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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

QUESTION NO. 17

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

To ask the CEO to detail supports available to Community Centres throughout our County to ensure that the needs of their communities are being catered for and will he present a statement?

REPLY:

The Council continues to support and work with community centres throughout the County providing a direct source of advice and assistance through the work of the local Community Development Teams and also provides a wide range of financial support opportunities through the administration of a variety of funding support schemes.

The newly developed Community Centre Management Support Fund expands on the traditional funding streams provided by the Community Services Department with additional Council funding for a specifically tailored funding scheme that responds directly to current needs identified by community centre boards of management. As advised to the Elected Members at the March Council Meeting, a total funding allocation of €672,830 has been approved through this fund to support boards of management with employment and training costs, delivery of local community events and other running costs.  In addition, our community development team is also organising a series of governance training workshops for local boards of management to improve the governance, strategic planning and collaboration of community centre boards.

The Council sponsored Community Employment Schemes continues to provide a very valuable source of staffing and funding support for many local community centres and we will also shortly launch the 2023 Community Infrastructure Fund which will provide the opportunity for support for planned capital works and upgrades to centres.