U-Casadh - For a Change of Mind


​The U-Casadh Project was established with the Waterford Area Partnership, an interagency approach and led out by a former prison officer Stephen Plunkett. Stephen had become disillusioned with seeing the same people coming through the 'revolving doors' of the prisons in which he worked (St. Patrick's Institute, Wheatfield and Clover Hill) and decided to work with people in the community and drive towards  providing them with "occupation and purpose" in order to reduce their chances of returning to prison.   

The project was originally set up to work with ex-prisoners, 24 and over, and their families.  Since then, the project has broadened out its service provision through creating specialised programs for many groups. U-Casadh now provides specialised services through a Community Employment scheme, Roma mens program and a dedicated social enterprise (U-Casadh Solutions) to people over the age of 18, Some of the key agencies that refer into U-Casadh are the Probation Service, Drug Treatment Services, Homeless Services and the Integration and Support Unit among others. 
We have a strong focus on Social Inclusion, through encouraging entrepreneurship - as the empowerment of self-employment removes many of the obstacles which many of the people who use our service encounter.  

U-Casadh CLG is a registered charity and has developed its own social enterprise avenues, as well as supporting others to develop theirs.  

Further information on the services we provide can be found here.  

Current Job Vacancies can be found here.

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