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WAP Annual Report 2024 is a multi-media showcase of our work in words and pictures with video content from some of our beneficiaries.

We are happy to announce that we have received funding from the SSE Airtricity Generation Green Community Fund to continue to build our Waterford Repair Cafe Project. Repair Cafes are places that people can bring small items to get assistance with repairing them: clothes, small furniture, electronics, small electrical appliances, bikes, toys etc... Each month we are joined by skilled volunteers who are there to help people to learn the skills to repair their items themselves. Sometimes we will have a theme like Back To School, Halloween, Christmas etc. so keep a look out on our social media pages. We are always looking for volunteers to help us so get in touch with Amy Orr aorr@wap.ie to discuss your skills and availability. We will be posting news and videos regularly to encourage others to join us. FIX IT! DON'T DITCH IT!

Waterford Area Partnership and Larchville & Lisduggan Residents Association are jointly organising their first Repair Cafe on 17th May from 12 noon - 2pm. The Repair Cafe will take place in the Manor of St.John Building in Lisduggan. Repair Cafés are free meeting places and they’re all about repairing things (together). For our first Repair Café we’ll be focusing on simple clothing repairs and soft toy repairs. We’ll be running a lesson on repairs that can be done by hand and you can get tips and advice on repairing your items from our knowledgeable volunteers. We will build up over time to repairing other items and will work with other repair enterprises around Waterford to bring you workshops on bike and furniture repair.  Repair Cafés will take place monthly and, as we build up, you’ll find tools and materials to help you make any repairs you need. Whether It's clothes, furniture, electrical appliances, bicycles, crockery, toys, etc. You’ll also find expert volunteers, with repair skills in all kinds of fields. Visitors bring their broken items from home and together with the volunteers, they start making their repairs. It’s an ongoing learning process. If you have nothing to repair, you can enjoy a cup of tea or coffee. Or you can lend a hand with someone else’s repair job. You can also get inspired at the reading table – by leafing through books on repairs and DIY. If you’re interested in volunteering or for more info please contact Amy Orr at…

WAP/SICAP Video Case Study This Video Case Study, submitted as a SICAP requirement, describes The People's Transition - Larchville & Lisduggan, a collaborative process with the Thinktank for Action on Social Change (TASC) and the residents groups of Larchville & Lisduggan. A community development approach to climate action supported local residents and community organisations to outline their vision for the future of the community within a just transition framework. The key themes of community greening for good mental health, retrofitting of homes to tackle fuel poverty, sustainable pathways to employment and inclusive active travel options are described and illustrated in the video as well as the outcomes of the ongoing project. Thank you to all those from the community that took part and the stakeholders / agencies who are supporting the progression of actions. Illustrations within the report and video by Robyn Deasy.

Our Annual Impact Report details our projects, programmes and services delivered in 2023 and how these have impacted on the quality of life of individuals and the communities in which they live. Read our Annual Impact Report 2023

WAP has been selected to deliver the Workability Programme in Waterford which will focus on providing supports to disabled people to improve their employment prospects.

NEWS ALERT! Waterford Area Partnership will be moving our head office from Westgate Business Park on the Tramore Road to Canada Street (almost opposite the entrance to The People's Park) from Monday 1st July 2024. The Waterford City Local Area Employment Service will remain in the Westgate Business Park and our SICAP & TUS Outreach offices in the Edmund Rice Centre on Barrack Street and in the Dungarvan Enterprise Centre will remain open as usual.

Launch of The People's Transition - Larchville & Lisduggan proposes local measures to improve climate justice towards a green transition.

Canadian Ambassador to Ireland, Her Excellency Nancy Smyth, to open WAP’s new Head Office at Unit 1, Neptune House, Canada Street, Waterford on Friday 24th May 2024.