Community Services

Local authorities support Age Friendly Alliance boards to develop and put in place age friendly strategies and the Age Friendly Cities and Counties Programmes (AFCCP).

Local authorities, together with their local Age Friendly Alliance Board, may run programmes to support cities and counties to become more inclusive places for older people by planning for and developing age friendly services.

Local authorities may run initiatives to support accessible and inclusive services for older people in housing, transport, social participation and inclusion, communication and information, community safety and health and wellbeing.

Age Friendly Ireland run a programme to support older people to continue to live independently in their own home or in a home more suited to their needs.

Local authorities may set up and support older people's Local authorities to represent the views of older people, promote inclusion of older people in communities, prevent age related isolation and loneliness, and promote fitness and active ageing.

Local authorities, together with their local Age Friendly Alliance board, prepare strategies for creating communities which support older people and enable them to stay actively engaged in their community. You can have an input into the strategies through consultation.

Local authorities may prepare plans for community development and participation. You can have input into the plans through consultation.

Local authorities prepare plans for the development of projects to improve local amenities and services in designated towns and villages. You can have an input into the plans through consultation.

Local authorities prepare strategies to provide for the needs of people with disabilities in housing, accessibility, employment, equality, inclusion, health and wellbeing. You can have an input into the strategies through consultation.

Local Community Development Committees may prepare plans to develop healthy communities and improve people's health, wellbeing and quality of life. You can have an input into the plans through consultation.

Local authorities may prepare strategies to develop designated cities as places where all nationalities and ethnic backgrounds can belong and contribute to city life. You can have an input into the strategies through consultation.

Local Action Groups prepare strategies to support and promote economic development, social inclusion and the rural environment in designated rural areas. You can have an input into the strategies through consultation.

Local authorities, together with Local Community Development Committees and other stakeholders, prepare plans to promote and support local economic and community development. You can have an input into the plans through consultation.

Local authorities may prepare strategies to support migrants integrate into local communities, raise awareness of their needs and contribute to society. You can have an input into the strategies through consultation.

Local authorities may prepare strategies for development of public parks and open spaces. You can have an input into the strategies through consultation.

Local authorities may prepare action plans to develop cross border initiatives that support peace and cross community interaction in Northern Ireland and the border region of Ireland. You can have an input into the plans through consultation.

Local authorities may engage with communities to give people a say in the design of public spaces such as streetscapes and public squares. The public may have an input into the design through consultation.

Local authorities may prepare plans for the development of specific public space projects. You can have an input into the plans through consultation.

Local authorities may prepare strategies to improve streets and public spaces in line with the location, history and character of the place. You can have an input into the strategies through consultation.

Rural Development Forums may prepare strategies for improving the quality of life in rural communities. These may include enterprise and employment opportunities, education, housing, transport, broadband and age-friendly services. You can have an input into the strategies through consultation.

Local Sports Partnerships, together with other agencies may run a programme to support teachers to promote physical development in primary school children aged 4-11 years by providing supports such as play bags, games ideas and resource cards to teachers.

Local Sports Partnerships, together with other agencies, may run a programme to support teachers and childcare practitioners to promote physical development in children aged 2-5 years through participating in play activities which develop basic skills and a positive attitude towards physical activity.

Local Sports Partnerships provide child safeguarding training to parents, guardians, sports leaders, coaches, children's officers and designated liaison persons so that they can provide an enjoyable and safe environment for children taking part in sport.

Local authorities may provide carbon monoxide alarms to residents of privately owned accommodation.

Local authorities, together with An Garda Síochána (national police), community and voluntary groups and local residents, may support communities in RAPID (Revitalising Areas through Planning, Investment and Development) areas to improve community safety.

Local authorities, together with An Garda Síochána (national police), may provide text alerts to the public about crime related incidents and crime prevention to support and promote community safety.

Local authorities may provide security locks to older residents of privately owned accommodation who may be vulnerable or living alone.

Local authorities, together with An Garda Síochána (national police), elected representatives and community and voluntary groups, may set up and support committees to discuss local policing issues. These issues include crime, public disorder and antisocial behaviour and recommend ways to help reduce crime and improve public safety.

