Why form a Residents Association.

Some points to consider related to the benefits of re-establishing a residents association for our area.

• Get to know your neighbours and build a better community within our area.

• Develop community initiatives that could be beneficial to all the residents in our area.

• Gain access to some of the DLRCC grant funding allocation for communities which in 2025 is €15M. Overall DLRCC budget for 2025 €282M.

• Will our area recevie any funding for communitees from DLRCC in 2025 or has our area recieved any community related funding from DLRCC in the last 5 years. 

• Many other areas with residents associations have obtained grant funding from DLRCC for various initiaties e.g  community energy plans, play areas for children, community gardens etc.

• Could a residents association help householders within our area navigate some of these challenges in the future and achieve some of the related enhancements made to other areas already implemented within DLRCC.

• Beech Park / South Park is one of the only large housing areas within DLRCC that is not supported by a residents association.

• Due to housing stock age in the estate, 325 houses built between 1962 and 1964, the associated running costs for some of these houses could be amongst the highest running costs in the Foxrock-beechpark area.

• The implementation of a shared community tool scheme managed by a residents association. e.g A scenario similar to the Woodies DIY advertisment "Larry" where there are a number of residents in an area calling for Larry and as the advertismant proceeds it turns out that "Larry" is a ladder that can be borrowed by residents from one particular resident in the area that is willing to lend their ladder to other residents within the area.

• There are many other things a residents association could do for our area and the community as many other residents associations are already doing within the DLRCC area. However,  the residents in the estate would need to agree that some level of participation by residents in a residents association could prove to be benefical to them, their neighbours and the overall community within the area and that a residents association could have a meaningfull impact within the area over time.