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Date: Saturday, 23 February 2013 14:30
Information on upcoming school tours will be coming soon

ChildVision, in association with Horse Sport Ireland, presents Horse Boy Method Workshop with Rupert Isaacson

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Date: Friday, 02 November 2012 12:09

ChildVision, in association with Horse Sport Ireland, is delighted to be providing and hosting a Horse Boy Workshop with Rupert Isaacson this November.

What that workshop does is help people who work with children with a range of disabilities to improve their communications and their coordination. It is particularly useful for blind and partially sighted kids or those with conditions that impact on their social skills like Asperger’s Syndrome or Autistic Spectrum Disorders.  Event details are as follows:

Event: Horse Boy Method Workshop with Rupert Isaacson

Date: 22nd and 23rd November 2012                               

Time: 10am – 4pm

Location: Spruce Lodge, Co. Wicklow (www.sprucelodge.ie)        

Price: €550 Riders, €300 Non riders

There are 25 spaces available in total.  12 for riders and 13 for non-riders.  To book your place simply contact us on 01 8373635 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Horse Sports Ireland supported Festina Lente last year and are delighted to support ChildVision this year. All profits from this workshop go towards ChildVision, National Education Centre for Blind Children. 

ChildVision works with over 800 families throughout Ireland providing educational resources to children who are blind or visually impaired, many of whom have additional disabilities. 

This June ChildVision launched its Equine Therapy Centre, providing a multi-faceted therapy that allows the children to work on a range of skill sets while on horse-back. Horses are central to this because their unique nature. Regardless of the children’s behaviour the horses seem to be able to accommodate them, even mirroring them to a degree. They form fast and profound bonds with the children they encounter.

Run in the Dark

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Date: Thursday, 11 October 2012 11:06
ChildVision is a proud charity partner for Run in the Dark - the biggest multi-location, mass participation running event in the world.  The event takes place in Dublin on Wednesday, November 14th at 7.30pm, with 5km and 10km options to cater for every level of fitness.  Sister events will be taking place nationwide and across the globe, including Cork, Belfast, London and New York. To sign up to run in aid of ChildVision contact our fundraising department on 01 837 36 35 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Better Together Campaign

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Date: Thursday, 04 October 2012 10:35

ChildVision needs your help! We have entered our “About Us” video in the 2012 Better Together campaign to win €3,000.  In order to win we need to get as many votes as possible.  Please click the link below and give us your vote.  You can cast a new vote every 24 hours, so you can vote once a day, every day from now until November 19th.  Your votes will bring us up to the leader board and in with a chance to win the prize.

http://bettertogether.ie/content/about-childvision-ireland

Please copy and paste the link and pass it on to any family or friends that you think would like to see our video and help the campaign.

Thanks for the support!

Albinism Ireland Mini Conference

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Date: Friday, 14 September 2012 13:35
ChildVision will be at the Albinism Ireland Mini Conference on Saturday the 29th of September.  The event takes place at The Fairways Hotel, Dundalk, Co. Louth from 10am to 5pm.  For more information and to book your place visit www.albinism.org.uk or contact Treasa O'Callaghan at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Dynamic Dots - Braille Music Course

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Date: Friday, 14 September 2012 08:32
INBAF (Irish National Braille & Alternate Format Association) presents a Braille Music Workshop - Dynamic Dots, with Maeve Smith on Saturday 13th October.  Tickets are €5. Please contact Stuart Lawler at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to reserve your place.

Presidential Visit

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Date: Friday, 14 September 2012 08:31
"Society is better when places like this are flourishing" - wonderful words of encouragement from our very special guest this week.  President Michael D. Higgins came to visit ChildVision's campus and meet some of our staff and students.  The President was inspired by the work we do here, and was thrilled to hear our primary school students musical performance.

ChildVision at Electric Picnic

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Date: Monday, 27 August 2012 16:01
ChildVision will be at Electric Picnic from August 31st - Spetmebr 2nd to raise awareness about living without sight.  We will be asking festival goers to take the Blindfold Challenge and sign up in pairs to experience the festival from our student's point of view.  Each pair will be given a ChildVision blindfold and be taught how to guide each other then they can find out first-hand  how our students experience the world. 

Past pupil Wesley Bourke Paddles the River Shannon

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Date: Thursday, 16 August 2012 12:52

BLIND JOURNALIST, canoeist and past pupil at ChildVision’s national education centre for blind children will paddle the full length of the River Shannon in aid of the charity this weekend.

Wesley Bourke and his paddling partner Aisa Cooper will take to the water despite the predicted storm conditions. The 360km challenge will begin at Dowra in County Cavan with the pair covering 100km per day for the first three days until they make their way to Limerick.

Wesley was diagnosed with Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy at the age of eighteen while he was completing an apprenticeship with the Air Corp in the late 1990s, leaving him with less than 15 per cent vision.

He attended ChildVisions integrated post primary school, Pobal Scoil Rosmini, to complete his Leaving Certificate and after graduating he went on to study International Relations in London. He now works as a jouralist at On Cosantóir, the Defence Forces magazine.

They have already raised over €2,000 for ChildVision, you can show your support by visiting: http://www.mycharity.ie/event/shannon_paddle/

Sinead Kane runs the Dublin Women’s Mini Marathon

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Date: Thursday, 29 March 2012 18:46

Join blind solicitor, Sinead Kane, as she runs the Dublin Women’s Mini Marathon team on behalf of ChildVision. Sinead had ditched the robes and is donning her running shoes to run and raise money for blind children.

If you would like to join her and run, skip or walk on behalf of ChildVision on Monday the 4th of June just call 01 837 3635 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we will send out your mini marathon pack today.


ChildVision, Gracepark Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, Ireland. Tel: 01 837 3635 Fax: 01 837 3884 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Registered Charity No: CHY 817