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 Find the Programme in Your Area'Changing Ireland' has mapped over 120 projects in the Local and Community Development Programme. We've pinpointed 95% of the locations to within metres and you can access the project/companies' email, phone and website details through the map. Click on the image to access interactive map. (opens new page) You can also visit Pobal or the Irish Local Development Network for more information: pobal.ie www.ildn.ie Work Opportunities via TÚS SchemeThe TUS scheme last year provided 5,000 unemployed people with work experience in communities. Designed to benefit individuals and community groups, the scheme is administered by Local Development Companies (see map above to link with the one in your area) and is open to all community groups. People offered places are selected by the Dept of Social Protection. Local Development Companies also operate a range of other Programmes
that offer unemployed people work experience, training, access to education
and much more. Map Social Exclusion in Your Area
You may also wish to read the Pobal Guide to interactive map Contact Anyone in the Programme!Nationwide contacts for Local and Community Development Programme (LCDP) 'Changing Ireland' has compiled a
contacts database of staff and volunteers throughout the Local and Community
Development Programme ABOUT THE PROGRAMMEEvery community, district and county in the Republic of Ireland is covered by the Local and Community Development Programme (LCDP) and Pobal have produced a FAQ page about the Programme. It employs around 3,000 workers to bring about positive change at local level using a Community Development approach. The Programme has a budget of approximately €60 million for 2011 and Forum Connemara's website gives a good flavour of the kind of work that is covered; there are over 50 development organisations like Forum involved in delivering the Programme. Read more about the programme... 30,000 VIEWS FOR OUR CHANNEL'Changing Ireland' videos had almost 30,000 hits at the beginning of 2012. Our most popular video-series is about Visiting Prison for the First Time which is backed up by print coverage which tells more: see pages 22-23 of Issue 29 of 'Changing Ireland' which includes 33 tips for those visiting prison for the first time. |
VIDEO(Double-click for BIGGER screen)OECD Conference Programme Goal Four eg: Citizen empowerment in Tipp Possibilities Conference: Dalai Lama & Rita Fagan See Multimedia Menu for more videos like these: Visiting a prisoner - sound advice from Sharon Harty of CASP Supporting unemployed people to set up business Enabling Dissent Seminar |
With the click of a mouse, you can now view levels of social
inclusion and exclusion in your
area under a range of categories and down to street level.
