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CLÁR is a targeted investment programme for rural areas that aims to provide funding for small infrastructural projects in areas that experience disadvantage at Schools /Community Facilities. Measures 1 and 2 will be managed by Monaghan County Council and Measure 3 will be managed directly by the Department of Rural and Community Development. CLÁR is a targeted investment programme for rural areas that aims to provide funding for small infrastructural projects in areas that experience disadvantage at Schools /Community Facilities. Measures 1 and 2 will be managed by Monaghan County Council and Measure 3 will be managed directly by the Department of Rural and Community Development. Measure 1 Support for Schools/Community Safety Measures Up to 90% funding available

Eligible Interventions:

• Amber Safety Lights
• Child Safety Lights
• Speed Safety Lights
• Pedestrian Crossings
• Access footpaths
• Bus Shelters
• Car Parking Facilities
• Public Lighting Grant Range up to € 50,000

Measure 2 Play Areas (incl MUGAs) Up to 90% funding available Grant Range € 5,000 to € 50,000

Measure 3 First Response Support Measures Managed directly by the Department of Rural & Community Development, Rural Schemes, Government Offices, Ballina, Co Mayo F26 E8N6 – Phone – (076)1006829

Application forms and guidelines are available on www.monaghan.ie  or by email to clar2018@monaghancoco.ie

Completed Applications for Measures 1 and 2 should be returned to Aisling Kierans, CLÁR 2018 Applications, Community Development Section, Monaghan County Council, The Glen, Monaghan.

Closing date for receipt of applications is 5pm Tuesday 24th April 2018.

Applications will not be considered after this date.

Download Forms and Guidelines here:

Clár Map (PDF)

Measure 1: Support for Schools/Community Safety Measures

Measure 2: Support for Play Areas (including MUGA’s)

CLÁR 2018 Measures Guidelines

CLÁR List Of DED’s (PDF)

 

 

 

At the February meeting of the Joint Policing Committee, an innovative venture was launched by the JPC which aims to make Co Monaghan a less attractive target to thieves. The Joint Policing Committee is a partnership between the Council, An Garda Siochana and the community & voluntary sector, and its purpose is to seek joint solutions to issues facing the county. One such issue is rural crime, so when the Gardai became aware of a property marking scheme which was working very well in the UK and brought it to the attention of the JPC, the Council was quick to agree to purchase a machine and manage the lending of it to groups and businesses. The Telesis dot peen machine works by stamping your EIRCODE into the item to be marked using a pattern of dots. It varies the strength of the stamp to suit the material it is marking, and can mark carbon fibre, metal, wood, plastic – anything except glass which may shatter. Both rounded and flat surfaces can be marked. The machine comes in a tough case, and can run off mains supply or batteries, so can be taken out around farm yards to mark trailers etc.

This is the first county-wide scheme of its kind in the country, and we’re very proud to have played a part in ironing out a pilot to help get this initiative going. We hope it will make a real impact on rural crime over the coming years.

The machine is available free of charge to groups who wish to organise events.

• Sports clubs might consider holding special property marking days for club members with expensive equipment, such as carbon fibre bikes, riding tack or fishing rods. In fact, this machine can mark anything from an iPhone to an Ifor Williams!
• Schools might have expensive equipment belonging to the school marked, and might invite students to bring in devices such as tablets to be marked
• Businesses might have power tools, generators, and other portable equipment usually transported in vans marked

Signs and stickers of various sizes and in various materials are available at a very reasonable cost, which the JPC recommends that the householder invests in. After all, while having your property marked will help the Gardai to return it to you if it is recovered, wouldn’t it be even better if you could alert the thieves to the fact that it is marked and put them off lifting it in the first place?

