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 [...]
Please support DAI Branches which have been nominated for the AIB Better Ireland Programme.
Please support three of our reading workshops in the AIB Better Ireland Programme. The Dublin Northside (Gardiner Street) workshop, the Rush/Lusk/Skerries workshop and the Enniscorthy workshop have all been short listed for the AIB Better Ireland programme and we would really appreciate [...]
This is just a short post to remind readers that the Offaly Dyslexia Group are collecting used and unused postage stamps as part of our fund-raising campaign. As the festive season is rapidly approaching we will all be receiving extra post, some of which will have good old fashioned stamps on it!
Please remember the Offaly Dyslexia [...]
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 [...]
The AIB Better Ireland Programme is currently accepting applications until the extended deadline of the 27th Nov.
They will then be passing the applications to the groups local branch for short-listing. All groups will be notified of short-listing in the first week of January 2010.
Voting is not until the 15th Feb to the [...]
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 [...]
The Offaly Dyslexia Group looks forward to celebrating the opening of its doors next Monday evening, 28th September 2009 at 5pm. Following the success of our first term we look forward to welcoming back our original eleven children and enrolling an additional five children.
The new term will run for a period of thirteen weeks, observing all [...]
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 [...]
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