Tipperary PPN’s Wellbeing Statement

How we got there, together…

Between October 2015 and January 2016 the PPN hosted a meeting in each Municipal District to:
Inform our members about what the PPN does
Informed our Members that we had to create a ‘Wellbeing Statement’ for the County
And Asked our Members: ‘What is the biggest priority issue to address wellbeing in your community?’
We got a lot of important feedback from each District
Also each of our members had the chance to win €200 for their group with the raffle ticket they brought along on the night which also asked: ‘What would you like your District PPN to do for your Organisation?’

All of this information was then collated into themes…

In May 2016 we divided the Plenary into Municipal District tables where all Members were given a sheet of all the collated themes that came from the previous District Meetings. The Values of the PPN were also on this sheet.
In Districts Members discussed:
- What would your community look like in 2 years if these wellbeing concerns were addressed?

For Members who couldn’t attend the earlier meetings an online survey asked our members:

‘How do you imagine Tipperary will change/ improve because of the work of the PPN over the next 2 years?’
‘What does the future look like for Tipperary with a successful PPN working together in the community?’
‘What are the values that will ensure that this will be possible?’

The Secretariat also asked members in their Districts the same questions.

In order to break down the findings into a succinct vision for the PPN a smaller group was needed.
As the Secretariat represent each Sector from each Municipal District they took on this task.
The PPN got an outside Facilitator (brief was circulated to all Members) to create a Vision Statement for Tipperary Public Participation Network that will guide us into the future.