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
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