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- info@sspship.ie
The Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) 2024-2028 is co-funded by the Irish Government through the Department of Rural and Community Development and the European Union through the Europe Social Fund Plus under the Employment, Inclusion, Skills, and Training (EIST) Programme 2021-2027.
The Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) 2024-2028 provides funding to tackle poverty and social exclusion at a local level through local engagement and partnerships between disadvantaged individuals, community organisations and public sector agencies.
SICAP is a targeted, holistic programme, for those who are most disadvantaged and less likely to access mainstream services, which provides supports directly to beneficiaries and links them into existing services. Programme Implementers (PIs) engage with marginalised communities and service providers using a community development approach to address issues relating to social exclusion and inequality.
SICAP also prioritises local engagement and partnerships, between SICAP Programme Implementers, disadvantaged individuals, community organisations and public sector agencies. It is a multi-faceted programme that provides supports to respond to individual and community needs, aiming to ensure that beneficiaries receive quality, tailored supports, while also allowing flexibility to adapt actions to local need. It enables bottom-up approaches within the framework of a national programme which provides targets, performance indicators and requirements.
SICAP addresses high and persistent levels of deprivation through targeted and innovative, locally-led approaches. It supports disadvantaged communities and individuals including unemployed people, people living in deprived areas, people with disabilities, single parent families, people on a low income, members of the Traveller and Roma community and other disadvantaged groups.
PIs work with marginalised communities and service providers using a community development approach to improve people’s lives. For example, helping people to find work or to upskill, providing CV training or personal development course, helping them onto a work placement programme such as CE or Tús.
Supporting Individuals
We work with individuals to help them to identify and take the steps to improve their quality of life and wellbeing and to access lifelong learning opportunities. Do you need support with:
Supporting Communities
We support local communities and groups to identify and address social inclusion and equality issues. Does your community need support:
Social Enterprises aim to make a social, societal or environmental impact by trading and building new, creative business models. They are organisations that achieve a tangible social impact and are a growing sector in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown. Through passion, hard work and determination they make a difference and create positive social changes that benefit everyone, and all of our communities.
Supported through Tús, CE and Age Action Ireland our free Care & Repair Service helps vulnerable older people in the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown area with essential pieces of work in their homes.
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