Southside Community Training Network (SCTN) focuses on building community capacity through the provision of quality, affordable training courses to individuals and groups working within Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown.

To put it plainly, we believe offering affordable training to the people working in our communities gives us stronger leaders and stronger communities.

SCTN is an initiative of Southside Partnership DLR and is co-funded by Southside Partnership DLR, the Health Service Executive and the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Local Drugs Task Force.

We organise training based on the needs of the organisations with which we work. Since we work with a diversity of organisations, our calender is diverse. Courses are often on issues related to childcare, accounting, grant-writing, web work and health and safety, as well as around topics, like substance abuse or domestic violence.

Many of our courses are FETAC (or otherwise) accredited. Our trainers are experts in their fields. SCTN pays full price for the training and charges the learner a greatly reduced, subsidised price.

We work alongside other community groups like Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Childcare Committee and the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Local Drugs Task Force, and include their courses in our calendar.

SCTN courses are open to all those living or working within Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. Priority will be given to those who work within areas and communities of disadvantage. All of our training is organised to suit the needs of the learner and will take place within the local community to facilitate easy access. If a group has an interest in any particular course, we will make every effort to accommodate their request.

Visit our calendar and courses pages for courses we're currently offering, as well as ones we've run in the past and might again in the future. Remember, places are always limited, so please book early.

Working in partnership with community and voluntary groups, SCTN aims to:

Interested in becoming a member? Visit our membership page.