Sligo Education Working Group

The Sligo Education Working Group is a sub-group of the SIM Group.  The focus of the Group is to:

• Promote collaboration among agencies dealing with early school leavers
• Develop community education and support
• Target support locally within schools
• Promote broader policy level responses to educational disadvantage

Membership

The membership of the Education Working Group is determined by the Group itself, with the support of the SIM Group.  The membership consists of organisations in Co. Sligo that have an interest in addressing educational disadvantage.
The following organisations are represented on the Education Working Group:

• Sligo County Council
• Sligo Northside Community Partnership
• Foroige
• Sligo Traveller Support Group
• St Angela’s College
• I.T. Sligo
• National Education Welfare Board
• Sligo Leader Partnership Co. Ltd
• Home Youth Liaison Service
• Co Sligo VEC
• Cranmore Regeneration Programme
• Disability Federation of Ireland
• Sligo Education Centre
• School Completion Project
• Dept of Education & Science
• FAS
• Sligo RAPID Programme
• Youth Action Project Sligo
• Junior Achievement Ireland