SSRP Achieves Active Disability Ireland Xcessible Bronze Award

The Xcessible programme is an inclusive programme designed for National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs) and Local Sports Partnerships (LSPs) to positively and meaningfully provide opportunities for people with disabilities to take part in sport and physical activity.

About Xcessible
Building a strong foundation for inclusion and nurturing the relationships we have with NGBs and LSPs has always been a priority for Active Disability Ireland. Active Disability Ireland’s core beliefs to provide opportunities for all people with disabilities to participate in sport and physical activity and to ensure that they have a choice of the type of activities has to remain priority for the NGB’s & LSP’s to ensure the we create a wholly inclusive environment for everyone.

Through the development of Xcessible, Active Disability Ireland want to push this agenda even further and help to create these opportunities across a wide range of opportunities from coaching, volunteering, participation, officiating, high performance etc.

To learn more about Xcessible please click on link: https://activedisability.ie/xcessible/

On awarding SSRP with the Xcessible Bronze Award, Ali Howick the Sports Inclusion Officer for Active Disability Ireland stated:

On behalf of Active Disability Ireland I’d like to sincerely congratulate you on the work that you have completed under the Xcessible programme to date, and I am delighted to let you know that following on from your panel presentation, Sligo LSP has successfully achieved the Bronze status.
Your presentation was fantastic, and the panel were really impressed with the work happening locally under the 5 objectives of the programme. The whole team should be proud of the work that you have completed and also excited by the potential of where you can go over the next few years.

SSRP CEO Deirdre Lavin Commented:

The inclusive work that Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership does with clubs and community groups across the county of Sligo is paving the way for opening up and providing more opportunities for people with disabilities to take part in sport and physical activity. SSRP are proud to be awarded the Active Disability Ireland Xcessible Bronze Award and will continue on the inclusive journey to work in partnership to have More People, More Active, More Often.