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From time to time Offaly Dyslexia Group will be holding Fund-raising activities, please feel free to contact us with your suggestions or indeed make a donation:
Visit www.lyonscharitygiveaway.ie and find out how to nominate our charity to win €10,000 |
Parents wishing to enrol children for Offaly DAI workshops for children with dyslexia are invited to join us at St Mary’s Youth Centre this coming Monday for an introduction to the workshops, meet the Offaly DAI Branch staff and tutors. Admission to the workshops is at the discretion of our Programme Co-Ordinator based on your child’s specific [...] Parents & Supporters of the Offaly Branch of the DAI are reminded that with Spring finally here(?) the days are lengthening and so are opportunities to raise funds… Formerly known as the Offaly Dyslexia Group, we ran an information/flag day in July of last year and have been collecting unused/unwanted stamps for resale. These are only two [...] Hi there! Do you remember last autumn, we here at the Offaly Branch of the DAI launched our appeal for used and un-wanted postage stamps? Well, the good news is that thanks to our collectors we now have just under a kilo-gram of mixed stamps to sell… Although there is a bit of work involved in sorting [...] It is with absolute delight that the Offaly Dyslexia Group can reveal that our fund-raising efforts continue to be successful. Only last Friday we received the news that we have been selected to receive a grant of €1,000 from the Community Foundation For Ireland. The grant, which was applied for under the Small Grants Scheme was presented [...] Once again it is time for the EBS Building Society to open their doors for nominations for their Community Fund. The Offaly Dyslexia Group urges you to nominate us as your favourite charity… All you need to do is to visit our EBS Community Fund 2009 page here on the website, or click any of the links [...] As discussed at the Offaly Dyslexia Group‘s 1st Annual General Meeting last night a proposal has been submitted to the AIB Better Ireland Programme. Applicants will be notified by Dec 31st whether their application has been accepted. If we are one of the lucky ones this will lead essentially to a bidding war on-line and by text. Each [...] Congratulations to Miguel Martino Daly and Aisling Walsh from Offaly were chosen from amongst over 3,000 entries to become published authors. Sponsored by Londis; ‘Write Up My Street’ is a collection of thirty assorted short stories to be sold in support of Barnardo’s – The Children’s Charity. Fergus Finlay CEO of Barnardo’s is quoted as saying “…Barnardo’s [...] Recently the Offaly Dyslexia Group were required to return a progress report to one of our benefactors, ie the Community Foundation for Ireland. One of the recommended points to be addressed was “What had we learned from our experience?” Initially this was a difficult question to answer, if one considers just how much we have learned since [...] One of our members was recently invited to join the Green Army at the Fleadh Ceoil n Eireann last Sunday. As Austen had done us a great favour the previous week our member felt somewhat obliged to accept his invitation. Wearing a Green Army Vest they set off into the crowds brandishing a pick-up stick, gloves and [...] Yesterday a small army of thirty volunteers made their presence well and truly felt on the streets of Tullamore. Comprised of members, family and friends the first flag day/street collection in aid of the Offaly Dyslexia Group was a huge success. The numbers of pedestrian traffic were certainly lower than expected but the generosity of the good [...] |
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