WAVIN SUPPORTS BALBRIGGAN CHARITY REMEMBER US TO LAUNCH SENSORY GARDEN

WAVIN SUPPORTS BALBRIGGAN CHARITY REMEMBER US TO LAUNCH SENSORY GARDEN

Members of Balbriggan charity group Remember Us were joined by Minister of State with responsibility for Community Development and Charities, Joe O’Brien TD and Fair City star, Rebecca Grimes, together with residents and local dignitaries during July to launch a very special facility – the Remember Us Sensory Garden.

Remember Us provides a social outlet to people with special needs and their families in the North Fingal Area. This beautiful and considered resource was the brainchild of Remember Us founder Nora Roban who has been planning it for many years. With support from Wavin Ireland, the garden has been created as a wonderfully immersive, fully accessible space which features a vegetable garden, wheelchair swing, games area, sandpit, play-shed and will incorporate an outdoor music system.

Established in 1998, Remember Us is an integral part of life for over 250 families across the wider North Fingal area. Its aim is to create a social environment for people with special needs and their families that support their development and inclusion as valued members of the community.

Speaking at the launch, Nora said, “All of us at Remember Us are delighted to welcome our guests to the opening of our Sensory Garden. It will be a very special resource for our members and their families, and we’re thrilled to see this long held dream become a reality. Our thanks to Wavin Ireland for their support in enabling us to get this project off the ground and for the volunteering efforts of their team. We are so excited to welcome our members and their families to this incredible space and we’ll look forward to them enjoying it for years to come.”

To find out more about Remember Us, visit www.rememberus.ie

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Michael McDonnell Managing  Editor of Irish Construction Industry Magazine & Plan Magazine

Email: michael@irishconstruction.com      WWW.MCDMEDIA.IE  WWW.IRISHCONSTRUCTION.COM

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