Established in 2023, the Empowering Communities Programme works to empower local communities to craft their own response to social inequality and social exclusion. The programme aims to:

• Support a community development approach to area-based poverty and social exclusion.  

• Build leadership within communities, supporting and enhancing collaboration between existing community structures to develop and help implement tailored community work responses to the specific challenges faced locally.  

• Empower local communities to craft their own response to tackling community challenges.  

Based in Bunclody Co.Wexford, ECP Community Engagement Workers work through a community work approach, building partnerships within the community to develop collective responses to the issues that matter to them to create positive social change in their area.