South west inner city network SWICN

SWICN is a forum where social exclusion issues affecting the area are identified from the point of view of the community and joint and collaborative action is planned. All development strategies implemented by the network are informed by the philosophy of community development. SWICN aims to act as a central coordinating body for community-based social inclusion organisations and a means through which the community of the south west inner city can realise its potential to engage in integrated strategic planning and action.

The SWICN action plan is about the translation of the concept of 'combating social exclusion' into practical actions with all the inherent implication for policy and practice on the ground.

Vista CDP

The Vista Community Development Project was established in 2000. Its purpose is to address issues of exclusion and social disadvantage by bringing together interested parties from the Donore areas of Dublin's south inner city to develop collaborative actions that advance the development of the local community. The strategic aims of Vista are to:

• Support and promote the development of Donore Youth and Community Centre
• Support the development and capacity building of locally-led management committees
• Work with the current residents of Chamber Court and Weaver Court to improve their quality of life
• Improve statutory service provision and the quality of life to older people in the area

SICCDA

The South Inner City Community Development Association was established in 1982. SICCDA emerged when a group of local volunteers came together to tackle the social and economic problems that were affecting their community.The mission of SICCDA is to create a community in the Liberties area of Dublin where all, particularly those most excluded, are valued and welcomed and can benefit from local development and regeneration initiatives. The aim of SICCDA is to ensure that through community development, the regeneration of the area happens in a manner acceptable and suitably controlled by the people who live there.

Key areas of work are targeting primary school children at risk, teenagers at risk, long-term unemployed, and refugees and asylum seekers. The organisation provides a Job Club, Community Employment Service, community support, and organises a community festival.

Robert Emmet CDP

The Robert Emmet Community Development Project operates in the Oliver Bond and Bridgefoot Street area of Dublin's south west inner city. The Project seeks to empower local people to achieve their full potential by establishing community-based resources. The guiding principles of the RECDP are to:

• Maintain an anti-poverty focus
• Promote the inclusion of disadvantaged and socially excluded groups in the community and community development and local development process
• Promote greater equality in all aspects of activities and in the organisation
• Commit to achieving equality of access, equality of opportunity and equality of outcomes for all residents living within the RECDP catchment area
• Encourage the active participation, involvement and fraternity of local people in discussions and decisions about the development of their communities and the progression of the RECDP

