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COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDING

Dublin Fire Brigade HR Section continue to embrace redirects wealth back into the local economy and places

the Dublin City Council led Community Wealth Building control and benefits into the hands of local people.

programme. Dublin faces many challenges that impact It is a collective assets of local economy – social,

on its resilience and prosperity in the future. Community intellectual, cultural, financial, etc. that a community

Wealth Building provides a lens through which to view owns or controls that enables the community to care

this changing economic and social environment and to for each other and the natural environment.

understand how Dublin City Council can use its influence

to shape and support the city’s economy in the long term. Adopting Community Wealth Building as an integral

part of the City Council’s corporate strategy gives voice

Community Wealth Building is a people-centred to the idea that the City’s wealth should be shared.

approach to local economic development, which Through CWB Dublin City Council will use its economic

role to influence wealth flows around our capital City

in the best interest of local communities. A strong

Strengthen the city connection to the locality is a key driver for CWB.
council’s strategic
capacity to act and Dublin Fire Brigade are adopting the principles behind
Community Wealth Building in as many aspects of
deliver

Embed its service deleivery as possible, initially through
community
wealth building Develop a social Build targetted recruitment drives in locations identified
within the value framework confidence by by our community partnerships. In future activities
corporate Dublin Fire Brigade will be exploring other avenues,
approach of for Dublin City using pilots such as procurement, logistics, premises usage,
the city council Council and are-based training, fire prevention and community risk
reduction for ways in which it can engage in a more
action to meaningful way with our local communities.
demonstrate

the model

Build
understanding

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