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Brain Awareness Week 2024

In News March 11, 2024

National Brain Awareness Week takes place from 11th-17th March 2024. National Brain Awareness Week is an annual initiative organised in March each year by the Neurological Alliance of Ireland to ... Continue Reading.
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Strategies for Change website

In Get Involved, News March 11, 2024

Organised by the Independent Living Movement of Ireland (ILMI) and funded by Rethink Ireland, the Strategies for Change programme is delivered online with emerging disabled activists developing collective learning, sharing ... Continue Reading.
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Disability Participation and Awareness Fund

In Finance, News March 4, 2024

The 2024 Disability Participation and Awareness Fund is now open for applications from change-making non-profit organisations focused on supporting people with disabilities to participate in community life. This includes social, cultural, ... Continue Reading.
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Call for abstracts & early registration for Disability Law Summer School

In Get Involved, News February 19, 2024

The Centre for Disability Law and Policy is calling for abstracts and early bird registration for the 15th International Disability Law Summer School, which takes place from 17th-21st June 2024 ... Continue Reading.
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Consultation: draft UD Guidelines Changing Places Toilets

In Get Involved, Getting Around, News December 12, 2023

The NDA's public consultation on the draft Universal Design Guidelines for Changing Places Toilets is now open and will close at 5pm on Friday 12th January 2024. See the NDA's website ... Continue Reading.
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Lakers Annual Christmas Raffle

In Local Disability Services, News, Recreation & Social December 12, 2023

Lakers Annual Christmas Raffle is back - with lots of great prizes!  You can buy tickets online here: https://www.idonate.ie/raffle/LakersChristmasRaffle?fbclid=IwAR0YnuEOGitr01Ccn4kXL32O4... Continue Reading.
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New Vision Impaired PE Teaching Guide launched

In News, Sports & Fitness December 12, 2023

Vision Sports Ireland have launched a Vision Impaired Physical Education Teaching Guide - developed to give readers the skills and confidence to teach students who are blind or vision impaired ... Continue Reading.
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New Children’s Disability Grant Fund

In Local Disability Services, News, Recreation & Social November 15, 2023

If you offer services or support to children with a disability, you can apply for funding under a new grant scheme - the closing date for applications is Monday, 20th ... Continue Reading.
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New HSE Roadmap to Improve Children’s Disability Services

In Health & Wellbeing, News October 26, 2023

The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’ Gorman, Minister of State for Disabilities Anne Rabbitte and HSE CEO Bernard Gloster today announced the launch of a ... Continue Reading.
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Wicklow Disability and Inclusion Strategy launched

In News October 23, 2023

The first Disability and Inclusion Strategy for County Wicklow has been launched on 20th October in Arklow. The strategy is the first of its kind in the whole of Ireland ... Continue Reading.
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Consultation on Green Paper on Disability Payments

In Get Involved, News October 5, 2023

The Government has published a Green Paper on Reform: a Public Consultation to Reform Disability Payments: https://www.gov.ie/en/consultation/3b001-green-paper-on-disability-reform-a-public-consultation-to-reform-disability-payments-in-ireland/ The Green Paper includes proposals on ... Continue Reading.
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Vision Sports Ireland Youth Leadership Programme

In News, Sports & Fitness September 13, 2023

Vision Sports Ireland's 2023 Youth Leadership Programme will take place over six weeks starting on Sunday 24th September and will be open to participants aged 13-17 years. You have to apply ... Continue Reading.