- Location: Respond! Housing Association is a company limited by guarantee and registered in Dublin, Ireland
- Duration: TBA
Course details
This module broadly introduces learners to concepts of community and community development enabling an understanding of community and the contested nature of the concept. Learners will also be given a broad introduction to concepts of community development, looking at the history of the community development movement in Ireland and overseas. An introduction to principles and practices of community development will also be given.
This course is suitable for anyone who is,
- Working in a community setting, housing authority or NGO (paid or voluntary) who would like to broaden their understanding of community development.
- Interested in the history, principles and practice of community development.
- Hoping to become more involved in their community and looking to learn more about how this can be achieved.
By the end of the course successful participants will have,
- Examined the history of the community development movement in Ireland.
- Explored concepts of community and community development.
- Increased their understanding of theories and concepts of community development.
Course Location
About Respond College
Respond! was founded in Waterford in the early 1980s from Franciscan roots and membership. At the time there was a need for housing for both young families and older persons in the city. The legal incorporation of Respond! as a company limited by guarantee took place in 1982, and as an approved housing association by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government in 1984.
Respond!’s first ever housing scheme was in Larchville, Waterford on a piece of land kindly set aside by Waterford City Council. This development contained 15 houses for older persons, along with a community room. Named Francis CTheirt, it was officially opened on October 4th 1983 and was jointly funded by Waterford City Council and Respond! who depended on the very kind generosity of the people of Waterford at that time and throughout the 1980s, through all sorts of community collections and fundraising. The South Eastern Health Board also donated money in order to furnish the houses.
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