Down Syndrome Ireland - Louth / Meath Branch
Down Syndrome Ireland – Louth / Meath Branch
Reminder: Wednesday 3rd April @ 7pm. Hi All Aoife Gaffney, National Employment & Projects Officer and Rosalind Walsh, Adult Education Officer from Head Office are visiting the Branch. They will visit on Wednesday 3rd April @ 7pm in the Conyngham Arms Hotel Slane to give a talk to interested members. They will present on the entire Ability Programme … Read more ADULT EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION EVENING
To celebrate this year’s World Down Syndrome Day 2019 – Down Syndrome Ireland has launched some resources which challenge outdated ideas about Down syndrome and instead provide an insight into the realities of family life with a baby, child, teenager or adult with Down syndrome in Ireland today. “…more than medical” was launched on … Read more “…more than medical” A booklet for parents with a pre or postnatal diagnosis of Down syndrome for their baby.
If The Shoe was on the other foot Marking World Down Syndrome Day, this is the official release of Prosper Meath’s new powerful and thought provoking video highlighting the day to day challenges faced by people living with a disability. #WDSD19 Prosper Meath, formerly named MIDWAY, became part of the Prosper Group in … Read more If The Shoe was on the other foot
The Students of Ballinlough N.S perform “This is Me” on World Down Syndrome Day. The Students also got a fabulous write up in The Meath Chronicle here
The Branch AGM will take place in Dundalk on 29th April 2019 in the Crowne Plaza Hotel Dundalk at 8pm. Gary Owens DSI’s Chief Executive Officer will address the meeting where he will outline what is going on in DSI and you will get a chance to meet Gary and ask any questions that you … Read more Branch AGM 2019
Triona Cussen, who teaches at Tons of Fun Tots group in Ardee which is supported by Down Syndrome Ireland LouthMeath has produced the following lip sync video, featuring her three groups, Triona’s Tots (in Ardee), Team 21 Tots (Radisson Dublin Airport) and her group in the Down Syndrome Centre Dublin. The beautiful video features some … Read more I Can I Will Video
Lots of Socks Down Syndrome Louth Meath invites everyone to wear LOTS OF SOCKS on Thursday 21st March 2019 to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) to raise awareness on World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD). We want to get people talking about WDSD on 21st March. We can do this if we all wear socks…BUT NOT … Read more LOTS OF SOCKS
We have organised 2 Family Lámh courses for our members starting on Monday 4th March and Monday 11th March. The Family Lámh Course can be attended by parents, siblings, grandparents, Teachers, SNA’s and others close to the family. Each course will have a maximum of 12 attendees per course. The time of the course will … Read more Family Lámh Course
Purple Run 2019 Register here https://eventmaster.ie/event/M71cbdiBz Down Syndrome Ireland’s Purple Run is a celebration of World Down Syndrome Day and encourages everyone to ‘Run with us, not for us’. Sunday, March 24, 2019 from 11:00 (Eire) Furze Road Phoenix Park, Dublin Contact person: Athletics Ireland phone: + 353 (0)1 8869933 email: roadraces@athleticsireland.ie http://www.downsyndrome.ie Event Description: The event is all inclusive and open to … Read more Purple Run 2019 Registration Now Open
EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST SOUGHT FOR ADULT EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMME Down Syndrome Ireland’s Ability programme was launched in September 2018 and is aimed at providing further education and preparation for employment for our over 18s. The programme has been developed in conjunction with Accenture, a global management consultancy firm and with the support of funding from … Read more ADULT EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT