Laois Partnership is set to host a series of public consultations on the creation of the new Local Development Strategy for LEADER 2023-2027.
Laois Partnership Company have been responsible for the implementation and delivery of the LEADER rural development programme since the 1990s.
This EU funding has allowed for the investment of €35 million into Laois with business, tourism, heritage, communities, community councils, youth groups and the local environment benefiting from this unique grant aid programme.
The LEADER programme works on the theory of bottom-up and community led local development.
With the inception of the new LEADER programme Laois Partnership Company must create a new Local Development Strategy in order to tender for the delivery of the programme locally.
The local development strategy will not be innovative or meet the needs of communities throughout Laois if it does not have direct input from the people living and working in Laois.
Laois Partnership Company are holding public consultation workshops where your ideas and input will directly feed into this strategy – Laois Partnership have organised fiveof these workshops that they are inviting you to and hope you can attend one of them.
- Friday, March 10, at 7.30pm – Killeshin Community Centre, Killeshin
- Saturday, March 11, at 11am – Laois Partnership Offices, New Rd, Portlaoise
- Tuesday, March 14, at 7.30pm – Borris Innovation Centre, Old Mercy Convent, Borris in Ossory
- Wednesday, March 22, at 7.30pm – Beale Centre, Webmill, Mountmellick
- Thursday, March 23, at 7.30pm – Ballinakill Parochial Hall, Ballinakill
- Saturday, March 25, at 7.30pm – Portarlington Community Centre, Portarlington.
Contact the Laois Partnership office on 057 8661900 or visit www.laoispartnership.ie for more information.
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