Structure

The Rights Platform is a membership organisation, representing a diversity of organisations active in the social inclusion community sector in South County Dublin.   

The work of the Rights Platform includes:

• Networking organisations working in the county to address social exclusion, inequality and human rights abuses 
• Collectivising and strengthening the voice of the marginalised, helping to profile their needs and progress their priorities
• Promoting meaningful participation in planning and decision making in national and local government and in the work of statutory agencies delivering essential services
• Monitoring and influencing the implementation of national and local policy and delivery
• Working in collaboration to develop initiatives that promote human rights, anti-poverty and equality outcomes 

Committee & Structure

The Rights Platform is managed by a board of directors, who oversee the work, maintain best operational practice and ensure that the aims, principles and ethos of the organisation are upheld.

History

The Rights Platform is made up of local community and voluntary groups who have a focus on antipoverty and social inclusion across the South Dublin area.

The Platform is a mechanism through which all of these groups can come together to develop and represent the collective voice of those who are most marginalized in the South Dublin area.

The Platform has a specific anti-poverty and equality focus which ensures that the needs and concerns of groups such as people with Disability, Lone Parents, Drug Users, Long Term Unemployed, Women, Travellers, Refugees and Asylum Seekers, Homeless People and others are represented at local, County and National level.