County Leitrim Community Forum was established as part of the County Development Board in 2000. It is the representative body for the community and voluntary sector in Leitrim.
The Forum is elected by all community groups registered with the forum every five years and has representation on the following bodies:
County Development Board
Social Inclusion Measures Group
Strategic Policy Committees of Leitrim County Council
Regional Drugs Task Force
Leitrim Tourism
Leitrim County Childcare Committee
A number of projects have been run by the Forum in recent years including:
NUI Maynooth Certificate in Addiction Studies
PEACE III Projects
To contact the Forum telephone Therese on 086 170139 or email her on leitrimcommunityforum@gmail.com . More information is available on the Forum website www.leitrimcommunityforum.ie
In addition to the Forum, there are many community activities that take place thoughout the county. These include sporting, arts related and general community life. To encourage these, local groups have provided facilitiues in their towns and villages that reach out and involve all of the people of all ages and backgrounds. List of these are set out below.
Database of Arts Facilities.xls (size 15.4 KB)
Database of Community Facilities.xls (size 24.6 KB)
Database of Sports Facilities.xls (size 23.6 KB)