A dedicated community support helpline has been established in Sligo, and will be available from Tuesday 31st March, 2020, to assist at risk members of the public in accessing non-emergency and non-medical supports and advice during the current public health emergency.

The confidential phone line service is established by the new Sligo COVID-19 Community Response Forum, which includes local agencies and community groups.

The helpline is focused primarily on ensuring that vulnerable members of the community or those living alone can access deliveries of groceries, medicine etc.

In light of Government instructions and that of the HSE and the National Public Health Emergency Team , Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership will suspend all workshops, activities and programmes until further notice.

Our offices are currently closed with all staff working remotely from home. For general inquiries we remain contactable on;

info@sligosportandrecreation.ie and at 071 9161511 while individual officers may be contacted directly at their email addresses.

Safeguarding Training 2020  – POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE  

Online Refresher Training 

Due to the current situation all our Safeguarding training is on hold until further notice. However, if its the case where your current Safeguarding 1 certificate,which is valid for 3 years,  is due to expire, you will need to do the online Refresher training which is valid for an additional 3 years.  The link for this is as below.

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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Safeguarding 1 Basic Awareness Training: Tuesday 12th May 2020 

Sligo Sport and Recreation will be hosting a ‘Safeguarding 1 Basic Awareness courses on Child Welfare and Protection in Sport’ in May 2020. 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 . 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.

Date: Tuesday 12th May 2020

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

Time: 6.30pm – 9.30pm

Cost: €15 per person

Download form HERE

Safeguarding 2 Club Children’s Officer Course:  Monday 20th April 2020 

Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership will be hosting a Club Children’s Officer Course on Monday 20th April 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 27th March 2020. 

Date: Monday 20th April 2020

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

Time: 6.30pm – 9.30pm

Cost: €15 per person

Download form HERE 

Safeguarding 3 Designated Liaison Persons Workshop – Mon 27th April 2020  

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 3rd April  2020.

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.

Date: Monday 27th April 2020

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

Time: 6.30pm – 9.30pm

Cost: €15 per person

Download form HERE

 The annual Girls Active Activity Festival took place in early March with over 200 teenage girls  from across County Sligo in attendance. This event was a celebration of their participation in the extracurricular ‘Girls Active’ programme in their schools. There was an energetic atmosphere in the IT Sligo Knocknarea Arena as the young women participated in a fun dance–based group warm up led by the IT Sligo 3rd year Health Science students. Following the warm up, the participants split into smaller groups to take part in taster sessions in a variety of activities, including; Pilates, Dance, Gym, Spinning, Boxing, Rugby, Indoor Rowing, HIIT Class, Archery, Kettlebells, Boccia and Skittles. This jam–packed day concluded with a yoga style relaxation cool down session again led by the Health Science students.  

Click HERE to browse the 2020 Girls Active Photo Album

Girls Active, a joint programme between the Health Service Executive and Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership, is currently running in 13 secondary schools and training centres throughout County Sligo including Mercy College, Ursuline College, Ballinode Community College, Sligo Grammar School, Grange Post Primary, Coola Post Primary, Colaiste Iascaigh, Jesus and Mary Secondary Enniscrone, St. Mary‘s College Balisodare, Youth Reach, Sligo Community Training Centre, Corran College and Colaiste Muire, Ballymote. It aims to increase the number of teenage girls involved in long-term regular physical activity through the provision of non-competitive extra-curricular activities in schools, while developing more supportive environments. The programme takes the emphasis off competition in sport, which can sometimes be off–putting for girls, and places a greater emphasis on the social and health benefits of being physically active, while offering opportunities to try out different ways to get active for example, Yoga, Dance, Boxercise. In the 2019/2020 school year over 300 teenage girls were involved in the programme. This programme would not have been successful without the support of the Girls Active Co-ordinating teacher based in each school, who volunteer their time to organise after–school and lunch time programmes and encourage the girls to participate each week. 

Kate Frahill, SSRP Support Co-ordinator for the Girls Active Programme said “Girls Active has been very successful this year, there has been an increase in participants and the festival is a great way for everyone to come together and celebrate their programme achievements. It is important to recognise the effort the participants have put in all year.” 

Hopefully in the future we can again come together to celebrate sport and physical activity, but for now practicing ‘Social Distancing’ in all our activities is extremely important. Follow the guidelines from the HSE and why not look at Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership’s social media sites, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook where links will be posted for home works outs and ideas on how to stay active in your homes.  

If you would like any information on the Girls Active programme please contact Theresa Kilgannon at Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership at 0719161511 Email: theresa@sligosportandrecreation.ie or check out www.sligosportandrecreation.ie. 

Below is a short video created to acknowledge the importance of volunteers in sport..

Volunteers are at the heart of enabling SSRP to have ‘More People, More Active, More Often’. THANK YOU to all the volunteers across County Sligo.
Click Below to watch a short video celebrating volunteers

(Compiled during International Volunteering Day, 5th December 2019.)