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2. Healthy Ireland for Louth Plan

Louth Local Economic and Community Plan 2018 - 2022 (LECP) was designed from the
outset to specifically support the key priorities of Healthy Ireland. Consequently, the
Louth LECP incorporates the four Healthy Ireland goals that are to be delivered at local
level throughout the plan.

Louth LECP Community Goal Community Goal Summary Objective

Goal 1: Strong, safe and Enable wellbeing and quality of life to support safe, resilient,
flourishing communities independent and engaged communities.

Ensure that everyone can access and participate in education, skills
Goal 2: Access to Education
development, and life-long learning.
Goal 3: Prosperous, inclusive Create equality of opportunity for those experiencing poverty,
communities and places isolation and social exclusion.

Provide environments and conditions that support healthy, self-
Goal 4: Health and Wellbeing
directed fulfilled and purposeful lives.
Goal 5: Nurturing children and Nurture and develop our children and young people from early
Young People childhood to young adulthood.

Embrace and foster the rich contribution older people make to our
Goal 6: An Age-Friendly Society
communities.
Goal 7: Entrepreneurship, Empower community innovation, entrepreneurship and enterprise to
Innovation and Enterprise support urban and rural development.

Value and protect our built heritage and natural environment to
Goal 8: A Valued Environment
enhance the lives of those who live, work and visit the county.
The Healthy Ireland for Louth Plan is designed to integrate fully with the Louth LECP.
This supports the overall vision which is ‘Louth will be a prosperous, proud, safe and
inclusive county where people want to live, work, visit and invest, and where there is equal
opportunity for all’. Following the development of a discussion document a targeted
consultation session identified key areas of action - refer to appendix B.

Table 1 - Louth LECP Community Goals
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