ACTIVE LEADERSHIP
Interested in Organising Sport in Your Community?
This Award is a joint initative between the Irish Sports Council & the Sports Council for Northern Ireland. The purpose of the course is to provide trained, knowledgeable & enthusiastic community based leaders whose aim it is to encourage more people to become & remain involved in sport & physical activity. The course is fully certified.

The course covers the following topics:
Leadership Skills, Safety & Injury Prevention, Code of Ethics, Planning & Organising a 'Sport for All' session, and Programme administration.

The course is open to anyone over 18 who is interested & enthusiastic about organising sport in their community and who is already involved with a community group who could benefit (e.g. sedentary adult groups). Specific sporting skills are not required. The training will be a practical & enjoyable experience.

N.B. This award is aimed at people seeking a multi-sport award. If you are interested in getting training in a specific sport, then please contact the relevant National Governing Body for that sport.


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ACTIVE COMMUNITIES
Active Communities works with all local people to increase levels of sport and physical activity in the community. It brings people together on an on-going basis and gives a voice for the development of sport and activity in the community.


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BUNTUS SPORT & PLAY
Buntús – the Official School’s Sports Programme developed and supported by SuperValu and the Irish Sports Council, with the aim of encouraging children to develop a healthy interest in sport from a young age, and to maintain an active lifestyle for longer was recently launched.

School-aged children need opportunities to participate in the sport of their choice at an appropriate level, in a safe and enjoyable environment. Buntús provides those opportunities and opens the door to a life long relationship with sport and physical activity. The programme provides training to all school staff, free child friendly equipment (worth approx €1000) & resource cards to help teachers (& older pupils) use the equipment.
Buntús Start is a comprehensive physical activity programme for children aged 2-5 years old. It has been designed for use in pre-school settings so that pre-school and playgroup leaders can provide a wide range of fun activities for young children.

Buntús Play is aimed primarily at 5-9 year olds. The focus is to aid in the development of basic motor and movement skills. This is done using equipment such as balloon balls and other small sized equipment. Buntús Multi-Sport is aimed at 7-11 year olds. It acts as an introduction to invasion games and net/wall games.

To date LCSP has delivered Buntús Sport & Play to 39 schools over 500 teachers and over 7000 pupils in Limerick City. We would encourage all schools to use this programme to help deliver their PE curriculum.

Check if your local school is a Buntús school:
St. Marys’ Girls N.S & Boys N.S
St. Michael's N.S
Scoil Mháthair Dé
Gaelscoil Sáirseail
J.F.K Memorial
Gaelscoil Chaladh an Treoigh
Gaelscoil Seoirse Clancy
Southill N.S
Salesian Infant N.S & Primary N.S
St. John The Baptist Boys N.S
An Mhodh Scoil
St. Brigid's N.S
Scoil Íosagáin
St. John's Girls & Infants
Corpus Christi School
Gaelscoil an Raithin
Limerick Schools Project
Galvone N.S
Mary Queen of Ireland Girls N.S
Our Lady of Lourdes
Scoil Chriost Ri
St. Munchin’s CBS
St. Patrick’s Girls N.S & Boys N.S
St. Paul’s N.S
St. Philomenas Preparatory School
St. Vincent’s
St. Canices Special School
Catherine McAuley School
Mid-West School of Hearing Impaired
St. Lelias N.S
St. Nessans N.S
Presentation Primary
St Munchin's Girls N.S
St. Michael's Infants

BUNTUS SOCCER
The FAI Buntús Soccer programme is a follow on programme for schools that already have the generic Buntús bags in place.

The games and activities have been carefully designed so that they:
- Can be used by all children aged 7-12 years old, regardless of their ability
- Offer a variety of progressive activities that are designed to develop an understanding of the game and general motor skills
- Include games that can be set up quickly and easily by the teachers and pupils

Give useful hints to teachers on:
- Safety
- Adapting the games
- How the cards help with activity sessions
- Equipment
- Follow up games (mini-soccer, futsal)

We have delivered Buntus Soccer to:
17 schools 228 teachers 2954 pupils.

BUNTUS RUGBY
The Buntús Rugby Programme was piloted in Limerick City and was delivered to: 12 schools 145 teachers 2309 pupils.


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COACH EDUCATION GRANTS
The LCSP provides grant assistance to coaches & leaders from clubs and organisations in the Limerick City area providing sport & physical activity opportunities.


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FIRST TEE
The First Tee is dedicated to impacting the lives of young people in Limerick by providing learning facilities and educational programs that promote character development and life enhancing values through the game of golf.

This project is run in association with Rathbane Golf Course.


