Zones |
Implementing Partner |
Contact Details |
| Zone 1 | Avondhu Blackwater Partnership CLG
The Mill, Castletownroche, Co. Cork |
Tel: 022 46580
Email: info@avondhublackwater.com |
| Zone 2 | Comhar na nOileán Teo
Inis Oírr, Oileáin Árann, Co. na Gaillimhe H91 D27X |
Tel: 099 75096
Email: fios@oileain.ie |
| Zone 3 | SECAD
Ownennacurra Business Park, Knockgriffin, Midleton, Co. Cork |
Tel: 021 4613432
Email: info@secad.ie |
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The West Cork Local Community Development Committee (LCDC) – a Committee of Cork County Council – is confirmed as the new LEADER Local Action Group (LAG) for West Cork and the programme officially commenced on the 1st December 2016. The new group – branded “LEADER West Cork” – manages the allocation of just over € 5 million in LEADER funding across West Cork for the period 2016-2020.
In addition Cork County Council is providing a supplementary Community Development Initiative funding of €1.25m to support the programme which brings the total funding available to communities in West Cork to just over € 6.25 million. The LEADER programme is being rolled out by a consortium of the West Cork LAG and three local development companies operating in the West Cork Council division namely; Avondhu-Blackwater, SECAD and Comhar na nOileán.
The LEADER Programme supports local and community projects across a diverse range of themes including; Rural tourism, enterprise development, rural towns, access to broadband, basic services targeted at hard-to-reach communities, rural youth, protection and sustainable use of water resources, protection and improvement of local biodiversity, and development of renewable energy.
The programme is co-financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development.
Members of the newly formed LAG include;
| Name | Organisation |
| Cllr. Declan Hurley (Chair) | Cork County Council |
| Cllr. John O’Sullivan (Vice Chair) | Cork County Council |
| Cllr. Patrick Gerard Murphy | Cork County Council |
| Cllr. Alan Coleman | Cork County Council |
| Ms. Clodagh Henehan | Divisional Manager, West, Cork County Council |
| Mr. Kevin Curran | West Cork Local Enterprise Office |
| Ms. Máire Ní Shé | Údarás na Gaeltachta |
| Mr. John Lyne | Department of Social Protection |
| Mr. Enda McWeeney | Cork ETB |
| Mr. Ryan Howard | SECAD |
| Ms. Maire Ní Mhaolain | Comhar na Oilean Teo |
| Mr. Denis Buckley | Avondhu Blackwater Partnership |
| Ms. Phoebe Bright | Environment (National Pillar) |
| Mr. Cornelius Buckley | IFA |
| Ms. Eileen O Shea | Civic Society |
| Mr. Colm Leen | Cork Chamber |
| Ms. Anne Finch | Cork County PPN |
| Ms. Helen O’Sullivan | Cork County PPN |
| Ms. Therèse Barrett Burke | Cork County PPN |
| Mr. Gavin Falk | Cork County PPN |
| Mr. Finbarr Harrington | Cork County PPN |
