About Us

New Communities Partnership (NCP) is a national community development organisation dedicated to representing and empowering ethnic minority-led groups in Ireland. NCP aims to influence positive changes in policies impacting the lives of ethnic minorities. The organisation envisions an intercultural and inclusive Irish society where migrant groups achieve equality in economic, social, political, cultural, and educational aspects of life.

Each member group within NCP brings unique backgrounds, experiences, and histories. However, they share a common thread: their status as migrant-led and migrant-focused organisations. This commitment to centering migrant voices distinguishes NCP and shapes its vision, identity, and focus.

Our Network was formed in 2003 by a group of community leaders who wished to represent and empower migrant communities and their organisations in Ireland. Though member groups' backgrounds varied widely, they shared the common goal of striving to overcome the obstacles and difficulties that arose for people trying to build a new life in Ireland. 

Our Work

We support and strengthen our Irish citizenship communities by:

  1. Providing communal space for immigrant-led groups to interact, exchange ideas and empower themselves.
  2. Offering a unified and inclusive voice for new communities, including those still applying for citizenship, through coordination and networking at the grassroots level.
  3. Developing and circulating information to our member groups, volunteers and the wider immigrant communities. 
  4. Enabling the representation and participation of immigrants in decision-making processes and consultative forums.
  5. Providing training and building the capacity of immigrant groups to identify their own needs and develop an awareness of the policy context within which services are planned and delivered.
  6. Developing services and initiatives that respond to identified needs amongst our communities.
  7. Offering Drop-In Clinics.

 

Our Mission 
We offer nationally a range of services and support to all migrants as individuals, families and groups in areas such as social inclusion, child protection, education, training, employment, cultural understanding, and citizenship.

Our Vission 
We strive to be an inclusive organisation, representing and empowering migrant communities in Ireland

Our Strategic Goals

  • Ensure representation and participation of ethnic minorities at all levels in Irish society in order to influence positive change and inform policies that impact on migrants' lives.
  • Deliver targeted training that enhances the delivery of better services to people from migrant communities in Ireland and to promote cultural understanding in Irish society.
  • Promote and sustain effective economic participation, integration, and social inclusion initiatives for migrant communities at local, regional and national levels.
  • Promote awareness of, improve access to, and develop tailored services for migrants in the local community in Ireland.
  • Prevention and Early Intervention: raising awareness about child protection practices, positive parenting and engagement in Ireland for asylum seekers, refugees, migrant parents, religious leaders and ethnic minority groups.

For a fuller outline of our strategic goals, including how these goals will be implemented, please see our Strategic Plan 2023 - 2027.