Events around Kildare for National Community Engagement Week 2023

This National Community Engagement Week is designed to achieve the collaborative objective of increased community engagement and community reassurance throughout Ireland.

Traditionally, the event has been held over the course of one day, in 2023, the event will now run for 5 days from 22nd to 26th May for National Community Engagement Week. Details of event locations are further down this page both in PDF and image format. 

Over the course of the week hundreds of communities, from all across the country will have the opportunity to meet with their local Gardaí and community representatives to discuss matters of importance to them such as rural safety, crime prevention and security.

Stakeholders in these areas will be highlighting key aspects of their services to inform, guide and reassure the general public.

The objectives of the week:

Allow communities to meet and discuss safety concerns with their community Gardaí and other key stakeholders.

Promote and inform best safety and security practices - share details on the use of innovation and education to improve community safety.

Raise awareness of the many aspects of crime prevention and community safety.

Empower communities to acquire advice and knowledge that promotes and maintains personal safety and security.

This year’s themes:

To promote the collaborations of the various community safety stakeholders and include priorities as outlined in the Rural Safety Plan 2022-24

Day 1 22nd May

 Community Safety - Priority 1

Community alerts

Being Vigilant

Scam and phishing

Bogus callers

Personal alarms

Calling into neighbours

Day 2 23rd May

 Road and Pedestrian Safety - Priority 3

All road user safety

Driving under the influence

Car maintenance

Child and car seat safety

Horse riding safety

Trailers

Reporting dangerous driving

Day 3 24th May

Burglary and Theft - Priority 2

 Heritage Crime - Priority 5

Discouraging thieves

Securing valuables

Marking valuables

CCTV

Home alarms

Phone alarms

Day 4 25th May

Personal Safety and Wellbeing

Mental wellbeing for older groups

Focus on stress and anxiety in younger people

Suicide awareness

Day 5 26th May

Farm and Rural Safety - Priority 4

Animal Crime 

Farm Safety awareness

Loose dogs

Trespassers

Dog coursing

Protecting yards

Supporting farm families after sudden loss and injury