Inner City organisations Network ICON

ICON is an umbrella organisation which aims to link up voluntary and community groups operating in the north east inner city of Dublin as well as individuals working and living in the area. The main aim of ICON is to co-ordinate and disseminate information, operate as a forum for debate and local policy making as a means of lobbying on issues as they arise within the community. ICON promotes a collaborative 'partnership' between state, non-state, business and community groups in the area.

Inner City Renewal Group

ICRG is a community development organisation, which aims to ensure that the local community gets tangible benefits from regeneration. ICRG provides services to welfare dependents and the long-term unemployed, people with drug addiction, youth at risk, women living alone and women experiencing abuse and violence. ICRG has been instrumental in the development of a number of successful initiatives such as:

• Saol Project
• Crinan Project
• ICON
• Establishing the IADP, which became the model for the Drugs Task Forces
• TEN - The Employment Network

ICRG shares its premises with the Community After Schools Project, the Wexford Centre, the Violence Against Women Outreach Service and the Refugee Information Service.

Lourdes Youth & Community Services

LYCS is an integrated community-based training, education, recreational and development project, targeting socially and economically excluded individuals and families living in Dublin's north east inner city. LYCS is concerned with giving participants of all ages the opportunity to release their productive and creative talents to become involved in their own development and the development of their community.

LYCS operates a number of services in its premises in Rutland Street, including:

• Community Training Workshop
• Youth Programme
• Adult Education Programme
• Childcare Centre

LYCS also provides an outreach training and support service for local volunteers interested in running youth activities. In addition they organise educational, art and recreational activities.

North Wall Women's Centre

The North Wall Women's Centre was founded in 1985 by a group of local women who recognised the need for a safe place where women could share experiences and grow together. The centre aims to redress the problems women experience as a result of social exclusion and bring about social change in order to improve the life of the community.The mission of the centre is to empower women to reach their full potential and participate fully in society by providing appropriate supports and resources in a safe environment. The centre's aims are to:

• Act as a centre of excellence in training and education
• Support women to reach their full potential
• Provide supports, resources and opportunities to help improve the quality of life of the centre's participants
• Maintain an anti-poverty focus
• Actively encourage local participation in the centre
• Develop the capacity of local women into leadership roles within the community
• Enhance the skills of women to access meaningful employment
• Respond to new needs

NASCADH

NASCADH is a new Community Development Project operating in the East Wall area of Dublin's inner city.The strategic vision is that NASCADH is a community-based project which strives to bring together all strands of the community by social inclusion and encouraging integration.The work of NASCADH CDP will be informed by the following values and principles:

• Support the inclusion of all people in the community in the local development process
• Committed to building the capacity and strength of the local community and empowering local people who do not participate at present to play a more active role in East Wall
• Promote the inclusion of disadvantaged and socially excluded groups in the community development and local development process

