Who We Are
Liberties Recycling Training and Development is a clothes recycling social enterprise and charity that provides people affected by drug and alcohol use with the stability, work experience, skills and confidence needed to move into mainstream employment, training and education, all within a supportive work environment.
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Liberties Recycling aims to be a model social enterprise progressing people affected by drugs and alcohol into mainstream opportunities drug free.
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Liberties Recycling Training and Development is a non-profit social enterprise that funds rehabilitation services and provides FAS sponsored training for people affected by drug use. It is a registered charity employing over sixty-five people in a social enterprise recycling used textiles, mainly clothing and footwear. Liberties Recycling provides practical work experience in a real working environment. It is also a Fetac quality assured and accredited training centre offering up to ten Fetac courses in-house and a range of external courses including forklift operation.
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Liberties Recycling has its roots in the traditional clothes markets in the Liberties in Dublin. This tradition was harnessed to develop a training and employment initiative to assist people in the local community affected by drugs. Initially set up under Merchants Quay Ireland with 8 people Liberties Recycling is now an independent charity employing over 65 people.
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Over the five-year period to 2010 Liberties Recycling progressed 59 people into employment and a further 14 into mainstream education or training. Meet our team.
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Find the locations of our recycling facility in Dublin 12 and our charity shop on Camden Street, Dublin 2.
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If you are interested in any of our services or would like more information on our work please contact us or fill in the enquiry email form.
I was on crack for a year and finally hit rock bottom. I had a son and finally realised I was getting in too deep and had to stop or I’d miss out on his life as well.
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