The County Leitrim Community Forum is established and operates with the following purposes:
- To present a strong unified voice for the community and voluntary sector in Leitrim.
- To be an active and equal partner within local social partnership structures in Leitrim.
- To act as a mechanism bringing statutory agencies, local authorities and communities together in a non-threatening and frank environment to highlight and solve problems.
- To promote the Forum as a source of information, networking and support for the community and voluntary sector in County Leitrim and recognised as such by the statutory agencies, by government and by the communities of Leitrim.
- To provide a mechanism by which the community has an input into policy at local level, and be involved in the monitoring and evaluation of its implementation.
- To actively promote social inclusion and equality legislation in Co. Leitrim. To provide leadership in inclusion and social capacity building.