3.3 Local Collaboration Experience
Social Inclusion Measures (SIMs) Working Group of the Kerry County Development Board
The purpose of the SIMs Working Group is to develop mutual support and engage in collaboration where appropriate for the benefit of those most marginalised in society. The Group has evolved on a continuum of engagement, from information sharing through to collaborative projects involving high levels of co-ordination resulting in enhanced services for local communities being delivered Kerry County Childcare Committee Partnership Trá Lí is represented on the County Childcare Committee, and was crucial in the development phase of the Committee. Indeed the organisation was one of the first partnership companies to identify childcare as an issue crucial to inclusion and local development, and to put a childcare worker in place in 1998. RAPID (Revitalising Areas By Planning Investment and Development) Partnership Trá Lí is represented on the RAPID Area Implementation Team for the Tralee Area. Three Areas were designated disadvantage under RAPID II in 2002. Partnership Trá Lí coordinated the Area Based Profile for the three areas and is currently providing development support to 1 of the Designated areas. Through its Community Development and Community Enterprise Officer, Partnership Trá Lí provides ongoing support to all Community and Voluntary Organisations within the RAPID areas. Shanakill Family Resource Centre and St. Brigid’s Community Centre are based within two RAPID Areas in Tralee Rapid fund one Part-time staff member in our Community Development Team.
PLANET Partnership Trá Lí is represented on the PLANET Network. PLANET is the network of 38 Partnership Companies in Ireland
Kerry Local Sports Partnership Partnership Trá Lí is represented on the Board of the Kerry Local Sports Partnership Kerry Community Transport Ltd. Partnership Trá Lí Ltd. was a founding member of Kerry Community Transport Ltd.; a Rural Transport Company set up to deliver accessible transport throughout the County. The Company secured funding under the Rural Transport Initiative and has become a leading Community Transport Company in the Country. Kerry Awareness of Re-usable Energy (KARE) – Funded under the ALTENER Programme Partnership Trá Lí in conjunction with a number of other relevant organisations successfully participated in the European ALTENER Programme. The overall aim of the programme was to increase awareness of the importance and application of renewable energy sources in designated areas within the county. Networking Networking and working in Partnership with the local community, statutory and non-statutory agencies on the development of social inclusion and community development initiatives |