Who can register and join?
Membership is open to groups and organisations that are active within the Dublin city area who:
- Are active with a postal address in Dublin City Council area.
- Operate on a not-for-profit basis.
- Are volunteer led (organisations may have paid staff, but must be under voluntary control).
- Are independent (this can include local and regional branches of national organisations).
- Have at least 5 members and are open to new members.
- Have been in existence for at least 6 months.
- Have an appropriate governance structure e.g. set of rules / constitution / financial procedures.
- Meet regularly (at least quarterly).
- Are non party political.
- Meet the Dublin City PPN’s guiding principles.
Each group or organisation must complete the registration form below and upload the relevant documents. The PPN Secretariat reviews all completed submissions on the second Tuesday of each month. Please note that only fully completed forms are reviewed. Any application that remains incomplete for more than six months will be removed from the PPN database.
Each organisation must choose to be a member of one of the following three categories (pillars):
Community & Voluntary
A group/organisation’s main activities should be either community or voluntary based for example groups working within the following areas:
Active Retirement groups – Art groups Festivals – Residents’ Associations – Tidy Towns -Sports groups
Social Inclusion
A group/organisation’s main activities should be based in the area of social inclusion. That is, their work is centred on working to make the lives of people who are socially excluded because of poverty and social, cultural, educational and other disadvantage(s).
For example, groups working within the following areas:
Addiction –Disability – Education/ Literacy – Ethnicity – Equality – Human Rights – Integration – Unemployed – Welfare Rights Groups
Environmental Pillar
The group or organisation’s main activities should be environmentally based.
For example, groups working within the following areas:
Clean Ups – Coastal – Community Gardens – Conservation – Natural Habitats – Recycling – Sustainability – Wildlife Protection
All groups registering under the Environmental category have to be ratified by the National Environmental Pillar.