Dublin City Community Forum

The Dublin City Community Forum comprises over 700 community groups from all parts of Dublin City including those representing residents, tenants, the arts, the environment, childcare, youth, disability, new communities, diversity, the homeless, and sports & recreation.
Membership of the Dublin City Community Forum is open to any group, club or organisation that operates on a voluntary, co-operative or not-for-profit basis for the benefit of the community.

AGM 2011

The AGM of the Dublin City Community Forum took place on Wednesday, 12th October 2011.

The AGM was followed by an introduction to Dublin City Council's Strategic Policy Committees (SPCs). The Chairs of four of the six SPCs (Cllr Mary Freehill - Economic Development, Planning and International Affairs SPC; Cllr Dermot Lacey - Housing, Social & Community Affairs SPC; Cllr Naoise Ó Muirí - Environment & Engineering SPC; and Cllr Mícheál Mac Donncha - Finance SPC) were present on the night to discuss the SPCs and to answer queries from Forum members. For further information, please contact us on 01 222 3259 or community.forum@dublincity.ie

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The Main Aims of the Dublin Community Forum Are:

• To provide a platform through which members may explore, articulate and organise to progress issues and interests that are of particular concern to them.
• To represent the Community & Voluntary Sector of Dublin City on city-wide participative structures such as the Dublin City Development Board, Area Committees and Strategic Policy Committees.
• To represent Community & Voluntary input into strategic plans for Dublin City

The Focus Groups operating within the Dublin Community Forum are:

• Arts Focus Group
  We aim to provide a platform for arts & creative activity in Dublin, to share information, to formulate & develop policy, and to increase awareness & activity within the sector as a whole. more »
• Community Media Forum
  The aim of the Community Media Forum, which was established as a sub group of the Community Forum in early 2001, is to "promote social inclusion, capacity building and respect for diversity in Community Media". more »
• Disability Focus Group
  The overall aim of the Disability Focus Group is to promote the development of policies, actions and ways of working to seek to ensure the full involvement and inclusion of all people, in the roll out of the Dublin City Development Strategy. more »
• Dublin City Childcare Focus Group
  The Dublin City Childcare Focus Group is a voluntary group whose membership comprises both childcare providers and parents, in both the private and community sector. more »
• Dublin Sports and Recreation Council
  Dublin Sports and Recreation Council (DSRC) represents the voice of voluntary sports and recreation clubs in Dublin. more »
• Environmental Focus Group
  The Environmental Focus Group aims to formulate an environmental policy in order to raise public awareness of sustainable lifestyles and the benefits of living in a healthy environment. more »
• Homeless Focus Group   
  The aim of the Homeless Focus Group is to effectively tackle the complex issue of homelessness in society today. more »
• Older Persons Focus Group
  This Focus Group has initially been set up to provide a community input to the “Dublin City Sub Group on Older People”, which includes representatives from a...more »
• Resident & Tenant Focus Group
  The main aim of the Resident & Tenant Focus Group is to impact on existing policy and future development in relation to resident and tenant issues. more »
• Youth Focus Group
  The Youth Focus Group aims to promote the development of youth related policies and actions in Ireland. more »

For Further information please contact the Forum office:

Tel: 01 222 3259

 Email: community.forum@dublincity.ie