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117 / 118 North King Street, Dublin 7.  
 Phone:01 6774494,
Fax: 01 6774025
 E-mail: info@nwicn.ie

Newsletter

Pub Quiz Friday 20th January

Community Services Conference

Network Annual General Meeting

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Role of the Network

   

Mission Statement

'The North West Inner City Network is a Forum of community and voluntary groups in the North West Inner City area of Dublin, which seeks to enhance the quality of life for all in the community.' 

Organisational Aims

The key aims of the organisation to realise the mission as stated are:
  • To address issues of social exclusion and marginalisation within the       North West Inner City area.

  • To develop strategies to address issues that are identified in the       Strategic Plan of the Network
  • To ensure that the North West Inner City community receives a fair share       of available resources at Local, Regional, National and European levels.
  • To influence policy on issues that affect the community
  • To seek to represent and work for the community of the North West Inner       City.

Role of the Network

The key role and functions of the Network are to:
  • Enhance the work of existing projects/groups through providing support       and the sharing and dissemination of information.
  • Support, assist and resource Working Groups that are established       around issues identified in the Strategic Plan
  • In line with the Strategic Plan, campaign and lobby around issues       identified in the community.
  • Promote partnership approaches between the community, voluntary,       statutory and business sectors
  • Through its activities, seek to ensure that the community voice is       strengthened
  • Where feasible, act as a support and resource local groups and             initiatives.

Examples of current activities

  • Production of quarterly Newsletter
  • Facilitating the setting up of a Grangegorman Forum
  • Supporting the development Of O'Devaney Community Forum
  • Supporting the setting up of a Community Property Company
  • Representing the area on a number of interagency forums- RAPID,       Dublin Inner City Partnership, North Inner City Drugs Task Force etc.
  • Organising Community Participation Training

    


117 / 118 North King Street, Dublin 7.
 Phone: 01 6774494, Fax: 01 6774025, E-mail: info@nwicn.ie