If you would like to organise a property marking event in your area, or for your club, contact Fionnuala Mulligan in the Community Dept on 047 73720 or fmulligan@monaghancoco.ie OR Carol Lambe on 047 73725 or clambe@monaghancoco.ie to make a booking

Please read our Advice for Event Organisers to help your event go smoothly:

Info For Event Organisers PDF >>

Photo: Joint Policing Committee launch property marking scheme, February 2018. Photo Rory Geary.

Monaghan County Council were absolutely delighted with the success of the “A MINUTE MATTERS” campaign which won the Best Disability Access & Inclusion Initiative at the Local Authority Members Association National awards ceremony on Saturday 3rd February in Croke park.

The overall aim of this project is to raise awareness among the people of county Monaghan of the problems people with a disability permit to face when people without a badge park in accessible parking bays.

The project which is about awareness rising, advocacy and empowerment engaged the skills of young adults with a learning disability from Drumlin house Training Centre and the Monaghan Latch on programme to make a short film about the difficulties that are caused for people with a disability when people park illegally in designated disabled parking bays. A consultation carried out by Monaghan County Council with local communities highlighted the ongoing problem of people parking in disabled parking bays illegally. This causes a lot of problems for people who need those spaces.

The slogan “A Minute Matters” was chosen because many people think it’s ok to park in disabled parking bays for “a minute” but what this project is saying is “A Minute Matters” to someone who needs that space!

The project was a huge success, with had great support from the local Gardai and Traffic wardens who greatly welcomed the initiative. The Gardai and traffic wardens have zero tolerance for people abusing disabled parking bays and anyone parking in a designated disabled parking.

Monaghan town has almost 1200 parking spaces and 43 disabled parking bays, so it is really important to badge holders that the spaces are available to them when they need them.

So as the video says, “ If you don’t have a badge PARK SOMEWHERE ELSE”

Photos include LAMA Awards last weekend and the members of the Latch on group who starred in and recorded the Minute Matters youtube video

Check out the video on YouTube “A MINUTE MATTERS”

Cavan Monaghan Transport Coordination Unit (CMTCU) CLG trading as LocalLink Cavan Monaghan manages the ‘Rural Transport Programme’ in counties Cavan and Monaghan. The programme delivers services in rural areas, providing transport services in areas where public transport is not readily available.

LocalLink Cavan Monaghan currently manages and coordinates over 60 rural bus services on a weekly basis across the two counties. All services are funded by the Department of Transport through the NTA and passengers may utilise their Free Travel Pass on all services.

The settlements of Ballybay and Tydavnet/Scotstown/Ballinode have no public transport service linking residents to Monaghan Town and for onward travel through Monaghan Bus Station.  LocalLink has introduced two 6 days per week / 7 services per day bus services in these areas. Routes, timetables and fares are as set out below. Both routes will share activity across the town centre, offering 14 daily service options to town centre passengers.

If you have any queries on any aspect of the service of LocalLink in Monaghan please telephone:  1850 211 923 .

Click here for Local Link Route M1 M2 Timetable (PDF)

It’s been a very busy year for community development across Co. Monaghan. We thought it would be nice to take a look back at how much we have all achieved this year. When you see it in one place, it’s makes for very impressive reading!

Please click here to view the Monaghan County Council Community News Xmas 2017 (PDF)

Monaghan County Council, Monaghan Tidy Towns, Monaghan Town Team representing the Traders and Residents of the town centre, and An Garda Síochána have come together to form a Community Safety Partnership, to address community safety issues in Monaghan town centre. The first initiative to grow from this Partnership is to erect a CCTV system to cover the public areas of the town, in response to a number of anti-social behaviour incidents in the town centre. It is hoped that the CCTV footage will act as a deterrent to criminal and anti social behaviour, and also aid in the detection of crime.

THE VIEWS OF THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES OF THE TOWN ARE NOW SOUGHT REGARDING THE PLACEMENT OF THE CAMERAS

A map of the town, showing the proposed location of each camera, is available on the Council website, and is on display in all Council buildings in Monaghan town, including the Motor Tax building, the Market House and the Library.

