Sports Inclusion Development Programme
What is the Sports Inclusion Disability Programme?
In 2006, the Dormant Accounts Fund earmarked €2 million nationally for projects which address the imbalance in opportunities for people with physical, learning and sensory disabilities to participate in sport and physical activity.
The Irish Sports Council in collaboration with the network of Local Sports Partnerships identified the need to appoint dedicated Sports Inclusion Disability Officers at county level to address current gaps in the provision of sport and recreation for this target group. After identifying this need, Offaly Sports Partnership undertook consultations with people with a disability, their representataive bodies and service providers with a view to developing a proposal to secure funding for a dedicated officer charged with the task of increasing opportunities for people with a disability to participate in sport and physical activity.
Following this process, an application was made to the Dormant Accounts Fund and funding was approved for two years. In March 2008, Offaly Sports Partnership as a result of this funding, employed a Sports Inclusion Disability Officer to increase the involvement of people with a disability in sport.
In mid 2010, the Dormant Accounts funding allocated to this project was expended. Additional funding was secured from the Irish Sports Council for this project to continue into mid 2011.
For more information on the Sports Inclusion Disability programme, contact Claire Grehan (Sports Inclusion Disability Officer) on 057 93 57463 or by email.
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2011
Claire Grehan continued her work in bringing sport and physical activity programmes to people with physical, sensory and intellectual disabilities.
Among the activities organised and delivered, or jointly planned and delivered in conjunction with neighbouring...
2010
Claire Grehan continues her work in bringing sport and physical activity programmes to people with physical, sensory and intellectual disabilities.
Among the activities organised and delivered, or jointly planned and delivered in conjunction with neighbouring Sports...
2009
Claire Grehan has continued the work she commenced in 2008 in bringing sport and physical activity programmes to people with physical, sensory and intellectual disabilities.
She has continued to develop positive working relationships with a number of disability...
2008
Claire Grehan joined the staff of Offaly Sports Partnership in March 2008 as the Sports Inclusion Disability Officer whose role is to increase the involvement of people with a disability in sport, particularly in the areas of Athletics, Boccia, Gym Instruction, Power...