Sligo County Community Forum still has a limited number of places remaining for its upcoming training sessions in community needs analysis and ‘filling out funding applications’:

Carrying out a community needs analysis:  25^th June, Sligo Northside Centre, 10am to 3pm.   

This training will be held over one day.  This session is aimed at those working in a voluntary and paid capacity in the community.  This course will be of interest to those who would like to know how to go about researching and collecting information on their own community, and how to involve the local community in this process.  It may be of use to groups who would like to build a profile of their local community or make funding applications. 

Filling out funding applications:  9^th July, 6-9pm, Easkey Community Centre.

This session will be held on one evening.  It will be of interest to community groups who are having difficulty in filling out funding applications and want to gain more information in this regard.  At the session, guidelines for filling out funding applications will be presented and sample funding applications will be used to help give greater direction to groups. 

How to apply

Each of the training sessions places will be limited to 20 participants.  If you would like to take part in any of the training sessions, you will need to contact to Catherine Brennan at the Sligo County Community Forum, email cbrennan@sligococo.ie, 071-9111814, or apply in writing to Catherine Brennan, Sligo County Community Forum, Sligo Development Centre, Cleveragh Road, Sligo.