Dublin Sports and Recreation Council
Dublin Sports and Recreation Council (DSRC) represents the voice of voluntary sports and recreation clubs in Dublin and has a very large membership representing a huge range of sporting organisations in the city. To date the Dublin Sports and Recreation Council has proved to be an effective and consistent voice for clubs and organisations throughout Dublin and will continue to push for the greater support within the community of Dublin and its surrounding areas.
The main objectives
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To represent the needs and priorities of those involved in sports and recreation throughout Dublin City.
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To help develop policies and strategies which reflect the best interests of the sports and recreation sector.
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To draw together a code of ethics for those involved in sport and recreation in the city for consideration by the Community Forum.
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To actively lobby on issues of direct concern to those operating sports and recreation clubs across the city.
Activities:
Development of the LEAPS project in conjunction with the Dublin City Development Board and the School Competition Programme. The LEAPS project, (Learning and Education through Activity and Participation in Sports) aims to explore the benefits of using sports as a way of learning mainstream curriculum subjects. This initiative will be particularily targeted at potential early school leavers through the School Competition Programme.
The production and distribution of a directory "Winning All The Way ", detailing the services and activities of its members and clubs.
A poster campaign involving the design, production and distribution of five different "Sports Inclusion Posters" covering age, ability, gender, race and invisibility. The production and distribution of a newsletter for all member groups called "Heartbeat ".
Commissioning a piece of research on the amount of money allocated towards the development of Sport & Recreation in Dublin city and how it is spent.
A postcard campaign around the lack of media coverage of "Women in Sport".
Women In Irish Sport
The Dublin Sports & Recreation Council has repeated, for the fifth time, the research exercise it first carried out in the Spring of 2002. In 2007 the project counted the number of photographs of sportsmen and sportswomen in 6 principle Irish National Newspapers over a 15 day period. In 2007, the sample time span was increased from 10 days to 15 days, and the number of newspapers was increased from 5 to 6.
The Newspapers were:
The Irish Times
The Irish Examiner
The Irish Independent
The Irish Star
The Irish Sun
The Irish Mirror
The 2007 poll was carried out on the following days:
26th, 27th, 28th, 29th & 30th March
2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th,& 7th of April
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th & 13th of April.
Sadly, the 2007 figures are significantly worse than other years!
Download the research document "Women in Sport " here>> pdf | 298kb
Contact Information:
Dublin Sports & Recreation Council
c/o Forum Co-ordinator
Dublin Community Forum
Block 4, Floor 1
Civic Offices
Wood Quay
Dublin 8
Tel: 01 222 3259
Email: community.forum@dublincity.ie
