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Community Services Programme
The
Unit and its functions
Newry and Mourne District Council under
its Community Services Programme has major responsibility for:
- general Community Development work,
particularly in the field of recreation
- community education, planning and
neighbourhood community amenities
- the development of both grant-aided
and Council-provided Community Centres, in the latter case involving
planning the centres in conjunction with local groups and other
relevant statutory bodies
- managing all Council-provided community
facilities
- advice and grant support to the
voluntary and community sectors
- development and grant support for
Advice Services
- development and funding for Community
Festivals and the Council’s Major Events Programme.
Mission
Statement and objectives
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To provide
an accessible impartial and supportive service to the Community
and Voluntary Sectors of the Newry and Mourne District Council
Area through a process of community empowerment and facilitation
aimed at improving the quality of life of the local environs
and through the following programmes:
- Capital
Development Programmes
- Recurrent
Expenditure delivery programme
- Training
- Funding
Advice
- Major/Minor
Events Programme
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Organisation
The Community Services Unit is located
within the Department of District Development of the Council. Its
business is conducted through the Council’s Community/Leisure Services
Sub Committee and ratified by the full District Development Committee
of the Council.
The Team is headed by the Community
Services Officer:
Mr Dermot Russell
Recreation and Sports Development Officer
Newry and Mourne District Council
Haughey House
Greenbank Industrial Estate
Rampart Road
Newry
BT34 2QU
Tel: 028 30313233 Ext: 3263
Fax: 028 30313299
Mob: 07974 724190
E-mail: dermot.russell@newryandmourne.gov.uk
Development
Team Members
Fews/Crotlieve Areas:
Mr Paddy Duffy
Area Community Development
Officer
Bessbrook Community Centre
The Pond Field
Mill Road
Bessbrook
BT35 7BS
Tel: 028 30839666
Mob 07714855290
Slieve Gullion/Fews Areas:
Mr John Gracey
Crossmaglen Community Centre
O’Fiaich Square
Crossmaglen
Newry
BT35 9AA
Tel: 028 30861949
Fax: 028 30868758
Mob: 07730926001
Newry City/Mournes Areas:
Ms Kathleen Magee
Haughey House
Greenbank Industrial Estate
Newry
BT34 2QY
Tel: 028 30313208
Fax: 028 30313299
Mob: 07816326360
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