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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

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ou k

now?

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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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Ends

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