News Archive
Make Way Day Thank You
Issued: 25 September 2023, 2pm
Make Way Day 2023 took place on Friday 22 September. It was a day where disability activists and advocates, disability …
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Make Way Day 2023 to take place on the streets where you live today
Issued: 22 September 2023, 7am
Make Way Day 2023 is taking place on the streets where you live today, Friday 22 September. …
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EDF Photography Competition 2023 to focus on 'Breaking Barriers - Stories and voices of women and girls with disabilities’
Issued: 21 September 2023, 9am
The European Disability Forum (EDF) has announced announcing its open call to submit entries for its annual photo …
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Irish Wheelchair Association launches new Awareness Campaign ‘Home Truths’
Issued: 20 September 2023, 3pm
‘Home Truths: Because everyone deserves a place to call home’ is a new awareness campaign launched today by DFI …
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Make Way Day to be be held in Laois
Issued: 20 September 2023, 10am
Changing the small things can have a very big impact on people with differing abilities. Laois County Council by …
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Webinar on Getting and Staying Active with a Disability – Insights from Research, Policy and Practice
Issued: 20 September 2023, 10am
The Institute of Public Health (IPH) is hosting a webinar on 'Getting and Staying Active with a Disability –Insights …
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An Interview with the Ombudsman Ger Deering
Issued: 19 September 2023, 7am
Episode Seven of The DFI Podcast features an in-depth interview with Ombudsman Ger Deering. DFI's Communications …
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'Making Advocacy Real' event in Cork on 30 November for DFI Member Organisations
Issued: 18 September 2023, 10am
The DFI Self-Advocacy Programme is a partnership between DFI, our member organisations, key workers and self-advocates. …
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DFI attends UNIC Project Conference in Brussels
Issued: 18 September 2023, 9am
Pictured at a UNIC Project conference on 'Personal budgets: a human rights-based way to fund and organise …
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It's Make Way Day Week
Issued: 18 September 2023, 9am
It's Make Way Day Week with this year's day of awareness taking place on Friday 22 September. We invite you to …
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Home Care Coalition calls for more than €1bn funding for home support services in Budget 2024
Issued: 11 September 2023, 9am
The Home Care Coalition, which DFI is a member of, is calling for €1.05bn funding to the Home Support Service in …
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Don't tell us to sit down and be quiet!
Issued: 7 September 2023, 3pm
Tallaght Community Art's DoubleTAKE Supported Arts studio are proud to present their Advocacy through the Arts film and …
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