Council trying to identify best model to run centre
By Aideen O'Flaherty
SOUTH Dublin County Council has plans to facilitate the establishment of a new company to manage the Brookfield Youth and Community Centre in Tallaght, as the company that previously managed the centre has ceased trading and there is “no formal management structure currently in place”, reports Aideen O’Flaherty.
An 18-day-long sit-in was held by the staff of the centre last October after they were issued with notice of immediate redundancy, but the sit-in ended when the staff received assurances from South Dublin County Council that the centre would reopen.
A new company will be formed to run the Brookfield Community Centre
The site is currently being temporarily managed by the council’s community services team in partnership with the DDLETB and Foróige, and the council is now trying to identify “the most suitable model to facilitate the establishment of a new company” to manage the premises.
The council’s security company carry out front-of-house access, while the cleaning needs of the premises is being addressed by the anchor tenants.
Responding to People Before Profit councillor Emma Hendrick’s motion about the future maintenance of the centre at last month’s council meeting, the council stated: “Every effort will continue to be made to re-establish a suitable entity to meet the needs of the Brookfield community.
“A new company will be formed and it will be their sole responsibility to recruit staff to ensure the delivery of quality services in the Brookfield Centre.”
