The Minister has officially withdrawn the requirement to dissolve our local projects and we have retained our autonomy. I am overwhelmed that we protected the independence of these vital community spaces. Please remain vigilant as we move forward to ensure these promises are upheld in practice.
July 22, 2010
Final supporters
The Community Development Programme facilitates and supports the participation of people from the most marginalised communities in Ireland to identify issues affecting their life chances and to actively engage with solutions to those issues.
The Community Development Programme has been discontinued. Projects operating under the programme are required to transfer their assets and staff to their local Partnership Company.
This will mean that local people will lose the control and management of local projects, having given thousands of hours on a voluntary basis over the years. This will mean that the ability to critique and challenge statutory organisations and Government for their failure to address embedded poverty, social exclusion and inequality will be stifled
If you believe that this local extension of democracy and participation, that enables people who would otherwise be ignored to have a voice is important, please sign now. If you believe that the retention of this element of civil society is important, please sign now.
We, the undersigned, are calling on the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs to withdraw the requirement that projects funded under the Community Development Programme need to close and allow them to:
• engage in the Local and Community Development Programme on an equal footing with the Partnership Companies
• retain their company structure
• retain their assets (and liabilities)
• retain their independence, autonomy and accountability
Updates
June 3, 2010
Seeing 500 names on this list gives me hope that our local projects will not be silenced without a fight. My neighbors poured their hearts into this work for years and it means so much to know you are behind us.
Reached 500 supporters
June 1, 2010
May 30, 2010
My neighbors have poured their hearts into these projects for years and I refuse to let that autonomy be stripped away now. We are nearing five hundred signatures and hitting that mark today will force the Minister to acknowledge that our local control is not up for negotiation.
Reached 100 supporters
May 27, 2010
May 25, 2010
I have spent years watching our neighbors build these projects from nothing and I refuse to see that work dismantled by a government that does not understand our value. We are almost at one hundred signatures so please send this link to everyone you know to help us reach this first goal.
6 Comments
Why take the power away from the people on the ground?? Makes no sense at all.
If they cut this funding they are basically saying they dont care about the poor. Keep the projects independent.
Leave the community groups alone!! They are the only ones actually helping folks around here. Stop fixing what isnt broken.
The volunteers work so hard. dont let the government silence our communities.
Ridiculous decision. We give our time for free to help our neighbors and they just want to shut us down and take control. DISGRACEFUL.
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The Minister has officially withdrawn the requirement to dissolve our local projects and we have retained our autonomy. I am overwhelmed that we protected the independence of these vital community spaces. Please remain vigilant as we move forward to ensure these promises are upheld in practice.
July 22, 2010
Final supporters
The Community Development Programme facilitates and supports the participation of people from the most marginalised communities in Ireland to identify issues affecting their life chances and to actively engage with solutions to those issues.
The Community Development Programme has been discontinued. Projects operating under the programme are required to transfer their assets and staff to their local Partnership Company.
This will mean that local people will lose the control and management of local projects, having given thousands of hours on a voluntary basis over the years. This will mean that the ability to critique and challenge statutory organisations and Government for their failure to address embedded poverty, social exclusion and inequality will be stifled
If you believe that this local extension of democracy and participation, that enables people who would otherwise be ignored to have a voice is important, please sign now. If you believe that the retention of this element of civil society is important, please sign now.
We, the undersigned, are calling on the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs to withdraw the requirement that projects funded under the Community Development Programme need to close and allow them to:
• engage in the Local and Community Development Programme on an equal footing with the Partnership Companies
• retain their company structure
• retain their assets (and liabilities)
• retain their independence, autonomy and accountability
Updates
June 3, 2010
Seeing 500 names on this list gives me hope that our local projects will not be silenced without a fight. My neighbors poured their hearts into this work for years and it means so much to know you are behind us.
Reached 500 supporters
June 1, 2010
May 30, 2010
My neighbors have poured their hearts into these projects for years and I refuse to let that autonomy be stripped away now. We are nearing five hundred signatures and hitting that mark today will force the Minister to acknowledge that our local control is not up for negotiation.
Reached 100 supporters
May 27, 2010
May 25, 2010
I have spent years watching our neighbors build these projects from nothing and I refuse to see that work dismantled by a government that does not understand our value. We are almost at one hundred signatures so please send this link to everyone you know to help us reach this first goal.
6 Comments
This is completely wrong. local people know what their area needs better than some big agency who has never stepped foot here.
Why take the power away from the people on the ground?? Makes no sense at all.
If they cut this funding they are basically saying they dont care about the poor. Keep the projects independent.
Leave the community groups alone!! They are the only ones actually helping folks around here. Stop fixing what isnt broken.
The volunteers work so hard. dont let the government silence our communities.
Ridiculous decision. We give our time for free to help our neighbors and they just want to shut us down and take control. DISGRACEFUL.
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This is completely wrong. local people know what their area needs better than some big agency who has never stepped foot here.