This paper presents a policy-focused report on the research project ‘Progress and Problems in Social Housing Estates: A ten-year follow-up study’. The project was carried out between late 2007 and early 2009 in seven local authority housing estates in Ireland and took the form of a follow-up to a study of the same estates which had been carried out in the period 1997-1999. The seven estates examined in the study are: Fatima Mansions and Finglas South in Dublin City; Fettercairn, Tallaght, in South County Dublin; Deanrock estate in Togher, Cork City; Moyross in Limerick City; Muirhevnamor in Dundalk and Cranmore in Sligo town.
Review of Rialto Community Health Projects 2011-2012
This review, carried out by the Discipline of Occupational Therapy, Trinity College, is a timely reminder that the work of community health projects such as these in Rialto is one half of the equation of the health of a community. As a Director of Health Promotion, these projects access a very hard to reach audience and are capable of delivering good health outcomes at a very low cost. In my association with the two community development health projects in Rialto, based in Dolphin and Fatima, I am aware of the high quality work being carried out. I believe this review gives us an indication of the impact of the two health projects on Rialto’s residents’ health and well-being as described by the participants involved in this review.
THE REGENERATION GAME: Fatima Mansions and Public Private Partnership
The Fatima Mansions Regeneration Project, the first public private partnership housing project which is now in its final stages, has been in the making since 2000. As team leader with lead community organisation Fatima Groups United, this article contains my overview of our experience and process outcomes along with an analysis of core issues and challenges facing community development practitioners participating within the regeneration framework
The Real Guide To Regeneration For Communities
Making The Right Decision About Urban Regeneration
Making Fatima A Better Place To Live
The launch of this report comes at an important time in the story of Fatima. As we approach the millennium Jubilee of the year 2000, Fatima Mansions is on the eve of its 50th anniversary – 50 years of community. The observations, memories and comments which run through this report are a witness to the community’s growth and disintegration, its coming together and falling apart, its sharing of hope and disappointment, its resilience and inner strength in the face of massive challenges and of feelings of isolation and abandonment.
Mary P. Corcoran (September 1998)
REGENERATION Learnings & Insights
Common-sense lessons on regeneration and development for local authorities and development consortiums.
Published by: Canal Communities Partnership
Fatima Groups United invited response and recommendations arising from Dublin Corporations Draft Development Plan for Fatima Mansions.
‘Fatima has set the standard and awakened the ambitions of other neighbourhoods that yearn for regeneration. Fatima is now a place that others are looking to for advice and guidance - what a transformation -what a credit to the people of Fatima Mansions.’
President Mary McAleese.
This unique and remarkable Social Regeneration Plan has been prepared and agreed by all partners of the Fatima Regeneration Board. The plan contains a programme of actions to be twinned with the physical regeneration programme of Fatima Mansions. Its task is to ensure the successful social regeneration of this community. It is a unique, innovative, exciting civic and community initiative. It forms a vital component of the overall Masterplan for the regeneration of this inner-city estate, the terms of which were formally agreed between community representatives and Dublin City Council in April 2004.
Moving house marks one of the biggest changes a person goes through in their lives. It is one of life’s most stressful situations. When whole communities have to move the stress can be even greater. This document is rooted in the recent history of two communities who have had extensive experience of making such a move in the context of regeneration of their flats complexes. This process of moving home during a regeneration or refurbishment process is called ‘transition’.