About Us
Our Vision
Limerick City Sports Partnership ''Supporting Limerick Sport''
Our Mission
To maintain and increase participation in sport and physical activity in Limerick city and to become a one-stop-shop for Sport and Physical Activity in Limerick city, by providing a unified voice for the sector.
Limerick City Sports Partnership is part of a national network of Sports Partnerships, an initiative of the Irish Sports Council. Our aim is to help promote and develop sport in our local communities.
Functions of the Sports Partnership
The Local Sports Partnerships (LSPs) have two distinct functions, along with implementing their local Strategic Plan, these are:
- To provide information on sport and physical activity
- To provide quality opportunities for education & training at a local level
- To implement the strategic plan
BACKGROUND
The Limerick City Sports Partnership (LCSP) was established in June 2002 by the Irish Sports Council (ISC) under their strategy A New Era for Sport 2000-2002. Since then the value of Local Sports Partnerships (LSPs) has been recognized on a national level with a commitment to extend the total number of LSPs to 33, so that each city and county is facilitated. The Building Sport for Life 2006-2008 Strategy from the ISC states that LSPs are charged with increasing participation in sport and ensuring that positive experiences are had within sport. The target of the 2006-2008 Strategy is to increase overall adult participation by 1.5% and numbers of children partaking in extra curricular sport by 3%.
The LCSP has grown in strength since its formation due to the hard work and commitment of the staff and agencies involved. The key aim of the LCSP is to increase participation in sport and physical activity, especially amongst specific target groups and to ensure that local resources are used to best effect. To operate effectively the LCSP has to consider a number of factors. For example, Limerick City itself is the central part of a large city, where a number of key facilities that service the city's population actually fall outside the city boundaries. Also, Limerick City is at the heart of the Mid West Region providing a range of amenities and activities. Thus, the LCSP considers the extent to which its regional location impacts on its work, such as collaboration with bodies that lie outside its own administrative boundaries and the coming together of a range of public and private bodies to facilitate the development of an overall strategy for the Greater Limerick City Area.
