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Aims

Maximising our sports potential

The purpose of County Carlow Sports Partnership is to increase levels of local participation in sport and physical activity and maximise the use of local resources.

Sports Partnership has a remit in terms of specific target groups such as older people, girls and woman, people with disabilities, unemployed people and those who live in identified disadvantaged communities. Sporting participation and success has a ripple effect of breeding success in many other areas of life.

Other expected outcomes

1. Enhanced planning of sport at local level.
2. Increased levels of local participation, especially amongst specific target groups.
3. Enhanced local coach deployment.
4. Club development.
5. Volunteer training.
6. Local directories of sports bodies and facilities.
7. Clear priorities for local facility provision and improvement, with related quality management initiatives.
8. Better use of existing facilities.  
9. Local sports events

Main Functions

The main functions of Carlow Sports Partnerships are:

1. Information: establish a consultative forum, initiate research, compile a sports directory and database and identify needs and resources to form the basis of local planning.
2. Education: overall objective to provide quality opportunities for education and training at local level, provide training courses targeting volunteers, provide access to sports specific courses through the National Governing Bodies of Sport.
3. Implementation: develop a strategic plan for local sport, appoint a professional administrator and secure related support services, select participation programmes for LSPs modified to suit local needs, increase impact of national programmes delivered locally, market and promote sport.

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