Community Work Links


Community Workers Cooperative  www.cwc.ie  
Community Workers Cooperative is concerned with promoting and supporting community work to achieve positive social change. It was set up in 1981 as a national network of those active at a community level and working for social change. CWC seeks to be an independent voice and to campaign on issues which affect the lives of those who are most disadvantaged. CWC aims to provide a forum for debate on economic, political, social and cultural issues in Ireland and worldwide.


Community Platform www.communityplatform.ie
The Community Platform acts as a mechanism to facilitate solidarity amongst organisations in the community sector that work to address poverty, social exclusion and inequality.


Is Féidir Linn www.isfeidirlinn.org
Is Féidir Linn is a group of individuals concerned with community development, social inclusion, anti-poverty and equality issues which is exploring what an alternative economic and social development model for Ireland would look like, and what would be needed to gain support for its implementation. Is Féidir Linn was one of the groupings involved in organising the Claiming our Future event to progress these concerns.


Claiming our Future
Earlier this year Is Feidir Linn, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, the Environmental Pillar of Social Partnership, the Community Platform, Social Justice Ireland and TASC began a series of meetings to explore how best to cooperate and coordinate endeavours for a more equal, inclusive and sustainable Ireland. From this beginning, Claiming Our Future evolved.  Not a political party, it went on to include many different  organisations such as  trade unions, environmental groups, community groups, migrant worker organisations, youth groups, older people’s organisations, cultural groups, student groups, developing world groups, rural networks, women’s organisations, disability groups, social media and social justice organisations. To be part of this dynamic movement for an equal, sustainable and thriving Ireland go to www.claimingourfuture.ie and sign up!


Working for Change: Irish Journal of Community Work
The Irish Journal of Community Work, Working for Change, was developed to encourage and facilitate reflection, analysis and the development of community work excellence relevant to both the discipline and the interests of the people it serves.
The Journal contains a diverse range of articles from contributors north and south that represent both long-standing and emerging preoccupations of community development in Ireland. To download the latest edition of the Journal go to the website of the Community Workers Cooperative: Working for Change: Irish Journal of Community Work


Pobal  www.pobal.ie
Pobal is an intermediary organisation that manages social inclusion and equality programmes on behalf of the Irish government and the EU. It takes a community development approach to its work and in particularly supports community development through measures such as the Local Development Social Inclusion and RAPID programmes.