Dundrum-Rathdown Youth Service is a joint project of Catholic Youth Care (www.cyc.ie) and County Dublin VEC (www.codubvec.ie).  It is the youth service provider in the Rathdown area of the borough of  Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council .

Aims of the service:

• To foster, promote and develop co-operative structures which will give support to youth work programmes, activities and events throughout the Rathdown area
• To develop and implement such programmes, activities and events with an emphasis on their particular relevance to disadvantaged areas.
• To establish and develop productive links with young people who are not attracted to more formal youth organisations.
• To promote social inclusion and address social/economic disadvantage using the youth work model.
• To place the young person at the centre of the process and encourage empowerment through ongoing consultation and active participation.
• To support voluntary youth groups and encourage voluntary participation.
• To encourage and develop partnerships by engaging with local communities and promoting interagency work.
• To recognise that equality, diversity, respect and inclusion are integral components of the youth work approach.