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FIT 4 LIFE
Limerick Athletics Club in association with the LCSP run a running/walking league to encourage women & men of all levels of fitness to get more active!


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GO FOR LIFE
What is Go For Life ?

Go for Life is the national programme for Sport and Physical Activity for Older People. The programme aims to involve more older adults in all aspects of physical activity more often - not only participating but also planning and leading sport and physical activity within their own groups.

There are two key strands:
- Active Living aims to get more people involved in health enhancing physical activity. The programme is implemented in partnership with the Health Promotion Officers of the HSE.
- Sport Participation aims to increase participation rates in sport by older people. It is intended that leaders will in turn promote participation in sport amongst the older people in their communities.

PALS WORKSHOPS
Limerick City Sports Partnership in association with Age & Opportunity Ireland are delighted to organise PALs (Physical Activity Leaders) Workshops in Limerick City as part of the Go For Life programme. Keep an eye on the Calendar section for dates of upcoming courses.

To date over 1000 people have attended the Pals’ workshops nationwide. Go for Life, as well as increasing the numbers of older people taking part in sport also increases the number of older people actually leading sport.

www.olderireland.ie

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GYM Inc
GYM Inc was developed in association with UL & local disability agencies in order to develop an accessible and educational programme for people with disabilities on gym access and participation benefits. The project aims to target people with disabilities who are often excluded from participation opportunities for a variety of reasons e.g. lack of programmes catering for their needs, inaccessible facilities, cost etc.

Since Gym Inc got off the ground the feedback from participants has been very positive. One participant who is a wheelchair user stated they never realised they could do so many activities in a gym and were delighted that they could participate in a variety of exercises suitable to their own unique ability.

A variety of equipment was used by the Gym Inc participants during the session. This equipment included treadmills, bikes (including wheelchair accessible bikes), arm ergometer, free weights and weight training machines as well as participating in flexibility and toning exercises.

A key part to the success of the Gym Inc programme is that each individual participates in an exercise and activity programme that is suitable to them and their individual ability thus everybody’s physical activity needs are provided for. The UL Arena is the perfect location to run such a programme in Limerick city. Apart from been a fully accessible world-class facility, the management and staff at the Arena are dedicated and highly supportive towards the inclusive use of the facilities for all persons regardless of their abilities and physical activity needs.


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SWIM-INC
Swim Inc (or Swimming Inclusive in full) is a pilot programme for 5-10 year old children with disabilities in the Limerick city area, developed to teach skills conducive to participating in adapted sports sessions in a fun and supportive environment. Many of the activities these young people experience in their educational and other settings are often for therapeutic purposes, with Swim Inc being developed to offer a sporting alternative. A 9 week pilot for 8 children and their parents (accompanying them in the water) was developed by the Swim Inc team with the University Arena pool providing support in terms of the venue.

The primary aim of the pilot was to ascertain whether there was actual demand for such a programme in the Limerick city area and if so, how such a programme could be run successfully. Sarah Meegan, sport scientist and teacher on the Swim Inc team says ‘I can’t tell you how delighted I am that this opportunity now exists and, will continue to exist, for these children. Seeing the expressions on their faces as they splash about in the water is highly rewarding. Our aim is to help participants improve their confidence and movement ability in the water; to suggest activities that can be practiced in public recreation swim sessions; to further develop a format of classes suitable for this target group and; to produce a plan to encourage participants to swim regularly after the lessons. We are certainly getting there.’

Swim Inc arose from a need identified by a local physiotherapist and sports scientist, both of whom specialise in adapted physical activity and, have working knowledge of what is available in Limerick for this target group. A partnership was formed with Limerick City Sports Partnership who pulled together a project proposal for funding of €3000 from the Irish Sports Council for a pilot adapted physical activity programme for children, under the key strategic area of Active Limerick – To deliver and promote programmes for health-enhancing physical activity. UL PE & Sport Science students got involved as volunteer water assistants on the programme and ensured that as part of the team, the pilot programme was a great success.

For details of swimming opportunities for people with a disability please go to the Directory section of this website.


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TRAINING & EDUCATION COURSES
Throughout the year Limerick City Sports Partnership and other organisations involved in sport or physical activity will be holding courses and workshops that may be of interest to you.

Upcoming Courses 2007-2008:

Child Protection in Sport (Basic Awareness & Officer's Training)
Speed, Agility & Quickness (SAQ Foundation & Level 1)
Sports Injury Workshop
Drug & Alcohol Awareness
Sports Capital Grants
PALs Workshop
Regional Sports Seminar

For venues & dates please check out our Calendar of Events.



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WALKING FOR HEALTH
This workshop enables participants to plan & lead a programme of safe, enjoyable, health-enhancing walks.


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