Programmes delivered by Fingal LEADER Partnership are broad and diverse with local social inclusion programmes developed under four key goals:
-Promote awareness, knowledge and uptake of a wide range of statutory, voluntary and community services
-Increase access to formal and informal educational, recreational and cultural activities and resources
-Increase in people’s work readiness and emplo
yment prospects
-Promote engagement with policy, practice and decision making processes on matters affecting local communities. To date the geographical area for delivery of the social inclusion programme has been confined to North Fingal but now the Fingal LEADER Partnership will operate from a community development perspective in the extended area of east Fingal. The Partnership will continue with current programmes for the coming year and also focus on localised research of needs and potential responses in the extended area. Supports to individuals and communities in the rural areas under the Rural Development Programme include:
Diversification into non-agricultural activities;
Support for business creation & Development;
Encouragement of Tourism Activities;
Basic Services for the Economy & Rural Population;
Village Renewal & Development;
Conservation & Upgrading of the Rural Heritage;
Training and information support. The catchment area for delivery of rural development programmes incorporates the rural areas of the three Dublin counties; Fingal, South Dublin and Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown. Fingal LEADER Partnership is the new company formed as a result of the recent amalgamation of Co-operation Fingal and Rural Dublin LEADER Company. Fingal LEADER Partnership has the remit to deliver social inclusion programmes in East Fingal (all areas east of the N2), along with rural development in the rural areas of Fingal, South Dublin and Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown.
