West Limerick Resources - "Committed to the Community"

Local & Community Development Programme

The aim of the Local and Community Development Programme (L&CDP) is to tackle poverty and social exclusion through partnership and constructive engagement between Government and its agencies and people in disadvantaged communities.  Under this programme, West Limerick Resources works with the community, in the community, targeting the most marginalised and promoting equal and active participation in employment, in learning and in all aspects of community life.

The Programme has four goals:

• GOAL 1:  To promote awareness, knowledge and uptake of a wide range of statutory, voluntary and community services.

• GOAL2:   To increase access to formal and informal educational, recreational and cultural development activities and resources.

• GOAL 3:  To increase peoples' work readiness and employment prospects.

• GOAL 4:  To promote engagement with policy, practice and decision-making processes on matters affecting local communities.

The L&CDP prioritises marginalised people and groups within the most disadvantaged communities, which means that it targets those furthest from education, training and employment, and those at highest risk of social exclusion. The programme works with the target groups and areas which have been identified through analysis of local need.

The Local and Community Development Programme (L&CDP), which integrates the former Local Development Social Inclusion Programme (LDSIP) and the Community Development Programme (CDP), is managed by Pobal on behalf of the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. It forms part of the National Development Plan 2007-2013. 

For further information contact:

Joan Murphy, L&CDP Coordinator

Phone: 069 66293

Email: jmurphy@wlr.ie