Organisations Associated with the Inner City Organisations Network

• Abbey Day Nursery Abbey Church, North Frederick St, Dublin 1
• Access Ireland Tel 878 0589 Dominick Court, 40-41 Dominick St, Dublin 1
• Adventure Sports Project Tel 836 3965 School on Stilts, Rutland St, Dublin 1
• African Cultural Project Tel 878 0613 4 Lower O’Connell St, Dublin 1
• African Women’s Network Tel 086 397 6572 19 Belvedere Place, Dublin 1
• After Care Recovery Group 176 North Strand Road, Dublin 1
• After School Education Support Programme Tel 855 4043 25 Spencer Dock, North Wall, Dublin 1
• Ana Liffey Drugs Project Tel 878 6899 13 Lower Abbey St, Dublin 1
• Arts Limited Tel 856 1422 64 Lower Gardiner St, Dublin 1
• Avondale House Tenants Association c/o ICON Ballybough Resource Centre Tel 855 2005 625 North Circular Rd, Dublin 1
• Ballybough Youth Project Tel 856 1356 44 North Strand Rd, Dublin 3
• Belvedere Youth Club Tel 855 0282 41 Lower Buckingham St, Dublin 1
• Bridge Project Tel 878 0901 125 Parnell Street, Dublin 1
• Cairde Tel 855 2111 19 Belvedere Place, Dublin 1
• CDVEC Pathways Tel 878 0901 1a Granby Row, Dublin 1
• Central Model Junior NS Tel 878 8344 Marlborough St, Dublin 1
• Central Model Senior NS Tel 878 8103 Marlborough St, Dublin 1
• Centrecare Tel 872 6775 1(a) Cathedral St, Dublin 1
• Champions Avenue Tenants Association c/o ICON Child Care Centre Tel 874 1791 69 Amiens St, Dublin 1
• Citywide Drugs Crisis Campaign Tel 836 5091 175 North Strand Rd, Dublin 1
• Community Action Network Tel 878 8005 24 Gardiner Place, Dublin 1
• Community After School Project (CASPr) Tel 836 6364 57 Amiens St, Dublin 1
• Community Media Network Tel 878 3344 34 North Frederick St, Dublin 1
• Community Policing Forum Tel 855 7015 c/o CTA, Kilarney Court, St Joseph’s Mansion, Dublin 1
• Community Technical Aid Tel 855 7015 Kilarney Court, St Joseph’s Mansion, Dublin 1
• Congolese Irish Partnership Tel 838 9664 19 Belvedere, Dublin 1
• Co-operative Development Society Tel 873 3199 Dominick Court, 41 Dominick St Lower, Dublin 1
• Crinan Youth Project Tel 855 8792 72 Sean McDermott St, Dublin 1
• Croke Villas Tenants Association c/o ICON Curam Family Centre Tel 855 9313 46 North Strand Rd, Dublin 3
• Dolebusters Tel 814 6885 5 Gardiner Row, Dublin 1
• Dominick St Tenants Association c/o ICON Dublin Adult Learning Centre (DALC) Tel 874 3251 3 Mountjoy Square, Dublin 1
• Dublin Aids Alliance Tel 873 3799 53 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1
• Dublin Simon Community Tel 836 3450 PO Box 581, Dublin 1
• East Wall Playgroup 1 Tel 874 3603 Community Centre, St Mary's Rd, East Wall, Dublin 3
• Fire Station Artists Studio Tel 855 6735 9-11 Lower Buckingham St, Dublin 1
• Fitzgibbon St Tenants Association c/o ICON Folklore Project 19 Lower Buckingham St, Dublin 1
• Forum of People with Disabilities Tel 878 6077 21 Hill St, Dublin 1
• Gardiner St Tenants Association c/o ICON Gardiner Street Primary School Tel 872 2894 76 Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin 1
• George’s Place Tenants Association c/o ICON
• Glouster Diamond Tenants Association c/o ICON
• Happy City Samba School Tel 855 9632 11 Mountjoy Square, Dublin 1
• Hardwicke St Tenants Association c/o ICON
• Hill St Family Centre Tel 874 6810 Old Playground, Hill St, Dublin 1
• Hill St Tenants Association c/o ICON
• Holy Child Pre-school Tel 855 5146 Lower Sean MacDermott St, Dublin 1
• ICON Drugs Support 15 North Strand Rd, Dublin 1
• Inner City Enterprise Tel 836 4073 56 Lower Gardiner St, Dublin 1
• Inner City Organisations Network Tel 836 6890 22 Lower Buckingham St, Dublin 1
• Inner City Renewal Group Tel 855 7207 57 Amiens St, Dublin 1
• Introart Tel 872 7930 27 Great Strand St, Dublin 1
• Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed Tel 856 0088 Araby House, 8 North Richmond St, Dublin 1
• Irish Refugee Council Tel 873 0042 40 Lower Dominick St, Dublin 1
• James Larkin Tenants c/o ICON
• Killarney Avenue Tenants c/o ICON
• Kindercare Playgroup Community Centre Tel 874 3606 St Mary's Rd, East Wall, Dublin 3
• Larkin Community College Tel 874 1913 Champion Ave, Dublin 1
