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Following from their recent hosting of the National Down Syndrome Ireland AGM, the Louth Meath branch of DSI launched another pioneering initiative for their members.
Down Syndrome Ireland strongly opposes the decision to scrap the rehabilitative training (RT) allowance, worth €31.80 a week per student, for new entrants which was announced earlier this month by the Health Service Executive (HSE). We call for a full reinstatement of this allowance which is an essential financial support that contributes to increasing participation in lifelong learning for students with disabilities.
Hear all about Vicky Doherty’s takeover of Virgin Media 2 on this morning’s Virgin Media’s Ireland AM.
Thank you to the wonderful management team from Mondelez for an insightful and fantastic tour of their chocolate-making factory facilities in Dublin 5, taking the tour where Down Syndrome Ireland Dublin Branch members Conor Byrne and Alice Mc Grath with her sister Gail accompanying them was Corporate Fundraising Manager Kathleen Fitzsimons and Corporate Fundraising Executive Aidan McAuliffe.
The HSE is looking for up to 180 adults with a disability to participate in the Personalised Budgets Demonstration Projects over the coming two years, DSI heard at a conference around the pilot scheme this week.
Tour de Munster gets ready to hit the roads of Munster for Down Syndrome Ireland Munster branches.
A fantastic day was had by the group of DSI members that attended the GAA Inclusion day at Croke Park - David Adams Event Facilities Executive at Croke Park and his team welcomed Cathal Griffin from Kerry and Fintan Bray from Westmeath to his amazing team. The guys also liaised with Customer Care Support staff member, Sinead Ni Ghallachoir to help welcome guests at the Hospitality section at the Hogan stand entrance.
Down Syndrome Ireland has been asked to invite some of our young adults to take part in the Croke Park Inclusion Day on Sunday the 21st of July, it is a huge opportunity and a once in a lifetime experience to work at the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Quarter-Finals between Mayo V Meath (2PM) and Kerry V Donegal (4PM).
Congratulations to the first graduates from the Field of Dreams, Cork programme - they are Paul, Alan, Tadgh, John, Jenny, Lisa, Maeve and Maria.
Personalised budgets will give people with disabilities, including people with Down syndrome, access to their own HSE disability funding. As you may be aware, Down Syndrome Ireland has been activity campaigning for some time for supports for adults with Down syndrome to be person centred, and for personalised budgets to be made available to those people who want to manage their own supports.
