SICAP Programme

The Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) is co-funded by the Irish Government, through the Department of Rural and Community Development & the Gaeltacht and the European Union through the European Social Fund Plus under the Employment, Inclusion, Skills and Training (EIST) Programme 2021-2027 www.eufunds.ie.​

Bray & North Wicklow 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.

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 sicapdata@bnwap.ie

About SICAP

Watch this video to find out more about the aims of this national social inclusion programme

Please note: The video above is an interim infographic video which will be updated in due course.

Our SICAP 2025 Case Study

Bray Homeless Forum 

Watch the video below to learn how the forum works to foster collaboration among stakeholders working to address homelessness in the Bray and North Wicklow area.

Our SICAP 2024 Case Study

Enterprise & Employment

Watch the video below to learn how we deliver relevant training and support to people living in disadvantaged communities 0r are long-term unemployed.

Our SICAP 2023 Case Study

Ukrainian Community Centre and Support

Read our Case Study Report to learn how the Partnership has responded to the needs of Ukrainians living in the community by providing individual one-to-one support and establishing the Ukrainian Community Centre for Bray and North Wicklow in July 2022.

Read the Case Study 2023 Report

Our SICAP 2022 Case Study

Disability Network

Watch the video below to learn how the network supports local people with disabilities to have a say on issues that affect their everyday lives.

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 discover some we’ve supported.