{"id":2556,"date":"2025-08-11T15:06:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T15:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fdcl.ie\/?page_id=2556"},"modified":"2025-08-11T15:15:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T15:15:43","slug":"community-services-programme-csp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fdcl.ie\/index.php\/community-services-programme-csp\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Services Programme (CSP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>I am text block. Click edit button to change this text. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"117\" data-end=\"169\"><strong data-start=\"120\" data-end=\"169\">Community Services Programme (CSP)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"170\" data-end=\"400\">The CSP is a government-funded programme (administered by Pobal on behalf of the Department of Rural and Community Development) that supports community-based organisations to deliver local services and create employment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 data-start=\"407\" data-end=\"427\"><strong data-start=\"411\" data-end=\"427\">Key Features<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul data-start=\"428\" data-end=\"1220\">\n<li data-start=\"428\" data-end=\"605\">\n<p data-start=\"430\" data-end=\"605\"><strong data-start=\"430\" data-end=\"442\">Funding:<\/strong> Provides a contribution towards the cost of employing staff to deliver essential local services \u2014 particularly in areas where the market alone can\u2019t sustain them.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"606\" data-end=\"745\">\n<p data-start=\"608\" data-end=\"745\"><strong data-start=\"608\" data-end=\"618\">Focus:<\/strong> Often supports social enterprises, community centres, childcare services, tourism initiatives, and local development projects.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"746\" data-end=\"895\">\n<p data-start=\"748\" data-end=\"895\"><strong data-start=\"748\" data-end=\"763\">Employment:<\/strong> Creates full-time equivalent jobs, often targeted at people from disadvantaged backgrounds or those far from the labour market.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"896\" data-end=\"1025\">\n<p data-start=\"898\" data-end=\"1025\"><strong data-start=\"898\" data-end=\"920\">Community Benefit:<\/strong> Services must be designed to meet local needs and benefit the wider community, not just generate profit.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1026\" data-end=\"1220\">\n<p data-start=\"1028\" data-end=\"1220\"><strong data-start=\"1028\" data-end=\"1043\">Governance:<\/strong> Organisations in the CSP are usually Companies Limited by Guarantee (CLGs) with a voluntary board, and they must follow strong governance and financial reporting standards.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CSP in FDCL<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"1326\" data-end=\"1401\">\n<p data-start=\"1328\" data-end=\"1401\">Employing core staff (e.g., administrators, maintenance, support workers)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1445\" data-end=\"1502\">\n<p data-start=\"1447\" data-end=\"1502\">Keeping services viable in rural or disadvantaged areas<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<figure class=\"sc_image  alignright sc_image_shape_square\"><img src=\"https:\/\/fdcl.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/csp.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] I am text block. 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