Community Development

The Community Development Team supports communities and target groups to engage with relevant stakeholders in identifying and addressing social exclusion and equality issues, developing the capacity of Local Community Groups and creating more sustainable communities.

Dublin South City Partnership

Upcoming Community Events

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What We Do

The Community Development Team supports communities and target groups to engage with relevant stakeholders in identifying and addressing social exclusion and equality issues, developing the capacity of Local Community Groups and creating more sustainable communities.

Activities and Groups Supported

Group Training and Supports
- Training in key areas identified by local community groups
- Technical support in areas such as grant writing, planning and strategic development
- Direct supports for issue based groups and networks including Men’s and Women’s Groups, Senior Citizens Groups and Disability Groups
- Supports to area based groups and networks
- Promoting and encouraging sustainability at a local level
- Capacity Building and supports to voluntary boards or management committees and their members
- Practical supports are also provided to ensure equality and inclusion measures are in place to facilitate participation in local and national decision-making structures.

Multicultural and Integration Initiatives
- Information, guidance and support to the members of new communities
- Anti-Racism Intercultural Training
- Supporting Intercultural Groups and Networks

Family Support
- Supporting Community Childcare and Families

Healthy Communities
- Support for Holistic, Health and Well-being Initiatives and Events
- Social Prescribing Programme

Community Safety Forums
- Supporting dialogue between communities, Gardaί and Local Authorities

Regeneration
- Participating in the Community Of Practice Shared Learning Experience around Regeneration Boards/Forums in Dublin 8
- Supporting residents and tenants to participate in Regeneration structures
- Promoting Social regeneration activities and initiatives

South City Grassroots

Community-Led Climate Action in Dublin's South City

Attached is our recent brochure highlighting community-led climate action in Dublin’s South City.

This new publication brings together some of the grassroots voices and highlights the amazing work that is being carried out by volunteers in our area.

It’s a recognition of what volunteers are building and it’s also an invitation for a bigger conversation:

‘Are we placing too much of the administrative, physical, and unpaid work of environmental care on volunteers?

What can we do to get businesses, local authorities, policy makers, and other stakeholders to step up?

What does climate justice look like at the street level?’

This is the link to the publication:
https://www.calameo.com/read/008045575368d7f760cde

Celebrating the International Decade for People of African Descent in Ireland Project

SICAP Community Development staff secured funding from the Department of Justice to celebrate ‘The International Decade for People of African Descent in Ireland’. The focus of this project was to

Raise awareness of the contribution of People of African Descent to Irish communities using a strengths-based approach
Host an event to bring communities together to celebrate the enrichment of Irish society by People of African Descent.

Launch of People’s Transition for Crumlin (see photo attached below)

Dublin South City Partnership, Bloomin’ Crumlin and TASC (Think-tank for Action on Social Change) collaborated on a project in the Crumlin area called the ‘People’s Transition’. The project was very successful in terms of community engagement and data collection, and the full report was launched in early December 2024. This report will be used as a platform to plan and fund community-generated solutions that emerged through the project.

Supporting Community Events

SICAP Community Development staff collaborate with local community groups, stakeholders and funders to provide seasonal and community events each year.