Presently, the BWRA is working with other regeneration communities in Dublin to develop a human rights based approach to regeneration. This involves documenting housing problems and other issues affecting living conditions in the area, as well as the right to participate in the decisions that effect our lives.

Above: Some of the delegates attending a Tenants First / CAN meeting in Dublin on 8th June 2011. The BWRA are working with other representatives from areas in Dublin to develop a human rights approach to regeneration. The meetings are supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Above: Cathal McCarthy (PRO), Stephen Corrbett, Eilish Comerford (St, Michaels Estate Family Resiurce Centre), Matt Collins (Chair) and Dr, John Bissett (Canal Communities Local Drugs Task Force)

We are also lobbying our politicians for their support in pushing regeneration forward with a community agenda.

Above: (L-R) Stephen Corbett, Angela Collins, Kieran O'Donnell TD, Matt Collins and Cathal McCarthy Kieran visited the area at the invitation of the BWRA and accompanied us on a walkabout of the area. He made representations on our behalf and within hours of his visit green sites that hadn't been tended to in two years were cut and houses that were boarded-up and causing serious problems for residents will now be knocked. Our thanks to Kieran for his assistance.