Funding for Family and Voluntary Carers in Duhallow

Final Twomey Memorial

By STEPHANIE MOYNIHAN

As part of National Carers Week 2023, IRD Duhallow is delighted to announce the new IRD Duhallow Dormant Accounts Programme 2023-2024 with a celebratory coffee morning on Saturday 10th of June from 10am-12.30pm.

Are you a Family Carer or Voluntary Carer? Perhaps your child has additional needs, which may include cognitive difficulties, physical or sensory difficulties, emotional and behavioural difficulties, and difficulties with speech and language.

Or maybe you are caring for an elderly relative or friend in your or their own home? We would love for you to join, take away important learnings from our seminars, talks and workshops and most importantly feel support by likeminded carers in Duhallow. This programme is here to support you and your family.

We are very proud of the achievements of previous Dormant Account programmes for Carers in 2016, 2018 and 2021, which have proven extremely beneficial for local carers in the region.

The Dormant Account programme seeks to empower Carers by providing them with the knowledge and information relevant to their needs and situation along with developing and expanding our existing support network for carers in the region which would overall help to improve the quality of life of both the carer, the family as a whole and the person being cared for.

IRD Duhallow is delighted to deliver this programme for you and all offerings have been designed with you and your needs in mind. Please feel free to reach out to us, if you are uncertain if these courses are for you. We would be delighted to hear from you.

We are particularly excited that this Dormant Accounts Programme once again has a focus on supporting and improving employment and self-employment opportunities for Carers. IRD Duhallow will be running an exciting array of courses, workshops and information sessions on topics including Mental Health & Wellbeing, Effective Communication & Resilience, CV & Interview Skills as well as Personal Development.

You may be looking for employment while caring for a loved one or perhaps you are looking to enter the workforce after caring duties ceased or were reduced.

Dates for training are currently being finalised and will be published in the coming weeks. Keep an eye out on our website www.irdduhallow.com/events, our Facebook page, Newsletter and Discover Duhallow magazine. For further details, contact Stephanie Moynihan on 02960633