The Liberties Community Project- is an amalgamation of SICCDA and Robert Emmet CDP- two South West Inner City Dublin community development organisations established in 1982 and 2003 respectively in response to long term localised unemployment and poverty. A decision by both boards to engage in a voluntary merger process was affected in July 2024.
The initial purpose of SICCDA and Robert Emmet CDP was to deliver employment based training and early years education respectively with both organisations growing in subsequent years to meet additional emerging needs and opportunities.
The Liberties Community Project deliver a wide array of charitable programmes across a number of key areas. However, we believe that effective community development is about more than delivering charitable services to ease the burden that inequitable policy and resourcing decisions have had, and continue to have, on the SWIC community. It is about supporting a local community engage in research and advocacy projects that can drive decisions that affect their own development. It’s about creating a more equitable future where the SWIC community is subject to resources and policies that allow it to thrive. And it’s about enjoying the journey and the learning that comes with this.