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National Community Engagement Week 22nd to 26th of May 2023

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National Community Engagement Week 2023

#NCEW2023

This National Community Engagement Week is designed to achieve the collaborative objective of increased community engagement and community reassurance throughout Ireland.

Traditionally, the event has been held over the course of one day, in 2023, the event will now run for 5 days from 22nd to 26th May for National Community Engagement Week. Details of event locations are further down this page both in PDF and image format. 

Over the course of the week hundreds of communities, from all across the country will have the opportunity to meet with their local Gardaí and community representatives to discuss matters of importance to them such as rural safety, crime prevention and security.

Stakeholders in these areas will be highlighting key aspects of their services to inform, guide and reassure the general public.

The objectives of the week:

  • Allow communities to meet and discuss safety concerns with their community Gardaí and other key stakeholders.
  • Promote and inform best safety and security practices - share details on the use of innovation and education to improve community safety.
  • Raise awareness of the many aspects of crime prevention and community safety.
  • Empower communities to acquire advice and knowledge that promotes and maintains personal safety and security.

This year’s themes:

To promote the collaborations of the various community safety stakeholders and include priorities as outlined in the Rural Safety Plan 2022-24

Day 1 22nd May

Priority_1 Community Safety - Priority 1

  • Community alerts
  • Being Vigilant
  • Scam and phishing
  • Bogus callers
  • Personal alarms
  • Calling into neighbours

Day 2 23rd May

Priority_3 Road and Pedestrian Safety - Priority 3
  • All road user safety
  • Driving under the influence
  • Car maintenance
  • Child and car seat safety
  • Horse riding safety
  • Trailers
  • Reporting dangerous driving

Day 3 24th May

Priority_2Burglary and Theft - Priority 2
Priority_5 Heritage Crime - Priority 5
  • Discouraging thieves
  • Securing valuables
  • Marking valuables
  • CCTV
  • Home alarms
  • Phone alarms

Day 4 25th May

Personal Safety and Wellbeing
  • Mental wellbeing for older groups
  • Focus on stress and anxiety in younger people
  • Suicide awareness

Day 5 26th May

Priority_4 Farm and Rural Safety - Priority 4
  • Animal Crime 
  • Farm Safety awareness
  • Loose dogs
  • Trespassers
  • Dog coursing
  • Protecting yards
  • Supporting farm families after sudden loss and injury

Below is a breakdown of the locations where events will take place during the 22nd to 26th May:

    Cavan/Monaghan

    Cavan_Monaghan

    Clare

    Clare

    Cork

    Cork_City

    Cork_North

    Cork_West

    Dublin

    DMR_East

    DMR_North-Copy-1

    DMR West 23rd May 2023

    DMR South Picture

    Donegal

    Donegal 19th May 2023

    Galway

    Galway 2023

    Kerry

    Kerry

    Kildare

    22nd May 2023

    Kilkenny/Carlow

    Kilkenny_Carlow

    Laois/Offaly

    Laois_Offaly

    Limerick

    Limerick 23rd May 2023

    Louth

    Louth_NCEW

    Mayo/Roscommon/Longford

    Mayo_Roscommon_Longford

    Meath

    Meath-Copy

    Sligo/Leitrim

    Sligo_Leitrim

    Tipperary

    Waterford

    Waterford_NCEW_Locations

    Westmeath

    Westmeath 24th May 2023

    Wexford

    Wexford-Copy

    Wicklow

    Wicklow