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Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council Supporting Communities 9 th May 2014 – Ann. Marie Farrelly, Director of Services Fingal County Council Housing Department fingal. ie

Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council Housing Stock Total Number of Dwellings: 4474 1817 Blanchardstown 2657 North County Fingal County Council fingal. ie

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Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council Complaints by Housing Area Fingal County Council fingal. ie

Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council Types of Complaint • HarassmentIntimidation • VandalismDamage to Property • General Misbehaviour of Youths Name of complainant never revealed Anonymous complaints are taken and investigated Fingal County Council fingal. ie

Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council Dealing with Complaints • Housing Inspector investigates • Interviews held by Estate Management • • • office staff Liaison with Gardai Verbal & written warnings Tenancy support through Tenancy Sustainment & Housing Welfare staff Excluding orders Notice to Quits re – possessions Mediation also offered • • Fingal • County Council fingal. ie

Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council Tenancy Sustainment A confidential support service to existing tenancies that may be at risk. Support is also provided to tenants experiencing Anti Social Behaviour Fingal County Council fingal. ie

Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council Tenancy Sustainment • • Rent arrears Anti Social Behaviour History of homelessness Mental health difficulties Physical health difficulties & disabilities History of addiction Not maintaining the dwelling Fingal County Council fingal. ie

Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council Estate Improvements - Closure of Laneways - Removal of Graffiti - Various Works to eliminate gathering points for youths Fingal County Council fingal. ie

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Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council Multi Agency Approach to reducing Anti Social Behaviour through • Liaison with Public Representatives at Area Committee County Council meeting level, daily representations • Continued liaison with resident groups • Liaison with the Gardai • Blanchardstown Housing Forum • Community Policing Fora • Joint Policing Committee • BLDTF and North Dublin Regional Drugs Task Force • Multi Agency case conferences around problematic tenancies Fingal County Council fingal. ie

Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council Partnership with Agencies Fingal County Council fingal. ie

Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council Community Development is the process through which citizens participate in identifying and implementing solutions to overcome shared challenges and improve the quality of life for all. It is an approach to achieve social change, based on the understanding that disadvantage and social injustice cannot be tackled by top-down solutions alone. It challenges disadvantage and social inequalities. Fingal County Council fingal. ie

Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council 10 Community Officers work in 5 geographic areas: • Balbriggan • Skerries / Rush • Swords • Howth / Baldoyle • Blanchardstown Fingal County Council fingal. ie

Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council Key Priorities • Local authority housing estates • New Communities • Community Initiatives • Community Facilities Fingal County Council fingal. ie

Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council Engage with the Community • • Parent & Toddler Groups English Language Classes English Conversation Classes (Failte Isteach) Networks - Disability Seniors Ethnic Community & Voluntary Forum Heritage Environment Fingal County Council fingal. ie

Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council Community Development Initiatives • Group Development • Policy Development • Tenant Induction Programme • Corporate Governance • Business Planning & Development Fingal County Council fingal. ie

Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council Community Events Memory Makers competition Community Group/Person of the Year Pride Of Place competition Cleaner Community Awards Community Family Days Fingal County Council fingal. ie

Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council Advise & Support Community Efforts On average 40 Fingal Residents associations are supported by Fingal’s Community Development Officers annually. Fingal County Council fingal. ie

Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council Community Centres Fingal County Council fingal. ie

Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council Shared Community Facilities Fingal County Council fingal. ie

Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council Key Facts. . now? Did you k ly 100 te a Approxim people nd Meeting a e d atten d e te it Comm e ing over th Skills train ears past 2 y ow? u kn Fingal o y Did age 40 ions ver ciat n O a ent asso d by d i r o te res supp munity are Com ment the r elop e D v ach yea e e Offic Di On dy Th ou k De Co e Fin now ve mm ga ? lop un l m i yo t y ur can ent gro he Off lp ice u pro p se jec t u pa t av er ag e p nd eo up ar ple to Co d 5 u m m Co Fing se 6, 0 un un al 00 it c Co an y C il u nt nu en y m tre pe r a Did you know? Fingal Community Development Office provide 26 intensive supports to Fingal each Community facilities year sta Fingal County Council Did you know? The last 2 years have seen the completion and opening of seven new shared facilities Did yo 84 com u know? benefit munity group s fr of Fing om members al Netw hip o r ks in th Disabil ity, E e Heritag thnic and e secto rs s ? l ha he n w i o nc n t ctio kn ou n i tru es u C lio s iti yo nty Mil con en m id u 6 D Co € 1 and s/a l t e a d n ti ng te e ili Fi ves pm fac in elo 6 v f 1 de o fingal. ie

Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council Sport Programmes Sports Development Staff have worked with several drugs awareness and education programmes including : • Stay on side “Say no to drugs” a Sporting Fingal initiative • Late Night Soccer in support of the Garda Diversionary Programme • Our FAI, Cricket and Leinster Rugby partners promote health and wellbeing through the Fingal Schools Sports Programme Fingal County Council Sports Development Officers and our Sports Partners have worked directly with the following to deliver sports training programmes Coolmine Therapeutic Centre Tolka River Project Fingal County Council fingal. ie

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Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council The Mulhuddart Priority Task Group A Community Response . The Membership of the MPTG comprises Community and Statutory Agencies such as an Garda Siochána, Blanchardstown Area Partnership, NABCO, Respond and HAIL, Life. Start, Community Drugs and Alcohol Teams, Foroige, the HSE, Local Residents Associations and the Blanchardstown Institute of Technology Fingal County Council fingal. ie

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