Organisations Associated with The South West Inner City Network

• African Refugee Network Tel 473 4523 90 Meath St, Dublin 8
• Basin Back in Action 112 Basin St, Dublin 8
• Basin Street Family Resource Centre Tel 473 2824 2 Upper Basin St, Dublin 8
• Bridgefoot St Tenants Association Community Centre, Bridgefoot St, Dublin 8
• CAFÉ Tel 473 6600 10-11 South Earl St, Dublin 8
• Casadh Tel 454 8419 Unit 13, IDA Centre, Newmarket, Dublin 8
• Chamber Court/Weaver Square Tel 473 2141 Residents Centre, c/o SWICN, 14 Carman’s Hall, Dublin 8
• Charlemont St Residents Association Tel 475 2196 Community Centre, Tom Kelly Rd, Charlemont St, Dublin 2
• City Arts Squad Mark’s Alley School, Dublin 8 Clannoir Family Support Services Tel 473 4392 421 South Circular Rd, Rialto, Dublin 8
• Community Addiction Programme Tel 671 3171 Community Centre, Oliver Bond House, Dublin 8
• Community Response Tel 454 9772 9 Meath St, Dublin 8
• Connolly Children’s Centre Tel 473 2501 Ashgrove, The Coombe, Dublin 8
• Cork St & Maryland RA & Youth Project Tel 454 1852 Unit 26-28, Maltings Business Park, 54-55 Marrowbone Lane, Dublin 8
• Dolphin House Comm Dev Association Tel 454 2358 311 Dolphin House, Rialto, Dublin 8
• Donore Avenue Boxing Club Tel 454 2825 33 Kildare Park, Crumlin, Dublin 12
• DUBCIT Tel 878 3213 c/o Writers Museum, Parnell Square, Dublin 1
• Earthwatch Tel 478 5100 Camden St, Dublin 2
• EHB Community Training Workshop Tel 676 6946 9 Usher's Island, Dublin 8
• Elah Counselling Tel 454 1278 48 Hamilton St, Dublin 8
• Emmet Buildings Residents Association Tel 087 724 0115 Watling St Dublin 8
• Energy Action Tel 454 5464 Unit 14 Newmarket Square, Dublin 8
• Exchange House Tel 454 6488 42 James's St, Dublin 8
• Fatima Mansions Children & Adult Group Tel 473 6162 Flat 27K Fatima Mansions, Rialto, Dublin 8
• Francis St CBS Tel 453 1800 Francis St, Dublin 8
• First Steps Trust Tel 453 7891 St Joseph's Nursery, Morningstar Rd, Maryland, Dublin 8
• Focus Ireland Tel 671 2555 14A Eustace St, Dublin 2
• Fountain Resource Group Tel 453 2936 The Presbytery, James’s St, Dublin 8
• Francis St Community Education Centre Tel 453 0833 CBS Francis St, Dublin 8
• Guinness Workers Employment Fund Tel 453 6700 Guinness Brewery, James’s St, Dublin 8
• Irish Black and Migrant Women 10 Upper Camden St, Dublin 2
• Iveagh Trust Residents Association Tel 087 2070407 12G The Iveagh Trust, Kevin St, Dublin 8
• Iveagh Trust Youth Club 3N Iveagh Trust, Kevin St, Dublin 8
• James's St CBS Tel 454 7756 James's St, Dublin 8 Liberties College Tel 454 0044 Bull Alley, Dublin 8
• Liberties CTW Tel 672 7704 Oliver Bond St, Dublin 8 Liberty Crèche Tel 454 0243 92 Meath St, Dublin 8
• Marrowbone Lane Tenants Association Tel 454 3842 35 Meath Place, Dublin 8
• Marrowbone Lane Residents Tel 453 0515 14B Marrowbone Lane Bldgs, Marrowbone Lane, Dublin 8
• Mater Dei Primary School Tel 454 8461 Basin Lane, Dublin 8
• Merchants Quay Ireland Tel 679 0044 4 Merchants Quay, Dublin 8
• Mercy Family Centre Tel 454 7860 South Brown St, Dublin 8
• Michael Mallin Residents Association Tel 454 7415 12 Catherine St, off Ash St, Dublin 8
• Michael Mallin Youth Group 12 Michael Mallin House, Dublin 8
• Msamba Samba School c/o 77 Braithwaite St, Pimlico, Dublin 8
• Naionra na Saoirsi Tel 453 6091 St Nicholas of Myra Community Centre, Carmans Hall, Dublin 8
• New Day Counselling Centre Tel 454 7050 11 Meath St, Dublin 8 Newcourt Tenants Association Tel 087 786 2135 Apt 9K New Court Apartments, New St, Dublin 8
• Oliver Bond Youth Tel 671 8743 254L Block Oliver Bond House, Dublin 8
• Oliver Bond Community Group 192 Oliver Bond House, Dublin 8
• Oliver Bond Residents Group 87L Oliver Bond House, Dublin 8
• Parish of the Travelling People Tel 454 5293 St Louise’s, Drumfin Rd, Dublin 12 Pimlico Youthreach Tel 473 4592 67 Pimlico, Dublin 8
• Pleasant Street Youthreach Centre Tel 478 0550 16 Pleasant St, Dublin 8
• Presentation NS Pre-school Tel 453 9547 Warrenmount, Dublin 8
• Presentation Primary School Tel 453 9547 Warrenmount, Dublin 8
• Presentation Secondary School Tel 454 7520 Warrenmount, Dublin 8 Rowerstown / High Rd Group Tel 671 0547 5 High Rd, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
• Santa Maria Primary School Tel 478 4316 Synge St, Dublin 8
• Saoirse na hOige James’s St, PO Box 6727, Dublin 8
• Scallywags Crèche Tel 475 4673 Whitefriar St Community Centre, 56 Aungier St, Dublin 2
• School St/Thomas Court Bawn Family Residents Centre Tel 453 1464 22-23 School St, Dublin 8
• Scoil Treasa Naofa Tel 454 1899 Donore Avenue, Dublin 8 SICCDA Tel 453 6098 90 Meath St, Dublin 8
• SICCDA Good Counsel Centre CTW Tel 453 5011 Oliver Bond St, Dublin 8
• Small Wonders Community Playgroup Tel 454 8461 Mater Dei Primary School, Basin Lane, Dublin 8
• Society of St Vincent de Paul 9 O’Carolan Rd, Dublin 8
• St Audeon’s School and Pre-School Tel 677 9856 Cook St, Dublin 8
• St Brigid’s (Holy Faith) NS Tel 454 7734 The Coombe, Dublin 8
• St Catherine’s Combined Communities Group Tel 453 7247 Unit 36/37 The Maltings Business Park, Marrowbone Lane, Dublin 8
• St Enda’s NS Tel 475 7566 Whitefriar St, Dublin 8 St John of God’s Centre Islandbridge, Dublin 8
• St Nicholas of Myra Parish Centre Tel 453 8648 Carman’s Hall, Dublin 8 St Nicholas of Myra Senior Citizens Group c/o Parish Centre, Carman’s Hall, Dublin 8
• St Teresa’s Combined Residents Group Tel 454 5285 198 St Teresa’s Gardens, Donore Avenue St Teresa’s Football Club 174 St Teresa’s Gardens, Donore Avenue, Dublin 8
• St Teresa’s Gardens Environmental & Employment Project Tel 454 5284 198 St Teresa’s Gardens, Donore Avenue, Dublin 8
• St Teresa’s Gardens Youth Group 101-102 St Teresa’s Gardens, Donore Ave, Dublin 8
• Synge St CBS Tel 478 3998 Synge St, Dublin 8
• Tenters Residents Association 18 O’Carolan Rd, Dublin 8
• The Digital Hub Tel 480 6200 10-13 Thomas Street, Dublin 8
• Tir na nÓg Pre-school Tel 454 5293 Mater Dei NS, Basin Lane, Dublin 8
• Treble 'R' Industries Ltd Tel 671 1062 Units C and D, Chancery Lane, Dublin 8
• Upward Bound Tel 284 3169 1 Ardenza Park, Seapoint, Blackrock, Co Dublin Usher’s Celtic Football Club Tel 677 0069 c/o O’Rourke’s Shop, Bridgefoot St, Dublin 8
• Vista Project Tel 454 3074 78B Donore Avenue, Dublin 8
• Warrenmount Community Education Centre Tel 454 2825 Warrenmount Convent, Blackpits, Dublin 8
• Watling St Residents Association 12 Watling St, Dublin 8
• Whitefriar St Community Centre Tel 475 4673 56 Aungier St, Dublin 2
• Whiz Kids c/o 77 Braithwaite St, Pimlico, Dublin 8
• YMCA Pre-school and Crèche Tel 478 2607 Aungier St, Dublin 2
• Young Liberties Group 27 The Coombe, Dublin 8
• Youthreach Tel 453 6182 Basin Lane, Dublin 8

last updated: JUNE 23, 2006

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