Quote: West Armagh

Quote: West Armagh

“I genuinely think if we continue doing what we’re doing we’re going to promote continued failure and we’re going to continue to have high statistics of addiction, mental health, unemployment and poverty, and we need a new way of going forward to empower local community to have hope for themselves, if we continue doing what we’re doing we’re continuing that cycle of generational unemployment, mental health, disability and addiction”

West Armagh resident and community leader

Quote: Colin, Northern Ireland

Quote: Colin, Northern Ireland

“The Colin area is a vibrant community that still needs considerable physical and financial investment from the public and private sectors as the potential has yet to be realised because the location is, by and large, designated by government to be socially deprived. The area desperately needs coordinated policy and resources to tackle the underlying problems that continue to exist”

Bernard, Colin Neighbourhood Partnership director