This issue

Call for Projects
Community Participation
Community Workshops
Community Representatives
Community Network Day
RAPID Magazine
Call for new Projects

Kilkenny's Area Implementation Team

From Left to right Back Row ( Tony Walsh, Kilkenny County Council ), Pat Phealan ( Garda Siochaina ) Ray Scanlon ( Community Rep ) ,Brian Tyrell ( Asst. Town Clerk) Sandra Hoban ( Community Representative ) Noel Barry( South Eastern Health Board) Frank Comerford ( Dept Social Family Affairs )

Front Left to Right Cait Ni Mhurchu ( Schools Completion Programme ) Marie Fitzpatrick ( Reps The Mayor ) Fergus Keane ( KCAN - Chair of the AIT), Eileen Curtis ( The VEC ) Rollie Collier ( FAS )

Community Meetings "All Welcome"

Mc Cauley Place,
Thurs 13th Feb @ 7.30pm in Hotel Kilkenny

Millennium Court & OLoughlin Court
Thurs 20th Feb @ 7.30pm in Millenium Court Community
Center

RAPID Web - Site

The first phase of the Kilkenny RAPID Web-Site has been developed, this can be viewed on the new Kilkenny County Council Website (under CDB) www.kilkennycoco.ie

Information will be transferred to this website on an ongoing basis and will include updated information on RAPID, profiles on each community, community events, activities, newsletters, available resources, and statutory information etc.

Are You Interested in representing your community ?

Please contact Ronan in the County Hall Telephone 056 52699

Community Participation

A number of new community resident / development associations have been developed. We aim to have community representatives for all of the areas identified under RAPID by June 2003. Some of the new resident associations include, Mc Cauley Place, Ossory park, Millennium Court, and OLoughlin Court.

Loughboy Shelia Condon 056-64700
Newpark Close Nora Webster / Mags Leaghy 056- 65458
Hebron Park Mags Laffan 056-52811
Bishop Birch Place Ray Scanlon Mags Laffan 056-90240 056 - 52811
Newpark Lower Nora Webster 056- 65458
Mc Cauley Place Mary Joyce 056-22268
Ossory Park John Dunne 056-23182
The Butts Stephen Murphy 056-51988
St. Catherines Halting Site Claire Kenealy 056-64700
New Orchard John/ Angela Parker 056 - 63287
O'Loughlin Court Phil O'Reilly 056 - 51712 087-2239943
Millenium Court Penny Dwyer 056 - 52417
St. Marys Avenue Margarete Reilly

Their are still identified RAPID areas with no community representatives. It is essential that these areas have an established committee in order to successfully participate in the programme, for further details please contact Ronan.
All new residents associations will be facilitated through the RAPID Process. PRA ( Participatory Rapid Appraisal ) techniques have and can be used to gather information about a community or neighbourhood quickly and effectively. Because community appraisal is a rapid process, it can involve a wide section of the community who do not normally fill in questionnaires or go to meetings.

Because it involves across-section of the local community coming together and "holding a mirror up " to their neighbourhood it also creates conditions for consensus-based action planning.
The types of information that can be gathered can include environmental trends,population trends, local history, external and internal influences on the community, aspirations and priorities for the future. The process is facilitated by Newground ,a highly experienced training organisation. The workshop which is designed to be informal and enjoyable lasts for around 2 hours.

Presentations made by participating groups

Community Network Day

Plans are well underway for the resurrection of the Community Network to be held this April 03,
for further details watch this space.