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Sligo County Community Forum

Community Fourm logo The Sligo County Community Forum was established in 2000 as the voice of the community and voluntary sector in the county.  With a registered membership of over 600 groups, the Forum acts as a network to enable the Community and Voluntary sector to meet and address common issues and concerns of the sector and advocate for those views at a county level.

“The Mission Statement of the Community Forum is to identify analyse and act on the needs, issues and concerns of Community and Voluntary Groups in County Sligo with particular emphasis on the issues that affect those who are most vulnerable and excluded in our Communities.”

Members are elected to the county community forum through five area fora in County Sligo.  Currently there are 17 members highlighting the following geographical interests :

  • Dromore West electoral area         -  4 delegates
  • Tubbercurry electoral area             -  4 delegates
  • Ballymote electoral area                 -  4 delegates
  • Sligo/Strandhill electoral area         - 4 delegates
  • Sligo/Drumcliffe electoral area        -  4 delegates

and five sectoral interests:

  • Older people                -  1 delegate
  • People with disabilities  -  1 delegate
  • Young people               -  1 delegate
  • Travellers                     -  1 delegate
  • New Communities        -  1 delegate

Delegates attending Sligo Forum website launch
The County Community Forum meets every month.  It holds its meetings in different areas around the county.  The forum members hold seats on a wide range of boards and local government structures to bring forward the views of the community and voluntary sector.  Elections to the County Community Forum will be held in early 2010.  All registered community groups will be invited to participate and updates on this process will be posted on the website, www.sligocommunityforum.com. 

PDF Logo Sligo County Community Forum E-Bulletin July 2009 - 91 kbs
The E-Bulletin guide is in PDF format and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. (If you don't have Acrobat Reader, you can download it free of charge from Adobe's web site.)