended that this person is a senior club person. However, if there is difficulty identifying a separate individual to take this role, the Club Children’s Officer can be appointed as Designated Liaison Person once the club/organisation is clear about the responsibilities of each role. The organisation’s child protection policy and procedures should include the name and contact details of the Designated Liaison Person and the responsibilities attached to the role.

A person appointed to the Designated Liaison Person position in a club must have completed the Basic Awareness Workshop in Child Welfare & Protection and should complete the NEW Designated Liaison Person 3 hour workshop. A club may appoint the same person to both the CCO and DLP positions however best practice advises that they are kept as separate roles.

Download a summary of the review Here 

The Irish Heart Foundation in conjunction with Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership will run a Community Walking Leader Training Course, in Sligo on the weekend of the 22^nd and 23^rd of October. The training is primarily aimed at those wishing to lead a local walking group or promote walking in their community or workplace. The course comprises of a weekend of training and a follow up 4 week leader task to try out your new walking leader skills. During the weekend you will gain a greater understanding of the health benefits of walking, learn to develop and lead a local walking session for mixed fitness levels, receive advice on starting a new walking group or promoting an existing group and gain a greater understanding of posture, technique, stretching and safety issues for a successful walk.

The Irish Heart Foundation and Sport Ireland are subsidising the course and there is a nominal fee of €50 which will cover your training, materials and two lunches. A further 50% grant aid is available from Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership for coaches/instructors operating in a club or community setting in County Sligo. The course will run on Saturday 22^nd of October 9am-5pm and Sunday 23^rd of September 9am-2.30pm.

For more information please contact Shane McManus at 0719161511 or smcmanus@sligosportandrecreation.ie 

Download an application form HERE