Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council Fingal County Council Supporting Communities 9th May 2014 – AnnMarie 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 Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council TOTAL COMPLAINTS RECEIVED 600 500 400 NORTH COUNTY 300 BLANCHARDSTO WN 200 100 0 2012 Fingal County Council 2013 fingal.ie Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council Complaints by Housing Area 400 350 300 250 2012 200 2013 150 100 50 0 Balbriggan Fingal County Council Swords Malaide/Howth Blanchardstown fingal.ie Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council Types of Complaint • Harassment\Intimidation • Vandalism\Damage 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 • • • County Council Fingal 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 Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council Fingal County Council fingal.ie Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council Fingal County Council fingal.ie Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council Fingal County Council fingal.ie 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 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.. Did you know? The last 2 years have seen the completion and opening of seven new shared facilities Fingal County Council 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 Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council Fingal County Council fingal.ie 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, LifeStart, Community Drugs and Alcohol Teams, Foroige, the HSE, Local Residents Associations and the Blanchardstown Institute of Technology Fingal County Council fingal.ie Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall Fingal County Council Ends Fingal County Council fingal.ie