A spooktacular story by people we support in Horizons’ Mallow Community Hub What started out as a simple group exercise, transpired into a story of creativity, collaboration and let's face it, horror! A few months ago, people who attend Horizons’ Mallow Community Hub collaborated with their support worker, Finbarr Murray, to develop characters for a horror story. Each person considered their character’s personality, ... [read more]
"Don't count the days, make the days count." – Muhammad Ali On Friday 26th September, Horizons held its first celebration of service day! Staff across the organisation received service pin badges, acknowledging their time, dedication and expertise given to Horizons. Pins were distributed in 5-year increments, all the ways up to 40 years. A total of 1053 pins were given on the ... [read more]
Horizons, in partnership with the Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery UCC, has honoured 16 students who completed the clinical component of a four-year intellectual disability nursing programme. The Completion of Studies ceremony took place on Friday, September 12th in Montenotte House and featured a special “Blessing of Hands” ceremony, alongside a musical performance on the harp by Mary ... [read more]
We are delighted to welcome Lorraine Egan as the new Chief Executive Officer of Horizons. Lorraine brings extensive experience from previous roles held with HIQA, the NCSE and HSE disability services as well as a strong commitment to advancing inclusion and supporting people with disabilities. Horizons supports 2,800 children and adults with an intellectual disability and /or autism across a growing network ... [read more]
Thank you to our Legacy Community who have left or pledged a gift in their Will to Horizons. Horizons work to create real change in the lives of people with an intellectual disability and/or autism. We believe everyone should be ambitious and everyone should dream about their future. Every gift, large or small, helps create change, the impact of these gifts ... [read more]