Vision of Skerries Community Association

The following vision was devised and agreed by the Directors of Skerries Community Association in March 2003.

 We want to:

  •  Safeguard and enhance all that is good about our community and environment
  • Support local effort to get the best quality of life possible from the community and environment
  • Foster community spirit i.e. appreciation, care of, pride in our community and environment

For:

All who live in, work in or visit Skerries now and future generations

We will do this by:

Initiating, facilitating, communicating with and supporting customer groups in a professional manner

Our style of working:

  • We communicate effectively;
  • organise ourselves effectively and efficiently;
  • we are adaptable and approachable, willing to learn and share our knowledge with others;
  • we plan strategically;
  • we are creative and innovative;
  • we are open and inclusive.

We will do these things by working with:

Customer groups (see below): Committees, members, public bodies, and groups to whom we have an affiliation/representation.

Subject to:

  • Availability of our own time and expertise
  • Legal constraints and local authority regulations
  • Funding availability
  • Co-operation of other parties

Customer Groups

We refer to our “customer groups.”  Here is how we categorise the different groups:

Committees

Committees are those groups for whom we are legally responsible as a company.

As of October 2024, they are:

  • Skerries Community Centre Board of Management
  • Skerries Tidy Towns
  • Skerries Cycling Initiative
  • Skerries Town Twinning
  • Sustainable Skerries
  • Skerries Age Friendly Committee
  • Skerries Sustainable Energy Community Initiative
  • Skerries Autism Friendly Town

Members

Membership is open to anyone over 18 residing in the Skerries electoral area.  It is free of charge.  We currently have about 890 members. (2021)

Public Bodies

These include state organisations with whom we need to work/communicate in pursuit of our vision and supporting programme:

Groups to whom we have an affiliation/representation

  • Muintir na Tíre
  • Fingal Public Partnership Network
  • Skerries Community Liaison Committee
  • The Wheel