• Home
• Annual Report 2001
• Annual Report 2002
• Annual Report 2004
• Annual Report 2003
• Annual Report 2005
• Annual Report 2006
• Annual Report 2007
• Corporate Plan
  • Introduction
  • Strategy
  • Mission Statement
  • Principles
  • Operating Environment
  • Local Democracy
  • Development
  • Social Inclusion
  • Accommodation
  • Infrastructure
  • Environment
  • Tourism
  • Culture/Heritage
  • Regulatory Systems
  • Management Process One
  • Management Process Two
  • Appendix One
  • Appendix Two
  • Appendix Three
• Contact Winter 2003
• Contact Spring 2004
• Contact Autumn 2004
• Contact Autumn 2005
• Contact Summer 2006
• Contact Autumn 2006
• Contact Winter 2006
• Contact Spring 2007
• Contact Summer 2007
• eContact 2004
• eContact 2005
• eContact 2006
• eContact 2007
• eContact 2008
• eContact 2009
• eContact 2010
• Gateway Innovation Fund Submission

Principal Activity - Objectives - Strategies - Measurement:

3.  Facilitating Social Inclusion and Community Development

The underlying purpose of Community Development is to enhance the quality of life of communities through stimulating the participation of members in pursuit of improved socio-economic conditions. This concept of development recognises not only the attainment of economic goals but embraces a coherent multidimensional process concerned with inclusive social, cultural and environmental as well as economic objectives.

Objectives:

• Develop social inclusion strategies which ensure opportunities for all to participate
• Embed “County Development Strategy” in all local authorities’ policies, actions and strategies
• Maintain a social inclusion focus in all activity
• Embed national Anti-Poverty Strategies in local authorities policies and actions
• Maintain relevance of policy activity
• Promote equal opportunities and work to create an integrated and inclusive county
• Consult with individuals, groups and communities on matters which affect them and support their participation in the development and implementation of agreed actions and strategies
• Identify and support the role of local authorities in positively impacting on the levels of social exclusion, poverty and disadvantage experienced in Sligo communities
• Encourage and support the development of community infrastructure in Sligo
• Improve the quality of life for those who live and work in Sligo
• Exercise forward planning in relation to the Social, Economic, Environmental and Cultural development in Sligo
• Develop the community development function within the local authorities
• Incorporate social and cultural themes within infrastructural development

Strategies:

• Extract policy issues from local development activity
• Promote and support shared responsibility for the continuous improvement of our communities
• Encourage and support volunteering and participation
• Further develop the partnership approach in the improvement and expansion of our communities
• Continue and further develop the supports to communities experiencing disadvantage
• Work with disadvantaged groups and communities and other relevant interests to identify and secure additional resources from national, EU and private sources to address recognised needs (RAPID & CLÁR)
• Develop social inclusion strategy for local authorities with realistic targets and measurements
• Continue to participate in the role out of Broadband infrastructure
• Plan for the future development needs of Sligo through research and development of strategies to meet projected requirements
• Support the implementation of the CDB Strategy
• Adapt a Community development Charter
• Implement the Barcelona Declaration
• Proof physical development for social and cultural requirements

Measurement:

• Numbers of citizens of Sligo experiencing poverty
• Number of community development initiatives supported
• Number of villages/groups participating in Tidy Towns/Pride of Place