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This centre, which serves as a focal point for a wide range
of community development, educational and social service activities,
has evolved over the past thirty years from its origins in
Trinity's St. Vincent de Paul Conference. The present centre,
which serves the parishes of St. Andrew's Westland Row and
City Quay, is based in the former St. Andrew's National School
at 114-116 Pearse St. There has been a close working relationship
between Trinity and St. Andrew's over the years, and this
continues to the present. As is appropriate to its status
as an educational institution, much of Trinity's involvement
with St. Andrew's revolves around education.
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The most enduring collaboration between the two institutions
is to be found in the Voluntary Tuition Programme, an imaginative
scheme whereby Trinity students offer free weekly tuition
and mentoring to both primary and secondary school students
from the surrounding neighbourhoods. During the academic
year 2002/03, for instance, the Voluntary Tuition Programme
provided
tuition to more than 400 pupils/students in four different
locations. The Voluntary Tuition Programme has also worked
closely with and been supported by the Trinity Access Programme
(TAP), which is aimed specifically at facilitating entry
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third-level education amongst those who are socially and
educationally disadvantaged.St. Andrew's Resource Centre and
Trinity have also done preliminary work with a view to creating
a local oral history project, and it is hoped that this will
come to fruition over the next year. Indicative of the positive
relationship between these two institutions and of Trinity's
commitment to the local community is the provision of space
for St. Andrew's Youth Work Service in Goldsmith Hall; this
arrangement was agreed during 2002 and, following refurbishment,
the youth work facility at Goldsmith Hall is now being used
by St. Andrew's.
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