A new national awareness campaign has been launched to highlight how Local Community Development Committees (LCDCs) connect public bodies and communities across Ireland.
Local Community Development Committees are established in each local authority area to help implement community development initiatives and support community programmes such as the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP), Healthy Cities, the Empowering Communities Programme and the Local Enhancement Programme.
LCDCs contribute to the development of local communities, through economic and community actions contained in each Local Economic and Community Plan.
Local Economic and Community Plans set out, for a six-year period, the objectives and actions needed to promote and support the economic, and community, development of the relevant local authority area.
This new campaign highlights the role of LCDCs and encourages anyone who is involved in a club, a voluntary group, or who simply wants better community services in their area, to learn more about how their local LCDC can help.
The campaign entitled – ‘Our LCDCs – Building better communities together – le chéile’ – was launched by Minister of State with responsibility for Community Development and Charities, Jerry Buttimer TD, on Friday, 1 May.
Visit gov.ie/lcdc to find out more.