HOW TO HAVE YOUR SAY:

You can let the Community Safety Partnership know how you feel about the idea of a CCTV scheme in the town, or your views on the placement of any individual camera, by :

• Contacting the team through before Friday 19h January 2018 (contact details below)
• Coming along to talk to the team in the Market House on:

Wednesday 17th January between 7.30pm and 9pm

Following this consultation period, a final map of proposed sites for the cameras will be posted to Monaghan County Council’s website, www.monaghan.ie and an application for funding for the cameras will be made to the Dept of Justice’s Community CCTV Scheme. It is hoped to have the CCTV system up and running by mid 2018.
Queries on the scheme, and comments on the consultation, can be made to:

Donal McElwain, Monaghan Municipal District Co-Ordinator, Council Offices, The Glen, Monaghan monaghan@monaghancoco.ie Tel 047 73777

Carol Lambe, Community Development Dept, Council Offices, The Glen, Monaghan clambe@monaghancoco.ie Tel 047 30500

Consultation closes Friday 19th January 2018

View CCTV Scheme Consultation Poster here >>

Monaghan Sports Partnership’s key aim is to support and increase participation in Sport and Physical Activity.Monaghan Sports Partnership’s key aim is to support and increase participation in Sport and Physical Activity.With this in mind, MSP is pleased to announce a Grant Programme for 2017 for sports clubs that provide activities of a sporting or physical activity nature and in particular projects that attract new members or which increase participation in an activity.

Applications are now being accepted for assistance under this fund, which is available under two strands:

• Strand 1: Sports Club basic grant programme
• Strand 2: Sports Club Participation Development Project grant programme

(Strand 2 applications require the submission of a development plan for a period of 12-18 months which will result in increased membership / participation)

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 20th December 2017 at 5pm.
Information Sessions on the Grant Programme will take place on:

Monday 27th November 2017 at 7.30pm in Castleblayney Enterprise Centre
Thursday 30th November 2017 at 7.30pm in YWCA, North Rd, Monaghan (Y-Zone room downstairs)

Application form, Guidelines (terms & conditions) and Sample Development Plans will be available at these sessions or can be downloaded from www.monaghansports.ie or requested from our office at 042-9755126

MONAGHAN LOCAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (LCDC)
RAPID PROGRAMME 2017

In conjunction with the three Municipal Districts under the remit of Monaghan County Council, Monaghan Local Community Development Committee (LCDC) will administer the recently launched RAPID Programme for 2017 in the county.

The Programme is focused on tackling social exclusion and improving the quality of life for residents in disadvantaged urban areas and provincial towns. Under the programme, eligible groups/ organisations may apply for grants for capital projects or elements of projects which would improve the quality of life for residents in disadvantaged urban areas. The total amount of funding available for 2017 is €64,500.

Applications should relate to at least one key target group and thematic area in order to be eligible for consideration e.g. youth, older people, or projects promoting integration. The Programme will target projects falling under the strategic themes as set out in the Monaghan Local Economic and Community Plan 2016-2021 (LECP). The plan can be viewed at https://monaghan.ie/communitydevelopment/local-economic-and-community-plan-lecp/

Monaghan County Council, on behalf of the LCDC, will make payments directly to the successful groups, expected to be in December 2017.

Further details on the RAPID programme 2017, including details on eligible urban areas, together with application forms and guidelines are available by contacting Fionnuala at 047 73720 or emailing rapidapplications@monaghancoco.ie or by downloading the forms here:

(RAPID) PROGRAMME APPLICATION FORM 2017

(RAPID) PROGRAMME APPLICATION FORM GUIDELINES 2017

ALL APPLICATIONS ARE TO BE RETURNED
BY 5pm on 24 November 2017 to:-

Fionnuala Mulligan, “Rapid Programme 2017”,
Monaghan County Council/Monaghan LCDC,
Community Development Section,
The Glen, Monaghan.

LATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.