Local authorities work An Garda Síochána (national police), elected representatives and community and voluntary groups to address crime, public disorder and antisocial behaviour and recommend ways to help reduce crime and improve public safety.

Local authorities may provide community and voluntary groups, schools and businesses marking machines to stamp an Eircode into valuable items such as printers, tablets, power tools and generators to prevent theft and help An Garda Síochána (national police) return stolen items if recovered.

Local Community Development Committees, together with other stakeholders, may run careers fairs to provide information and advice on third level education and career opportunities.

Local authorities may provide financial support to community and voluntary groups and local development companies for small infrastructural projects in eligible disadvantaged rural areas. These projects must support schools, community safety measures, the development of play and multi use game areas, and community wellbeing projects.

Local Action Groups may provide financial support to community and voluntary groups and businesses to develop rural tourism, enterprise development, broadband and renewable energy projects to improve rural economies and the quality of life in rural areas.

Local authorities may set up and support forums (groups) to allow community and voluntary groups, local development bodies, public representatives and state agencies to work together to address challenges facing rural communities and propose solutions. The challenges may include job creation, improved transport and access to broadband.

Local authorities may develop initiatives to attract people to live and work in rural communities such as enterprise and employment projects, transport initiatives, broadband services, digital hubs and e-working spaces.

Local authorities may support local development companies, state agencies, community organisations and private investors to secure government funding to develop projects that support job creation and innovation, address depopulation, develop infrastructure and community facilities, and protect culture and heritage in rural communities.

Local authorities may work with local development companies, state agencies, community organisations and private investors to secure government funding to support new residential and commercial developments in designated cities and towns.

Local authorities coordinate youth councils which give young people under the age of 18 the chance to get involved in the development of policy and local services and discuss issues that affect them such as homelessness, mental health, physical health, cyber health and bullying.

Community, voluntary, social inclusion and environmental groups can register to join a local authority Public Participation Network.

Local authorities set up and support networks to encourage registered community, voluntary, social inclusion and environmental groups to take part in the council's decision-making and policy making processes, and to monitor local authority activities.

Local authorities may provide financial support to community and voluntary groups to develop recreational and cultural facilities including open spaces, walks and parklands, play areas, community arts projects and conservation and natural heritage projects.

Local authorities may provide financial support to community, voluntary and business groups to support community development projects that provide or improve amenity, recreational, environmental, cultural and heritage facilities and promote social inclusion.

Local Community Development Committees provide financial support to community and voluntary groups to support small capital projects which improve facilities in disadvantaged areas. These may include the development of community centres and amenities, burial grounds, sports and recreation facilities, men's and women's sheds, and CCTV equipment.

Local authorities may provide financial support to community and voluntary groups to support cultural, artistic and community development projects that improve the quality of life.

The Community Recognition Fund aims to support the development of community infrastructure and facilities in recognition of the contribution being made by communities across the country in welcoming and hosting significant numbers of arrivals from Ukraine and other countries.

Local authorities may provide financial support to community and voluntary groups to support economic, community and cultural development projects such as public area enhancement works, community playgrounds, and arts, culture and heritage projects.

Local Community Development Committees may provide financial support to community and voluntary groups to raise awareness of and improve health issues such as obesity, smoking, alcohol and drug misuse, increase public participation in physical activity and address health inequality.

Local authorities may support community and voluntary groups and local development companies to get government funding to develop or maintain outdoor recreational facilities in rural areas. These facilities include trails, walkways, cycleways, parks and other greenways and blueways like rivers and seas.

Local Community Development Committees may support community groups and projects that reduce poverty and promote social inclusion.

Local authorities may run schemes to celebrate community and voluntary groups for their positive contribution to community life.

Local authorities may provide financial support to eligible students to attend a third level institute.

Local authorities, in cooperation with community groups, may provide and manage community centres in housing estates, offering services such as childcare, meals on wheels, job preparation and sporting facilities.

