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Social Inclusion Measures Working Group (SIM)

The SIM Group brings together the key agencies with a social inclusion brief to co-ordinate programmes across the County to support the most disadvantaged and marginalised within our society. The SIM Group advises the CDB on the prioritisation of social inclusion matters within the County and has a strong focus in the work of the CDB with regular reports at each meeting.  A function of the SIM Group is to endorse operational plans from all of the development agencies in the County, to avoid duplication, promote cohesion and ensure that proposed projects are appropriate and relevant. It is expected that, in 2009-2012, the SIM group will take on a stronger role in ensuring value for money and improved co-ordination of social inclusion services at local level. The SIM group also plays a key role in the delivery and monitoring of progress of the RAPID programme in the towns of Wexford and New Ross. Enniscorthy has received RAPID status and the SIM Group will have an important role in developing the programme.