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CAP
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Community Action Programme, known as CAP, is a community resource
centre and development programme that is run by a voluntary
management committee of people who live or work in Ballymun. We were set up in 1990 and are funded by the Department of
Social, Community and Family Affairs Community Development Support
Programme, which is assisted by the National Lottery.
CAP employs a number of full-time staff. A
Programme
Manager, a Community Development Worker, an Assistant Administrator, and two
part-time Community Development Workers are currently employed to
work on various projects. We operate out of two flats at numbers 3 and 30 Sillogue Road,
Ballymun.
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CAP
Philosophy and Aims
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CAP operates from a philosophy which
firmly believes in collective action by local people to identify
their needs and decide on the best solution to their problems.
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Overall
CAP aims to:
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Respond to the needs of local
groups in order to strengthen them in the work they are
doing.
Initiate activity where there
are gaps in what is being provided by or for groups locally.
Draw lessons from the
experience of local groups that can inform policy-makers and
be in a position to make those lessons heard.
CAP does this work in order
to try to ensure that any actions to tackle poverty and
disadvantage that are proposed nationally will be of benefit to Ballymun
and other areas like it around Ireland.
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What
we do
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CAP supports the work of local community groups by providing
support, services and training. We also work to influence the Government to improve
the situation of people living in areas like Ballymun by
lobbying for positive changes in the way that society works.
CAP operates as a drop-in
centre for local people and Community Groups who need to use
any of our services or who want to get involved in community
work.
You can read about the
different kinds of work that we do by following the links at
the side or bottom of this page. |
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