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Other Interesting Initiatives with which Sligo RAPID is involved

• Community Safety Taskforce – the RAPID Co-ordinator co-convened this group which involves Gardai, Fire Officers, County Veterinary Officer and community members in designing solutions to issues affecting the RAPID estates. An extensive action plan has been developed to progress initiatives in this area.

 
Community Safety Task Force 

• Illegal Money-lending Group – arising out of the Community Safety Taskforce, this group works on the serious issue of money-lending which badly affects the lives of some residents in Sligo Town. Through community education, advocacy, awareness raising and referral to the various advice and enforcement agencies, the group is tackling this issue. Group membership includes RAPID, Money Advice and Budgeting Service, Credit Union, Sligo Gardai, St Vincent de Paul, Cranmore Regeneration Project, community groups, local residents and business owners.
• Community Sports and Youth Initiatives – Sligo RAPID has forged alliances with Football Association of Ireland, Sligo Rovers, Sligo GAA and the Sligo Sports and Recreation Partnership to promote youth sports in Sligo RAPID areas. Sport can be used as a tool to divert young people from delinquency, substance abuse and crime and is the stepping stone to a healthy lifestyle. In recent years, summer and Easter sports programmes have engaged young boys and girls from all of the RAPID areas to great effect.
• Peace III RAPID Urban Collective – six different community and voluntary organisations have come together under the RAPID umbrella to promote anti-sectarian, anti-racist and reconciliatory practice through sports, youth activities, arts and education work. The involvement of Sligo residents in cross-border and single identity work during 2009-2010 has enriched the experiences of several hundred participants of all ages, ethnicities and social backgrounds in fulfilment of the aims of the Sligo Peace III Taskforce Action Plan.