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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

MOTION NO. 16

MOTION: Councillor B. Bonner

"This committee commends the Council for funding the training for the voluntary tour guides for the Round Tower and for devising an excellent model which will ensure that the skills of local volunteers can be used in the new visitor centre and on historical walking tours of Clondalkin."

REPORT:

The Community Services Department were delighted to be able to assist this new and innovative local community project and allocate funding from the Community Initiative Fund 2016 to support the costs of running the training courses which resulted in 45 fully trained volunteer tour guides.

The Project has several strengths not alone the obvious benefits of the upskilling of local volunteers as local tour guides and the preservation and education of people that this will have around the vast rich heritage of the Clondalkin Village but also the project has the strength that it fosters the formation of great collaboration and community spirit between the numerous local groups both represented on the organising committee or who volunteered to complete the course.

The local Community Development Team will continue to liaise and work with the group and will offer ongoing advice and assistance on any future projects to built on the success of this course.