Saint John of God Community Services - Ireland
Kerry Services
Last week Brother Gregory McCrory, Brother Kilian Kearney and Wheran Kee delivered two days Hospitaller Training to eleven staff members Monday and Tuesday plus one day refresher training to fifteen staff members on Wednesday. It was a great opportunity to learn about the amazing kind acts of one man Saint John of God and the almost impossible challenges presented to him all those centuries ago. Staff also had the opportunity to meet and catch up.
Saint John of God Kerry Services provide training, employment, social and residential programmes for people in County Kerry.
Saint John of God Community Services - Ireland
Kildare Services
Pathways is a community based day programme in Maynooth, Co Kildare. Staff support the twenty participants of this programme to actively engage in work, education and leisure opportunities in Maynooth and the surrounding areas.
Staff and services users have prepared a video of their engagement with community groups as an entry to the Better Together Video Competition. You can view the video and vote for their entry by clicking on: http://www.bettertogether.ie/video/pathways-living-better-life-together-community
Winners of Better Together Awards will be presented with their prizes at an awards ceremony in Dublin Castle on 12th December 2013
Saint John of God Kildare Services supports and empowers children and adults with intellectual disability to be active participants in the community in which they live.
Saint John of God Community Services - Ireland
Kildare Services
The Kildare Speak Up Council
The Speak Up Council is the Advocacy Group at Kildare Services. Members of the Speak Up Council meet with the Management Team at Kildare Services every three months to update the team on their project work and raise any issues or concerns that have not been resolved by the group through the Council.
Members of the group made a presentation to the Leadership Forum at Hospitaller Headquarters last week. The Group presented on their involvement in the following projects:
Design and facilitation of a survey for Co Kildare Integrated Services Programme, allowing service users the opportunity to voice their opinion in relation to the facilities and services that they would like to see developed in Celbridge.
Voter Education Training
Development of a Photo Bank with the Total Communications Committee to support accessible documentation
Attendance at Inclusion Ireland conference and consultation on Assisted Decision Making
Partnering with other services to develop a Dublin mid Leinster representative group with Inclusion Ireland
Saint John of God Kildare Services supports and empowers children and adults with intellectual disability to be active participants in the community in which they live.
Saint John of God Community Services - Ireland
Kildare Services Seasons Day Programme
from left: Elizabeth Gannon, Sean Kelly and Edel Kelly receiving their Certificate in Co-operative Learning from Minister Kathleen Lynch during the Graduation Ceremony at DCU.
Seasons Day Programme, located in the Abbey at Celbridge, supports adults to participate in a variety of centre and community based educational, work, leisure and recreational based programmes.
A team, comprising staff, an adult that we support and a family member took part in the Co-operative Learning Programme at DCU. The Co-operative Learning Team identified Music and the Arts as their project theme. As a result of the DCU programme, participants at Seasons have completed a 10 week Music Therapy Programme, working with music students from Ballyfermot College of Further Education and National Concert Hall. Participants have also attended local musical recitals.
A Sibling Group has been formed to support family members to attend music and arts events in the community. Members, with the support of siblings, have attended a Beatles concert and are looking forward to attending Abba Forever at the Civic Theatre in Tallaght in December.
Saint John of God Kildare Services supports and empowers children and adults with intellectual disability to be active participants in the community in which they live.
