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Comhairle Contae Fhine GallFingal County Council
Fingal County Council
Fingal County Council Supporting Communities
9th May 2014 – AnnMarie Farrelly, Director of Services
Housing Department
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Housing Stock
Total Number of Dwellings: 4474
1817 Blanchardstown
2657 North County
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TOTAL COMPLAINTS RECEIVED
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
2012 2013
NORTH COUNTY
BLANCHARDSTOWN
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Complaints by Housing Area
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
Balbriggan Swords Malaide/Howth Blanchardstown
2012
2013
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Types of Complaint
• Harassment\Intimidation
• Vandalism\Damage to Property
• General Misbehaviour of Youths
Name of complainant never revealed Anonymous complaints are taken and investigated
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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
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Tenancy Sustainment
A confidential support service to existing tenancies
that may be at risk.
Support is also provided to tenants experiencing
Anti Social Behaviour
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• Rent arrears• Anti Social Behaviour• History of homelessness• Mental health difficulties• Physical health difficulties & disabilities• History of addiction• Not maintaining the dwelling
Tenancy Sustainment
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Estate Improvements
- Closure of Laneways
- Removal of Graffiti
- Various Works to eliminate gathering points for youths
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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
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Partnership with Agencies
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Community Development
Community Development is the process through whichcitizens participate in identifying and implementingsolutions to overcome shared challenges and improve thequality of life for all.
It is an approach to achieve social change, based on theunderstanding that disadvantage and social injustice cannotbe tackled by top-down solutions alone. It challengesdisadvantage and social inequalities.
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10 Community Officers
work in 5 geographic areas:
• Balbriggan
• Skerries / Rush
• Swords
• Howth / Baldoyle
• Blanchardstown
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Key Priorities
• Local authority housing estates
• New Communities
• Community Initiatives
• Community Facilities
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Engage with the Community
• Parent & Toddler Groups• English Language Classes• English Conversation
Classes (Failte Isteach)• Networks
Disability Seniors Ethnic Community & Voluntary
Forum Heritage Environment
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Community Development Initiatives
• Group Development
• Policy Development
• Tenant Induction
Programme
• Corporate Governance
• Business Planning &
Development
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Community Events
Memory Makers competition
Community Group/Person of the Year
Pride Of Place competition
Cleaner Community Awards
Community Family Days
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On average 40 Fingal
Residents associations are
supported by Fingal’s
Community Development
Officers annually.
Advise & Support Community Efforts
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Community Centres
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Shared Community Facilities
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Key Facts..Did you know?84 community groups
benefit from membership of Fingal Networks in the
Disability, Ethnic and Heritage sectors
Did you know?
Approximately 100
people
attended Meeting and
Committee
Skills training over the
past 2 years
Did you know?
On average 40 Fingal
resident associations
are supported by
the Community
Development
Office each year
Did y
ou k
now?
Finga
l Cou
nty
Counc
il ha
s
inve
sted
€16
Milli
on in
the
deve
lopm
ent a
nd c
onst
ruct
ion
of 1
6 fa
ciliti
es/a
men
ities
Did you know?
Fingal Community
Development Office
provide
intensive supports to 26
Fingal
Community facilities each
year
Did you know?The last 2 years have seen
the completion and opening of seven new
shared facilities
On average up to 56,000
people use
a standard Fingal County
Council
Community Centre per
annum
Did you know?
The Fingal
Community
Development Office
can help
your group set up a
project
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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
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The Mulhuddart Priority Task GroupThe Mulhuddart Priority Task GroupA Community Response 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, LifeStart, Community Drugs and Alcohol Teams,
Foroige, the HSE, Local Residents Associations and the
Blanchardstown Institute of Technology
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