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Supporting Communities
9th May 2014 – AnnMarie Farrelly, Director of Services
Fingal County Council 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
600
500
400
NORTH COUNTY
300
BLANCHARDSTO
WN
200
100
0
2012
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Complaints by Housing Area
400
350
300
250
2012
200
2013
150
100
50
0
Balbriggan
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Swords
Malaide/Howth
Blanchardstown
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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
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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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Tenancy Sustainment
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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
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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 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.
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10 Community Officers
work in 5 geographic areas:
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Balbriggan
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Skerries / Rush
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Swords
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Howth / Baldoyle
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Blanchardstown
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Key Priorities
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Local authority
housing estates
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New Communities
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Community Initiatives
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Community Facilities
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Engage with the Community
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Parent & Toddler
Groups
English Language
Classes
English Conversation
Classes (Failte Isteach)
Networks
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Disability
Seniors
Ethnic
Community & Voluntary
Forum
Heritage
Environment
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Community Development
Initiatives
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Group Development
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Policy Development
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Tenant Induction
Programme
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Corporate
Governance
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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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Advise & Support Community
Efforts
On average 40 Fingal
Residents associations
are
supported by Fingal’s
Community
Development
Officers annually.
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Community Centres
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Shared Community Facilities
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Key Facts..
Did you know?
The last 2 years have seen
the completion and
opening of seven new
shared facilities
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Sport Programmes
Sports Development Staff have worked with several drugs awareness and education programmes
including :
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Stay on side “Say no to drugs” a Sporting Fingal initiative
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Late Night Soccer in support of the Garda Diversionary Programme
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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 Group
A Community Response
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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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