OUR CAUSE

Our Cause

Our Cause in 2008

We're delighted to announce that in 2008 we will be continuing our support for St. Catherine's Association in Co. Wicklow.

St. Catherine's is a non-profit making organisation which provides education, training, healthcare and residential/respite care to children who have intellectual and other disabilities.

The dedicated and skilled staff at St Catherine’s provide a wide range of services for children and their families for a wide range of physical and mental disabilities, offering speech and language therapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, both clinical and educational psychology, nursing, behaviour management etc.

St Catherine’s offers hope to the many families it supports and assurance that parents can improve the quality of life for their children. In that respect their ethos closely mirrors that of Sporting Proud...Kids should be given every opportunity to become the very best that they can be.

How we plan to use funds raised this September :-

St. Catherine's currently have about 50 children with serious mobility problems. Due to demand, the facility has recently established additional workspace for the Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy Departments at a cost of approximately €80k. These departments now need specialised equipment and appliances for their work including;

An integrated rail system for the ceiling of the room to transfer children to bathroom and treatment areas
A series of hosts to assist with moving and lifting children into different positions
Physiotherapy and Occupational therapy equipment (moulded/rubber balls etc.) used for various exercise and development programmes.

The estimated cost of provisioning this equipment is €100k and we desperately need your help to make this happen.

No politics, no bureaucracy, it's simply about quality of life for children. – your help and support for this worthwhile project is hugely appreciated.