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“WE ARE SERIOUS AS A DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITIES”

BY ALLEN MEAGHER

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Community groups and interests can work outside the formal structures or within those structures and in many cases they are obliged to do the latter. In practice, many do both:

“We are serious as a Department of Communities,” Minister Simon Coveney 

assured people attending a ‘National Forum’ meeting for ‘Our Communities’, held in

November, in the great hall at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham. Answering the call,

community reps gathered to see about turning policy into practice that will work on the 

ground and deliver community-driven, bottom-up social inclusion.

NO ‘DARKNESS INTO LIGHT’ WITHOUT GOOD SYSTEMS

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NO ‘DARKNESS INTO LIGHT’ WITHOUT GOOD SYSTEMS, 
By Eamon Stack

   When an NGO grows, it needs to have systems in place to rates at appointments.

handle growth. Witness Pieta House’s ‘Darkness into Light’ walks which now see up to 120,000 people taking part annually.
   Pieta House has grown significantly since it was set up in 2006. It is a non-profit organisation providing a specialised treatment programme for people who have suicidal ideation or who participate in self- harming.
   Enclude has been involved with Pieta House since 2009 and has helped it to cope successfully with the growth.