1. A presentation by Shane Hayes – Sports Inclusion Disability Officer Sligo Sport & Recreation Partnership

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