DROGHEDA RESOURCE CENTRE
7 NORTH QUAY, DROGHEDA
PHONE 041 9835754
INFORMATION SERVICE : On Social Welfare and Employment Rights. Providing and supplying social welfare booklets and forms, Health Service Executive Forms, and Revenue Claim Forms. We also offer a service to fill out these forms and a referral to the relevant organisations. TYPING SERVICES : Compiling and typing CV’s Projects, Assign
ments, College Thesis, Reports and Letters. We also offer a very competitive rate for our photocopying service. CRECHE FACILITIES : Fully supervised morning and afternoon sessions for children aged from two to five years of age. (Toilet Trained)
Fully qualified and experienced ECCE for the morning sessions, also Sessional afternoon places for children aged two years upwards. SNACK BAR : Various Menu, sandwiches, scones, snacks, tea and coffee. D.T.I (DROGHEDA TRAINING INITIATIVE)-A programme to target young unemployed men between the ages of eighteen and twenty five years to train and enhance their work skills
ROOM HIRE: Rooms available to hire at very competitive rates. HISTORY
The economic downturn of the 1980’s was a time of high unemployment throughout Ireland. In Drogheda, a number of high profile company closures threatened to turn the town into an unemployment blackspot. In response to this situation, the Drogheda Resource Centre was established in 1988 to campaign for the rights of the unemployed, the marginalised, and the excluded. The Centre was one of the earliest in a network developed by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions with the support from FÁS. While the Trade Unions movement had for many years had defended the rights of workers, the new network of centres began to identify and meet the needs of those who were out of work. The Drogheda Council of Trade Unions, quickly became a focal point for those seeking support. From its earliest days, the Resource Centre recognised that being disadvantaged is a much to do with lack of information as with monetary lack. The front desk, originally designed to provide information about social welfare entitlements, has adapted with the needs of its target group. Front Desk staff now supply detailed information on topics as diverse as employment law and adult education, while continuing to act as an interface between the public and various social service departments. In addition to information and training, the Resource Centre provides a range of other services. A well-equipped and professionally staffed crèche offers affordable childcare. The Centres snack bar offers light meals and refreshments and has become a popular meeting place for many local people. Secretarial services are also available on site, where jobseekers are supported to develop effective CV’s and application letters. The Drogheda Resource Centre, created to meet the needs of local people during the rough years of the 1980’s is now one of the best established community groups in town, constantly growing and adapting to meet the challenges of the twenty first century and continuing to support those who remain marginalised or disadvantaged.
