The Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) is co-funded by the Irish Government, through the Department of Rural and Community Development, and the European Social Fund Plus under the Employment, Inclusion, Skills and Training (EIST) Programme 2021-2027.
Bray Area Partnership implements the Social Inclusion & Community Activation Programme (SICAP) 2024 – 2028 in the Bray and north Wicklow Area.
The programme aims to tackle poverty and social exclusion at a local level through local engagement and partnerships between disadvantaged individuals, community organisations and public sector agencies.
SICAP is a targeted, holistic programme for those who are most disadvantaged and less likely to use mainstream services, which provides supports directly to beneficiaries and links them into existing services. It is a multi-faceted programme that provides supports to respond to individual and community needs, aiming to ensure that beneficiaries receive quality, tailored supports, while also allowing flexibility to adapt actions to local need. SICAP also prioritises local engagement and partnerships, between SICAP Programme Implementers, disadvantaged individuals, community organisations and public sector agencies.
We have two consortium partners, Bray Community Enterprise and Bray Family Resource and Development Project, who work with us in the provision of supports and services under this programme.
Our SICAP programmes for individuals support people who live in the Bray and north Wicklow areas and who are from these groups:
- People living in disadvantaged communities
- People impacted by educational disadvantage
- People living in jobless households or households where the primary income source is low-paid and/or precarious
- People who are long-term unemployed
- People with a criminal history
- Refugees
- International Protection Applicants
- People with disabilities
- Heads of one-parent families
- Travellers
- Roma
- Island residents
For more information on any aspect of our SICAP programme, contact our Social Inclusion Programmes Co-ordinator, Jennifer D'Arcy, at jenniferdarcy@brayareapartnership.ie.
About the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme
Watch this video to find out more about the aims of this national social inclusion programme.
Our SICAP 2022 case study: BAP Disability Network: working together to make a difference
Watch the video to find out about the work of our BAP Disability Network, which is supported under our SICAP programme - including stories about how the network supports local people with disabilities to have a say on issues that affect their everyday lives - from 'speed lobbies' of councillors to bringing issues such as beach accessibility and housing barriers to decision-makers so that real change can be made.
Our SICAP 2021 case study: supporting social enterprises
Watch the video to find out how we support local social enterprises to set up and develop and learn about some of the great local social enterprises we've supported.
The Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) is co-funded by the Irish Government, through the Department of Rural and Community Development, and the European Social Fund Plus under the Employment, Inclusion, Skills and Training (EIST) Programme 2021-2027.
