Ms Sian Muldowney:

I would argue that this programme focuses more on targets than on outcomes and processes which are of equal value in community development work. I would also argue that we work with the hardest to reach in society, the ones who are furthest removed from the labour market, who are not as easily quantifiable when ticking boxes about how to engage them. One of the main problems with the programme I mentioned earlier is that the communities were not consulted about what was needed. It serves a purpose but not for what exactly is needed in areas of real disadvantage. I am talking about the inner city because that is where I have experience.