The Anne Sullivan Foundation is proud to have been nominated in the first ever AIB Community €1 Million Fund! Thank you to all our supporters in our local communities who took the time to nominate us. You can view the full list of nominated charities here: Link to list of AIB nominated charities #AIBSupportingCommunities #BackedbyAIB
The Anne Sullivan Foundation is currently running a radio ad throughout September to raise awareness of deafblindness and highlight the work we do. Our mission is to enable the 13,635 (Central Statistics Office, 2016) people who are deafblind to live meaningful, active and fulfilling lives. We do this by providing residential, day, outreach and advocacy… Continue reading ASF radio ad
Be counted! Census day is April 3rd. Census takers could be calling to your house any day. If you are a person who is deafblind, please remember on question 15 to fill out that you have both a hearing and vision impairment and on question 16, please indicate the level of support you require. Please… Continue reading Census 2022
Christmas is just around the corner. For some it is an exciting time and the run up to it can seem like it goes on forever, and for others Christmas might be a bit overwhelming with different smells, different people and different textures. A Christmas experience box can be useful to use to someone who… Continue reading Christmas is coming: A Christmas Experience Box to anticipate the excitement of Christmas
Launch of Deafblind Literacy Project Following on from the success of our pilot programme last year, we are delighted to announce the launch of our Deafblind Literacy Project. The funded grant is one of 55 chosen by the Toy Show Appeal through the Community Foundation for Ireland and for the next year we will be… Continue reading Deafblind Literacy Project
After the success in presenting our online course for the past year, we have decided to continue offering the course in order to reach more professionals and families all over the country. Our next course will begin on Monday, Sept 13, 2021 from 12-1pm (GMT) via Microsoft Teams and run weekly until Oct 18. The… Continue reading Deafblind Training Course
We are excited to introduce our brand new resources catalogue for people who are deafblind. If you are searching for resources, such as devices, apps or toys suitable for a person who is deafblind, then you have come to the right place. We are deeply grateful to all the people who are deafblind and their… Continue reading Resources catalogue for people who are deafblind
The Anne Sullivan Foundation’s Outreach Services recently completed a pilot project with St. Teresa’s Special School in Ballinasloe and their local secondary school’s TY group. Nine girls from Scoil Mhuire received training from one of our Outreach Consultants on how to adapt books for children who are deafblind and each made a tactile book on… Continue reading Adapted sensory books project
The Anne Sullivan Foundation recently consulted with Trinity College, Dublin to make their Book of Kells exhibition more accessible to children who are Deaf and hard of hearing, blind and visually impaired, and deafblind. They have adapted 2 animated videos entitled “Seagull, Seagull” and “The Very Long Room” with captions, ISL interpreting and audio descriptions.… Continue reading Book of Kells Online Animation
The Anne Sullivan Foundation are pleased to announce their next weekly online training course is open for registration. This course is suitable for family members or professionals working with children and adults who have combined hearing and vision impairment. Participants from outside Ireland are very welcome but should understand it will be focused on individuals… Continue reading Online Deafblind Training Course