Local authorities may provide financial support to community and voluntary groups, residents associations, Tidy Towns groups and local development associations that take part in certain initiatives. These initiatives include Places in Bloom, Bee friendly in Bloom, anti litter and environmental improvement initiatives, and gardening projects.

Local authorities may support schemes to help long term unemployed or those who are disadvantaged to get back to work by offering part time, temporary job placements.

Local authorities may provide support to community, resource, youth and drop-in centres to provide services such as active ageing activities, childcare, homework clubs and leisure activities.

Local authorities help Local Community Development Committees to create an integrated approach to community development by coordinating access to funding, developing and delivering projects, and promoting community engagement.

Local authorities, together with other agencies, may support community and voluntary groups to showcase initiatives that have created a long lasting impact in their community such as creative wellbeing, place and community tourism projects.

Local authorities, together with other agencies, may run development programmes to support training and employment, business and social enterprise, education, environmental and age friendly initiatives, and children and youth projects to address disadvantage in designated areas.

Local authorities may provide reports and information on community development to government departments and other agencies.

Local authorities collect community development data and give it to relevant agencies.

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Local authorities run initiatives to provide accessible services for people with disabilities. These services include accessible parking, disability friendly sports facilities, accessible bring banks and recycling units, and assistive technology.

Local authorities support people with disabilities to access services more easily by providing ramps, sign interpreters, audio loops and information in accessible digital and print formats.

Local authorities may develop and support initiatives to promote integration, social inclusion and equality such as National Day celebrations, Traveller and Roma Pride Week, Community Pride initiatives and Social Inclusion Week.

Local authorities, together with other agencies, may facilitate the integration and resettlement of refugees in the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) programme. They do this by coordinating services such as medical care, childcare, education, social and community supports, and links to An Garda Síochána (national police) and community safety supports.

Local authorities may set up and support forums (groups) to work with and give a voice to migrant communities working towards achieving social inclusion, integration and participation in the local authority's decision making process.

Children and Young People’s Services Committees (CYPSC) are a key structure identified by Government to plan and co-ordinate services for children and young people in every county in Ireland.  The overall purpose is to improve outcomes for children and young people through local and national interagency working. 

Local authorities, together with other agencies, support interagency groups to coordinate and improve the delivery of services to members of the traveller community.

You can report graffiti, road defects, faulty street lighting, water leaks, drainage, litter and illegal dumping to the local authority through the website, https://consultations.tipperarycoco.ie/form/report-it?

Local authorities may cut grass in public parks, open green spaces, along roadsides, on roundabouts and in authorised housing estates.

Local authorities may collect fallen leaves from public parks, playgrounds, roadsides and open green spaces for composting.

You must apply to the local authority for a permit if you want to erect a memorial plaque, tree or bench to honour a person, group of people or significant event.

Local authorities may provide financial support to residents associations to maintain open spaces in both local authority and private housing estates.

Local authorities landscape and maintain public parks and open spaces by planting trees, shrubs and flowers, cutting grass and controlling weeds to improve the appearance of these public spaces.

Local authorities may run nurseries to provide plants for public parks, roundabouts and monuments. They may also give plants and bulbs to community and voluntary groups.

Local authorities may decorate public spaces with floral displays, trees, flags, decorations and lights for public events, festivals and Christmas.

Local authorities may provide and maintain seats, planters, cycle stands and decorative lighting on public streets and in public parks and playgrounds to improve the area.

Local authorities provide and maintain nameplates on public streets and in local authority housing estates.

Local authorities may run initiatives to promote positive health and wellbeing in communities such as Health and Wellbeing Week, Mental Health Week, walking programmes, park runs, tobacco free spaces, breastfeeding friendly spaces and early childhood play areas.

Local authorities, together with other agencies, may take part in the National Healthy Cities and Counties of Ireland Network through their Local Community Development Committees to promote lifelong health and wellbeing and influence national health policy.

Local authorities support communities to develop links with towns abroad to gain a better understanding of nationalities and cultures, develop partnerships with international communities and advance business opportunities for the twinned locations.