Welcome to South Kerry Development Partnership Limited, a partnership founded in 1991 to redress the particular forms of exclusion experienced by people living in rural South Kerry. These include emigration, lack of career opportunities, poor road and telecommunication networks. The Partnership’s main offices are in West Main Street, Cahersiveen and there are also offices in Killorglin and Kenmare. In addition, there are Local Employment Service offices in Cahersiveen and Killarney. SKDP also has a full time office in Kenmare based at the Adult Education Centre in Bell Height. The partnership works with 31 community groups in its geographical area of Killarney town, Greater Killarney, Greater Killorglin, Greater Cahersiveen and Greater Kenmare. Current undertakings include a Transnational Tourism project COLLABOR8, a rural transport initiative as well as the administration of Rural Development (Leader) Programme and a range of other national programmes such as Skillnets and Social Inclusion programmes.
Rural Social Scheme Report Published - Click here to access