If you would like to go on our mailing list and be contacted by Community Connections whenever we have any news items or events we would like you to find out about Community Connections was set up in July 1999 to promote and actively initiate community development and community empowerment initiatives In 2009 we celebrated ten years of community engagement Alongside this we also facilitate collaborative working and forge links between existing community development projects and encourage good practice across all sectors of Community Development to ensure that local people have a greater input into matters that affect them As an organisation we identify areas where local people experience isolation, prejudice, disadvantage and exclusion and take a lead in initiating and supporting community development work