Cork City’s Local Economic and Community Plan 2024 - 2029
Action
Lead
Partners
Timeframe
KPIs
Council Role
2.3.3
Support the LGBTI+ community through its strong and robust community and voluntary organisations and encourage policy development from a rights-based perspective across agencies. To lead on and encourage an all-island approach to Irish cities membership of the Rainbow Cities Network.
• Awareness Week. • Rainbow City Status. • Cork Pride Festival. • GAY project annual survey. • Annual Irish Cities meeting.
Gay Project, LINC, UPCork, Gender Rebels, Cork Pride
LGBTI+ Inter- agency
Ongoing
Collaborating
Cork Access Group, SAFE Group, Cork Age Friendly Committee, PPN, DFI, Independent Living Movement, Community and Voluntary Section CESCA, Healthy Cities, Comhairle na nÓg, Let’s Grow Together, Playful Paradigm, P4Play Partners Group, Yellow Flag Programme, Traveller Youth Workers Network, Northside Youth Forum, Southside Youth Forum, Trauma Friendly City Committee, Libraries
2.3.4 Recognise and focus on the high level of support and resources needed to improve the quality of life, safety, and well-being of disabled people/people with disabilities. 2.3.4a Support the work of the Cork City Disability Working Group and Cork Access Group.
Cork City Council Disability Working Group
Ongoing 24-25 (2.3.5a)
• Implementation of Disability Policy. • Meetings of CAG.
Co-ordination, collaborating
2.3.5
Prioritise and focus on opportunities to support and secure the wellbeing of children and young people in the city, especially those experiencing poverty and exclusion.
Cork Child- Friendly Cities Committee and CYPSC
Ongoing 28-29 (2.3.7a)
• HP Deprivation Index. • Child Friendly Status.
Co-ordination, collaborating
2.3.5a Work towards gaining a UNICEF Child-friendly city status. 2.3.5b Support the delivery of the new CYPSC 5-year strategy for Children and Young People.
2.3.6
Ensure priority and focus remains on the RAPID areas across the city focusing on capacity building and service delivery through the RAPID Area Based Committee (ABC). In collaboration with the community and voluntary sector and public bodies providing public services, develop a suite of training modules on such topics as anti-racism, cultural competency, plain English and creating a trauma-sensitive city.
• Quarterly meetings. • Bi-annual report to LCDC.
RAPID ABC, LCDC
Full Ownership
CCC
Ongoing
HSE, DSP, Gardaí, Trauma Friendly City Committee, CYPSC Anti- racism Group, Community and Voluntary Sector Public Service organisations, Community and Voluntary Sector Cork City PPN, relevant Inter- agency Groups, Community and Voluntary Section State Agencies and Community and Voluntary Sector
2.4.1
• No. of modules developed. • Training records and outcomes.
Co-ordination, collaborating
CCC and CESCA
24-25
• Internal resource on applying the Public Sector. • Duty and Plain English guidelines. • Page on website for the public.
2.4.2
Promote the Public Sector Duty internally and externally.
Co-ordination, collaborating
CCC
24-25
2.5.1
Develop a Disability Strategy which enables accessibility, integration, and inclusion and which recognises and encourages ability, empowerment, and independence of disabled people/people with disabilities. Establish an inclusion marker/ indicator for all public sector financing/funding for community organisations to ensure that the most marginalised communities are reached.
CCC Disability Working Group
• Publishment of Document.
Full Ownership
24-25
2.5.2
• Publishment of Document.
Full Ownership
LCDC
24-25
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