About Irish Wheelchair Association- Sligo Branch
Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) is one of Ireland's leading social enterprises and representative organisations for people with physical disabilities.
We provide a range of services intended to support independent living and improve quality of life. The largest of our services is our Assisted Living Service (ALS), which provides one-to-one support of a personal assistant to an individual in their home, workplace, school/college or local community.
Other services include:
Resource and Outreach Centres in local communities;
Transport;
Driving assessment, tuition and advice;
Holiday services;
Plus a range of educational opportunities, information, housing supports and youth services.
IWA operates from every county in Ireland. Our Sligo base is next to St. Anne's church (beside Aldi & the Firestation).
What's Involved
We have a number of services users who would love to learn the art of flower arranging and even some basic gardening skills such as making up window boxes and/or hanging baskets.
We are looking for volunteers to facilitate and run sessions in this at our IWA centre in Abbeyville, Sligo.
The sessions would take place for 2 hours every fortnight. A day has yet to be decided between Mon, Tues, Wed & Thurs. It won't happen on Friday, Saturday or Sunday.
What's required for this position
Volunteer must have good communiation skills, have a sense of disability awareness and have knowledge and experience in gardening/flower arranging.
Level of English required for this role:
Fluent English
Times and commitment required for this role
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Minimum time commitment: 3 months
Hours required: 2hrs Fortnightly
Other Details
Location of volunteering opportunity:
Sligo Town : Abbeyville Centre, Sligo Town
Screening details for this role:
- Garda Vetting
- Informal Interviews
- References
Volunteers with the following challenges will be supported in this role
Age restrictions:
Over 18
Is this opportunity suitable for groups/teams of volunteers?
Yes
Getting there
Abbeyville Centre (IWA) behind Aldi
