Avondhu Blackwater Partnership is the integrated LEADER Partnership Company for North County Cork and the organisation was incorporated in June 2008, following the strategic integration of Blackwater Resource Development and Avondhu Development Group. Currently, the organisations core responsibilities include the delivery of the Rural Development Programme 2014-2014 (LEADER), Social Inclusion Community Activation Programme (SICAP), Community Services Programme (Avondhu Blackwater Community Connect), Rural Social Scheme and TÚS.