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Rural Communities in Ireland are particularly vulnerable to changes resulting from volatility in global markets and other events over which they don’t always have control. The impact on rural communities effects all. Communities often respond reactively to such uncertainty, resulting in inbalance. Younger people tend to migrate to either urban centres for education or employment or as is happening presently, they are emigrating further...

Planning makes pure sense, we all know that. We have all heard the statement “If you Fail to Plan, You Plan to Fail” and while in our personal, professional and community experience, we know that to be true, it is the area that we most often “Fail”. Organisations that haven’t planned will lack Direction. A lack of direction may afford a false sense of flexibility but in actual fact it is the organisations that have...

If Governance is something that you or your organisation struggle with, you are indeed in good company. Many of the world’s leaders struggle with it too. In fact chances are that if you are just managing to get a few things right, you already know more about good governance that they do. So what is Governance? There are many definitions but quite simply it is “The Process of Making and Carrying Out Decisions”. Sounds simple but...

New Paradigms work very much from the perspective of Community Development. We believe that everybody needs to be included and involved in making decisions that affect our communities and our organisations. While it is important to recognise that there are needs in our communities, there are also many ass.ets and it is with these assets that we can shape our common future.  

New Paradigms specialise in Rural Development. The rural countryside provides everything we need to survive: Food, Fresh Air, Drinking Water and space. It is a resource that both urban and rural dwellers take for granted. New Paradigms advocate a “resilience” approach to how we look at these valuable resources.