TÚS Community Work Placement Initiative
TÚS Community Work Initiative - Call out to Community and Voluntary Groups
Information evenings will be held in three locations in North Tipperary.
19th July at 8 p.m. Old Church, Birr Road, Borrisokane.20th July at 8 p.m. G.A.A. Hall Templederry village.
21st July at 8 p.m. Community Hall, Moyne Village.
North Tipperary LEADER Partnership (NTLP) manages the local delivery of the TÚS – Community Work Placement Initiative on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. The aims of TÚS are to provide short-term, quality work opportunities for those who are unemployed and to provide certain services of benefit to communities.
NTLP is now accepting applications from community and voluntary groups in both Urban and Rural areas to participate in the TÚS – Community Work Placement Initiative.
Work undertaken on TÚS will be beneficial to the local community and to the participants on the scheme. The types of projects carried out are likely to include:
- Energy conservation work in homes and community buildings
- Social care of all age groups and persons with a disability or limited mobility
- Caretaking, securing, supervising of community buildings and spaces
- Renovation of community and sporting facilities, including the regeneration and enhancement of community, recreation and sporting spaces
- Work in support of the promotion of the Irish language, other cultural and heritage activities
- Community administration, research and community event management
- Repair of equipment for developing world – farm tools, bicycles, computers, sewing machines, health equipment.
Community work under TUS should meet the following conditions:
- Not duplicate existing commercial activity or duplicate service provision by another agency
- Be a quality placement
- Make a meaningful contribution within communities
- Support voluntary effort
All applications will be evaluated and scored on these criteria by NTLP staff, who recommend successful groups to NTLP’s TÚS Committee. The Committee may prioritize geographical areas of North Tipperary which do not have access to existing work schemes.
For any informal queries please contact Michael Murray, David Kyne or Mary O’Dwyer on 067-56676
Application form is available in the download section or by clicking here.
Full Information on the Initiative is available from the Department of Social Protection website.