• Larkin Unemployed Centre Tel 836 5544 57-58 North Strand Rd, Dublin 3
• Liberty House Tenants c/o ICON
• Little Learners Crèche Tel 878 7266 Dublin Adult Learning Centre, 3 Mountjoy Sq, Dublin 1
• Lourdes Day Care Centre Tel 855 4381 Lower Sean McDermott St, Dublin 1
• Lourdes House Tenants c/o ICON
• Lourdes Parish Network Tel 836 3358 72 Sean McDermott St, Dublin 1
• Lourdes Resource Centre 35 Lower Buckingham St, Dublin 1
• Lourdes Youth & Community Services Tel 836 3416 c/o Lourdes Day Care Centre LYCS Training Workshop Tel 8363416 24-25 Killarney St, Dublin 1
• MaSamba Samba School Tel 087 236 3813 30 Bayview Avenue, North Strand, Dublin 3
• McDermott Apartments Tenants c/o ICON
• Mount Carmel Secondary School Tel 873 0958 King's Inn St, Dublin 1
• National Association for Deaf People Tel 872 3800 35 North Frederick St, Dublin 1
• Neighbourhood Youth Project Tel 836 3822 c/o 22 Mountjoy Square, Dublin 1
• Neighbourhood Youth Project 2 Tel 856 1316 25 Lower Buckingham St, Dublin 1
• North City Centre Community Action Project (NCCCAP) Tel 836 6957 9-11 Lower Buckingham St, Dublin 1
• North Clarence St Tenants c/o ICON
• North Inner City Drugs Task Force Tel 836 6592 22 Lower Buckingham St, Dublin 1
• North Wall CTW Tel 855 4033 St Laurence Place East, Seville Place, Dublin 1
• North Wall Women's Centre Tel 836 5399 Lower Sheriff St, North Wall, Dublin 1
• North Wall Youth Development Group 25 Spencer Dock, North Wall, Dublin 1
• North William St Tenants c/o ICON
• O’Brien Hall Tenants c/o ICON
• O'Connell CBS Secondary School Tel 874 8307 North Richmond St, Dublin 1
• O'Connell Primary School Tel 855 7517 North Richmond St, Dublin 1
• Out House Tel 873 4932 105 Capel St, Dublin 1 Parents Education Marlborough St School, Dublin 1
• Pavee Point Travellers Centre Tel 878 0255 46 North Great Charles St, Dublin 1
• Rutland St NS Tel 874 7331 Rutland St, Dublin 1 SAOL Project Tel 855 3391 58 Amiens St, Dublin 1
• Scoil Chaoimhin Tel 878 8594 Marlboro St, Dublin 1
• Scoil Mhuire is Iosaf GNS Tel 830 1300 St Mary’s Place, Dorset St, Dublin 1
• Sean Treacy House Tenants c/o ICON Sheridan Court Tenants c/o ICON Sheriff St Pre-School St Laurence O'Toole's CBS, Seville Place, Dublin 1
• Soilse Tel 872 4535 6/7 North Frederick St, Dublin 1
• Special Education Project Tel 872 2700 9 Henrietta St, Dublin 1
• St Agatha’s Youth Development Group 15 St Agatha’s Court, Dublin 1 St Agatha's Children's Mass Group Tel 878 3583 St Agatha's Parish, North William St, Dublin 1
• St Bridget’s Day Nursery Tel 855 7373 Mountjoy Square Park North, Dublin 1
• St Columba’s NS Tel 855 6805 North Strand Rd, Dublin 3 St Laurence O’Toole’s GNS Tel 855 0299 Seville Place, Dublin 1
• St Laurence O’Toole’s Senior Boys School Tel 836 3490 Seville Place, Dublin 1
• St Laurence O'Toole's Girls SS Tel 836 6494 Seville Place, Dublin 1
• St Louise's Day Centre Tel 855 4043 North William St, Dublin 1
• St Mary’s Mansions Tenants c/o ICON
• St Mary’s Place Boys Primary School Tel 830 0841 Dorset St, Dublin 1
• St Vincent’s Boys NS Tel 836 3074 North William St, Dublin 1
• St Vincent’s Girls Primary School Tel 874 0048 North William St, Dublin 1
• St Vincent’s Infant Boys Primary School Tel 836 3074 North William St, Dublin 1
• St Vincent’s Trust Tel 872 2240 9 Henrietta St, Dublin 1
• Sunflower Recycling Tel 878 8897 Shamrock Terrace, North Strand, Dublin 3
• Talbot Centre Tel 836 3434 29 Upper Buckingham St, Dublin 1
• Tar Isteach Tel 874 9990 Dominick Ct, 40-41 Lower Dominick Street, Dublin 1
• Tara House 108 North Strand Rd, Dublin 1
• The Employment Network (TEN) Tel 836 4777 Bayview House, 49 North Strand Rd, Dublin 3
• Tosach Tel 817 1911 44 Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin 1
• Training Workshop in Horticulture Tel 878 1332 No 5 Gardiner Row, Dublin 1
• Treoir Tel 670 0120 14 Gandon House Lower Mayor St, IFSC, Dublin 1
• Vincentian Partnership for Justice Tel 878 0425 Ozanam House 53 Mountjoy Square, Dublin 1
• Youthreach Tel 874 4311 20 North Great George's St, Dublin 1
• Youthreach Transition Centre Tel 873 3123 34 Dominick Place, Dublin 1

last updated: JUNE 23, 2006

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