Welcome

Tuam Community Development Resource Centre was set up in 1993 as a local response to needs identified by local people.

It is a part of a network of community development projects around the country operating under the National Community Development Support Programme (CDSP).

The project is funded by the Department of Rural Community and Gaeltacht Affairs. This funding provides for the projects core costs.

Tuam Community Development Resource Centre is managed by a voluntary committee of people from the local community. We encourage the involvement in our project of people who experience poverty and social in order to influence the development and direction of the project exclusion. We support and promote collective action on issues of disadvantage and social exclusion.

We actively pursue the coordination and cooperation between voluntary and statutory in order to:

  • Develop a common understanding of issues of disadvantage and social exclusion
  • Ensure that these issues are targeted by the relevant agencies
  • Promote the development of integrated responses to these issues

Resource Centre Staff

Loretta Needham Project Coordinator Mary Higgins Accounts Administrator Sarah Oates Information Administrator

Vision and Aim

We are committed to working towards the development of an equal and just society by seeking to challenge the cause of poverty and social exclusion and by bringing about positive change in the lives of those people who lack choices, power and resources.

The overall aim of the project is to work from and promote a community development ethos in order to combat poverty and social exclusion.

Mission statement

Tuam Community Development Project will respond to real needs and be seen to do so by the community at large. It will be in touch with the changing reality in the community and create a climate of welcome and ease for the various constituencies within the community.

Tuam Community Development Project values:

  • inclusivity
  • equality
  • participation
  • empowerment