Programmes and Actions
Clare Traveller CDC
Four development programmes
Over the coming three years, Clare Traveller CDP will be working across four development programmes, all of which are designed, delivered and evaluated according to the strategic approach outlined.
The programmes will address:
Accommodation and Living Conditions
Mental and Physical Health
Culture and Identity
Education, Training and Progression
These programmes are interlinked, as shown below. But each also has its own set of actions.
The effective implementation of all programmes and actions will depend upon:
Ongoing leadership training and support, to ensure that members of the Traveller community most impacted by the development issues will be enabled to take a leading part in defining and implementing responses.
Specific focus on ensuring that all members of the community are included (not only in terms of age and gender but also those who may be more excluded within the Traveller community (including, for example, those with a disability, LGBTQ+ or those living in more remote rural areas).
The effective implementation of all programmes and actions will depend upon:
The links between cultural identity and accommodation are critical for Travellers – understanding and delivering culturally-appropriate accommodation that has been denied for so long.
Accommodation and living conditions have ongoing effects on the health and wellbeing of Travellers, as well as on the chances for progressing through education, training or employment
Cultural identity is also strongly related to mental health challenges in the Traveller community. The everyday experience of discrimination and prejudice can contribute significantly to low self-esteem, and ultimately to the threat of suicide.
Strategic Plan 2023
Download our Strategic Plan for more information
CLARE TRAVELLER CDP VISION STATEMENT
“Our aim is to improve living conditions, opportunities and achievement of human rights for Travellers in Clare. This will be pursued through establishing and strengthening local alliances and, most importantly, through building effective Traveller leadership and a strong Traveller voice”