At a family-focused community festival in west Dublin, volunteers from the Scientology Community Centre Dublin shared “Truth About Drugs” educational materials and held conversations on prevention, resilience and community responsibility.
Brussels, Belgium, 18th Jun 2026 — Volunteers from the Scientology Community Centre Dublin took part in the Clondalkin Festival in west Dublin, bringing drug-prevention education to a public community setting through the Truth About Drugs initiative, a campaign supported internationally by Scientologists and community volunteers.
The outreach, held during the local festival in Clondalkin, included an information tent, educational displays and free drug-prevention booklets made available to families, young people and local residents attending the event. Photographs from the day show volunteers speaking with members of the public, parents, young adults and local service personnel in a busy festival environment marked by family activities, civic engagement and summer weather.
The Scientology Community Centre Dublin described the day as “brilliant,” noting that although the subject of drugs is not an easy one, the conversations held during the festival included “hope, resilience and kindness.” The centre also publicly thanked the volunteers who helped make the outreach possible.
The initiative formed part of the broader drug-prevention programme supported by the Church of Scientology, developed to provide factual, plain-language information about commonly used substances and their effects. The materials are widely used by volunteers, educators and community groups as prevention tools in schools, neighbourhoods and public events. The campaign’s emphasis is educational rather than punitive: to place understandable information in people’s hands before harm occurs.
At the Clondalkin Festival, the Drug-Free World tent created a space where residents could approach the subject informally. Booklets were displayed on substances including cannabis, cocaine, alcohol, synthetic drugs and prescription drug abuse, while volunteers spoke with visitors about the importance of early prevention, informed choices and community awareness. One photograph from the event shows children signing a pledge board, while others show adults reviewing materials and asking questions at the stand.
The participation of the Scientology Community Centre Dublin reflects a wider pattern of local social-betterment activities carried out by Scientology churches, missions and affiliated groups across Europe. In Ireland, the Dublin centre has hosted and supported community initiatives ranging from volunteer recognition to educational events, interfaith meetings and social outreach. In this case, the focus was on drug prevention in a public festival setting where families and young people were already gathered.
The Foundation for a Drug-Free World works through secular educational resources, public service announcements and booklets designed to communicate the effects of drugs in accessible language. The campaign has been supported by members of the Church of Scientology as one of several humanitarian initiatives inspired by the work of L. Ron Hubbard, who placed emphasis on education, personal responsibility and practical help to improve social conditions.
The subject remains significant in Ireland and across Europe, where public authorities, educators and community organisations continue to address the social consequences of drug use, addiction, exploitation and youth vulnerability. Community-based prevention efforts, particularly those that reach families in ordinary public spaces, are often viewed as one element in a wider response that also includes health services, law enforcement, education and social support.
For volunteers at the Clondalkin Festival, the central aim was to make information available in a non-confrontational setting. The images from the event show a range of conversations: a volunteer explaining materials to a visitor, others speaking with public safety personnel, and families passing by the stand during the festival. The visible presence of children and parents at the event underlined the importance of prevention being addressed before problems become entrenched.
Ivan Arjona, representative of the Church of Scientology to the European Union, the OSCE, the Council of Europe and the United Nations, said the Clondalkin outreach reflected the kind of civic responsibility that strengthens communities.
“Drug-prevention education is most effective when it is brought close to people, in places where families, young people and neighbours already meet,” Arjona said. “What took place in Clondalkin is a simple but meaningful example of European civic values in practice: people volunteering their time, speaking respectfully about difficult subjects, and helping others with information that can protect lives and futures.”
Arjona added that community initiatives of this kind should be understood as part of a broader culture of prevention. “Across Europe, public institutions cannot carry every social burden alone. Civil society, faith communities, educators, parents and volunteers all have a role to play. When this is done with respect, factual information and care for human dignity, it contributes to healthier and more resilient communities.”
The Church of Scientology traces its social-betterment work to the writings and initiatives of L. Ron Hubbard, whose works inspired programmes in drug prevention, human rights education, literacy, disaster response and moral education. In the case of drug prevention, Scientology churches and volunteers support the dissemination of factual materials intended for use by people of any background, without regard to religious belief.
The Clondalkin Festival outreach also illustrates how local religious and community organisations can contribute to public life without making the activity the subject of religious instruction. The visible focus of the stand was educational: booklets, displays, conversations and information. In that sense, the initiative was consistent with many European models of community service, where faith-inspired organisations participate in civic spaces through practical social programmes.
The Dublin volunteers’ participation in the festival placed the campaign in a real-life setting: a local street, families moving between festival attractions, parents with children, local services nearby and residents taking a few minutes to discuss a subject that affects communities across social and economic lines. The tone of the outreach, as reflected in the centre’s public statement, was not alarmist but constructive, centred on hope, resilience and kindness.
The Church of Scientology, its churches, missions, groups and members are present across the European continent. Scientology Europe reports a continent-wide presence through more than 140 churches, missions and affiliated groups in at least 27 European nations, alongside thousands of community-based social betterment and reform initiatives focused on education, prevention and neighbourhood-level support, inspired by the work of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.
Within Europe’s diverse national frameworks for religion, the Church’s recognitions continue to expand, with administrative and judicial authorities in Spain, Portugal, Sweden, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany Slovakia and others, as well as the European Court of Human Rights, having addressed and acknowledged Scientology communities as protected by the national and international provisions of Freedom of Religion or belief.
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