Cork County PPN is delighted to present our Vision for Community Wellbeing.
Workshops took place in November and December 2023 in every Municipal District across the County. We were delighted to be rolling out the National Initiative on Community Wellbeing.
CorkCountyPPN.mp4 – Google Drive
What do we need for the wellbeing of the community of Cork County? That is the question that was posed by Cork County Public Participation Network (PPN), and we heard from the community and voluntary groups and organisations in all the Municipal Districts in Cork County, West Cork, Macroom, Kanturk/Mallow, Fermoy, East Cork, Bandon/Kinsale, Cobh, and Carrigaline.
Developing a Vision for Community Wellbeing meant thinking about what we have and what we need to help our County to be as great as it can be for us and for the many generations that follow on from ours.
One thing everyone could agree on is that we would like our community to be the very best it can be.
“Our wellbeing is affected by many things; the economy, the environment, services etc” explained Morrin Drislane, PPN Coordinator “and the wellbeing of the community affects everyone within it. We really want to hear from the groups and organisations on the ground what is important to them”.
The Wellbeing Vision is a high-level statement of what we want for our Communities. It sets out what member groups want their area to be like if everything was right in it. It is what they agree together that they are aiming for & it underpins the operation of the PPN.
The Vision document means:
•Representatives on Committees know what they are arguing for AND
•Member groups know what their representative are working for on their behalf
•There is direction to the work the PPN does, it’s Strategic Policy/ Plan, it’s annual plan, etc.