Our Vision
An inclusive and just society where each person is encouraged and enabled to reach their full potential and live with dignity in active, healthy and safe communities
Southside Partnership is a well-established local development company operating in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown, County Dublin. We work with a variety of agencies and organisations so that individuals, groups and communities can find ways to bring about positive change and create more hopeful prospects for people who experience unemployment, poverty and social exclusion.
Established in 1996, the Partnership has adapted and changed over the years, but we have continually stayed true to our ethos of working in partnership with others to support the people and communities who are in some way marginalised in our society. We are now operating in a new local government landscape, a changed funding environment and we have to deal with the challenges that recent years of austerity have presented for the communities that we serve.
However, the Partnership’s long experience of involving people and groups in discovering their own solutions is still at the centre of how our supports are developed and delivered. We continue to oversee a wide range of interconnected programmes and hosted projects that are tailored to the needs of those whom we support.
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To improve the life chances and opportunities of people who experience the effects of poverty and social exclusion through promoting equality and inclusion for all.
The following guiding principles underpin our strategy and drive how we do our work:
The work of ‘partnership’ is all about creating the conditions for dialogue so that there is a better understanding of ‘what will work’ and make a positive difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities.
The Pobal HP Deprivation Index shows the level of overall affluence and deprivation at the level of 18,488 Small Areas (SAs) in 2006 and 2011 in Ireland.
In light of the demographics of DLR, the specific requirements of our funders and our knowledge of the unmet needs in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown,
Southside Partnership has a long history of working with a wide range of partners from the statutory, voluntary and community sectors. We collaborate with our partners to design, coordinate and implement programmes and projects in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown to support the needs of individuals and groups who are experiencing some form of disadvantage or social exclusion.
Southside Partnership’s core programme is the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP), funded by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government through the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Local Community Development Committee (LCDC).
As set out in our Strategic Plan, Southside Partnership has been focusing on four strategic objectives that capture the Partnership’s ambition for 2015-2018. To support the achievement of the first three objectives, we have identified a fourth enabling objective to maximise the organisation’s capacity to deliver the outcomes that our target groups and communities deserve. Several strategic actions are contained in each objective. Each objective and its actions are strongly interlinked with the others, and are not listed in any order of importance.
Identify and focus on individuals experiencing poverty and social exclusion in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown. This will involve an analysis of various data sets and other evidence of need..
Identify and focus on individuals, groups and communities working to address issues of poverty and social exclusion in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown.
Support people and communities to engage and participate in the appropriate decision-making structures.
Ensure astute management of existing resources and programme funding. Actively source additional funding for new projects and programmes, with a particular focus on promoting corporate & social responsibility funding from local businesses. .
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