About Us

Our Vision

The Moneymore Township Community Hub (MTCH) will be an inclusive, safe space designed to support the well-being and prosperity of the community for generations to come.

Our Mission

To manage a Flagship Facility, bringing together projects and services where the community can participate and be supported, to fulfil their needs, and advance their ambitions in relation to family life, health, education, training, recreation, civic and social engagement.

Our Story

In 2018, the agencies working in Moneymore – Connect Family Resource Centre, Foroige Cable Project, Moneymore After-school & Moneymore Community House – came together to look at the feasibility of building a large scale Centre, or Community Hub. Since then, those plans have progressed with the help of Louth County Council and Louth Local Development.

We are currently fundraising to build our Community Hub on land between Moneymore & St Laurence’s Park & we are applying for government funding. This will only cover part of our costs. The Hub will allow us to expand and will include facilities for the community like a coffee shop & gym. It will be a space for people to meet, socialise, and to be supported as needed.

Supports & Services We Offer

Weekly Foodbank
Weekly Integration Support Clinics
Weekly Family Supports Clinics
Parenting Supports Programmes: e.g. Baby Massage, Parenting when Separated, NVR(Non Violent Resistance for Parents experiencing Child to Parent violence)
Beacon Family Support Programme(referral based)
Footsteps Programme( 16-24 yr olds currently not engaging in education or employment and in need of additional supports)
Women’s Coffee mornings
Soft skills programmes. E.g. Arts & crafts, crochet, cookery, pottery, mindfulness
Physical Health Programmes; Fitness, pilates, yoga
Community Led Walking Group

Men’s Group
Seasonal activities. E.g. Community Summer Trips, Santa Event, Active Age Dinner
Problem Gambling counselling and support groups
Child & Adolescent counselling
Adult counselling
Mental Health programmes. E.g. WRAP(Wellness Recovery Action Plan)
Garda Clinics
Community Health events
Parent Toddler activities and trips
Sustainable Development Goals initiatives. E.g. Sea Swim, Food appeals, Dress swaps
Go with the Flow initiative: access to free sanitary products

Our Impact

Still early stages but we are spreading awareness.

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Our Values

Family Support

To provide a range of strengths-based supports to families that primarily focus on early intervention across a range of levels and needs.

Promoting and protecting the health, wellbeing and rights of all children, young people and their families in their own homes and communities.

Sustainability

Supply a diverse range of services to the community which is needs-based and aligned with the goals of the community.

A commitment to adapting to the changing requirements, concerns, environments, socio-economic status of our community.

Community Development

To be a service that seeks to empower individuals and groups of people with the skills they need to effect change within their communities.

To create an environment where people can exercise their full potential.

To support community wellbeing including economic, social, environmental and cultural security.

Participation

To offer opportunities for all members throughout the life-course of the community to engage with our services.

To celebrate the community by bringing people together, encouraging a strong sense of community spirit and promote inclusion.

Capacity & Growth

Provide educational courses, services and events as an opportunity for building skills, friendships, meaningful interactions, and peer support to improve confidence and esteem.

We aim to encourage and promote life-long learning and the development of individuals within their communities. We aim to develop these programmes and activities in partnership with our community.

Volunteering

To provide volunteering and work/student placement opportunities that offer those engaged in the placement a valuable, educational experience.

Background Context Info:

Connect since 2017 has went from a staff team of 1 FT and 2 PT staff to a team of 9 paid staff and 2 CE workers.

Our most recent 3 year Strategic Plan(2023-2026) included a review of our catchment area due to remit of new staff and we now support service users from North Drogheda and its wider environs with an ethos of supporting people based on presenting needs rather than location.

-Increased delivery in supports and services

With demand, this leads to an Increased strain on resources and staff capacity, we are no longer in a position to take on more staff due to space.
Drogheda is the fastest growing town in Ireland. There is an urgent need to put Community Infrastructure in place for the futureproofing of the area.
The infrastructure growth that currently happening on the North Side of Drogheda makes the new Community Centre perfectly placed location wise to support that rapid expansion!

Connect Family Resource Centre has been the lead agency of the Moneymore Townland Community Hub(MTCH) since the consortium first formed in 2018.
We currently operate out of a building that is totally unfit for purpose and require a purpose built facility to deliver our supports and services in an innovative, multi-functional/multi-use space which meets the needs of the community.
All 3 anchor tenants have strong collaborative links and housing the 3 organisations under one roof will ensure a No Wrong Door approach and provide a safe space to support community members over their life course.

Our Partners

Our Partners in making Drogheda a better place.

Moneymore Community House