DCCCC website 370x370 Fiona Harrington displays lace making

We add expertise

We want to create impact and we believe that if we bring our method to a project, it adds value.

When projects and ideas spark our curiosity, we assess our opportunity to contribute and how best we can focus our expertise in supporting cultural participation.

Our method puts people firmly at the centre of our work. We designed it specifically to support cultural habit forming behaviour and connections between people and place.

We collaborate

We work together to ensure quality in all that we do.

We are committed to working through co-creation with participants and cooperation with partners.

We emphasise inclusion and participation. We apply our strengths and seek additional expertise when needed.

Peter Brannigan a former resident at 14 Henrietta Street dances with the grandchild of another former tenement resident at the launch of the 14 Henrietta Street museum
Culture Club tour of the National Museum of Ireland

We listen

We deliver dedicated programmes of listening through a team of skilled experts who, through continuous engagement, learn what’s important to the people of Dublin.

What we hear forms the backbone of relevant and meaningful programming.

We are motivated

We want to provide opportunities for people to try out their own ideas.

We make programmes that allow us to use our expertise in meaningful ways.

We act to ensure that the programmes and activities we work on create new ‘ways in’ to culture for people: building cultural habits and increasing cultural confidence.

Ye Vagabonds music workshop in Ballyfermot as part of The National Neighbourhood
Primary school students visit 14 Henrietta Street

We build

We create pathways within and across our programmes, and those of our cultural partners.

We make cultural activities more openly accessible and approachable.

This includes bringing culture to places where it's not usually perceived to be and connecting people who wouldn’t normally see themselves as involved with culture.

We respond

We create responsive programming by responding to what people tell us through the development of our programmes, projects, and activities.

We are agile; we listen and respond to people’s feedback to ensure our work remains relevant.

DCCCC website 370x370 Artist Sharon Kelly with small child at creative workshop