COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF LUCAN/PALMERSTOWN/NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
MOTION NO. 15
MOTION: Councillor G. O'Connell
To compliment the Community Section Staff for the wonderful work they do across the Lucan Palmerstown North Clondalkin area and to ask the Chief Executive for a report on the number of Community Centres in this LAC and to include a summary of the support provided by SDCC and the challenges Covid-19 poses.
Item 69345 for reply
REPORT:
Our Community Development team support the provision and management of seven community facilities and a further three neighbourhood across the Lucan and Palmerstown-Fonthill areas namely:
- Adamstown Community & Youth Centre
- Ballyowen Castle Community & Centre
- Earlsfort Community Centre
- Neilstown Community Centre
- Rowlagh Community Centre
- Quarryvale Community & Youth Centre
- Palmerstown Youth & Community Centre
- Griffeen Youth Centre
- Weavers Court Neighbourhood Centre
- Manor Road Neighbourhood Centre, Palmerstown
In addition, advice and support is also provided for the Bush Scout and Community Centre in Balgaddy.
The Community Development team provides direct advice, support and financial assistance on an ongoing basis to the local management committees for the community facilites as well as providing staffing supports through the placement of Community Employment (CE) participants through CE schemes. The added challenges of Covid-19 and associated restrictions resulted in changes to our community grants programme to provide added supports for community centres including additional management assistance funding and a community centre re-opening fund to assist with Covid-19 safety measures including Covid-19 response plans, safety screens, hand sanitation, first aid, staff training, PPE etc. and associated costs. The Council's Community Development grants, the Covid Emergency Fund and the Community Enhancement Fund have also provided additional funding opportunities while in centres where CE participants are placed, the Council directly organised Covid-19 Response Plans and staff training to assist the staff and Boards of Management.
The funding supports allocated to the community facilties in 2020 were:
|
Community Centre |
Management Assistance Grant |
Centre |
Community Development Grant |
Community Enhancement Fund |
Covid-19 Response Plan & Training |
|
Adamstown C&Y Centre |
€8,000 |
€1,032 |
|
|
Yes |
|
Ballyowen Castle C&Y Centre |
€6,000 |
€902 |
€500 |
|
|
|
Earlsfort Community Centre |
€4,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Neilstown Community Centre |
€4,000 |
|
|
|
Yes |
|
Rowlagh Community Centre |
€4,000 |
|
|
|
Yes |
|
Quarryvale C&L Centre |
€8,000 |
€1,000 |
|
€1,644 |
|
|
Palmerstown Y&C Centre |
€8,000 |
|
|
|
Yes |
|
Bush Scout & Community Centre |
|
|
€5,000 |
|
|