News and Events
Leap is a family-led, non-profit organisation that works on behalf of children and adults with disabilities and their families. We work with people and families, their friends, supporters and allies who are in pursuit of an inclusive life.
Personal Budgets – Towards a Good Life (April 19th 2017)
The Centre for Disability Law and Policy, Inclusion Ireland and Leap are hosting a seminar on personal budgets and how they can be used as an enabler of good lives. Places are limited…
Family Leadership Adventure Break 7th- 9th, April 2017
A Good Life for Everyone in the Family The Cavan Centre, Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan 7th to 9th April 2017. Leap is offering family leadership weekends for the whole family to come together…
Supporting Families Workshop Series 2016 – 2017
As a result of funding from the HSE Social Care Division we are now able to offer our ‘Supporting Families’ Workshop Series to all CHO Areas. The Workshops on offer are: Creating A Good Life…
Interested in Volunteering at our Family Leadership Weekends?
We are looking for people who have an interest in supporting people with disabilities and their families to have a good time together. You do not have to have prior experience of working with people with disabilities as we will provide you with support and supervision for the weekend. Most importantly we believe that families are experts in their own experience and will guide you in the way they require support.
Family Leadership Adventure Break 8th-10th, April 2016
A Good Life for Everyone in the Family The Cavan Centre, Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan 8th to 10th April 2016 Leap are offering family leadership weekends for the whole family to come together in an inclusive, fun environment to begin to develop and share a vision of a...
Event: Free Regional Workshops on Self-Directed Living in Galway, Mullingar and Dublin. April 15th, 22nd and 28th 2015
Leap in association with The Centre for Disability Law and Policy (CDLP), Sunbeam House Services, Áiseanna Tacaíochta and Fionnathan Productions are running three FREE Regional Workshops on Self-Directed Living in Galway on the 15th April, Mullingar on the 22nd April...
Event: Enabling Good Lives For People In Difficult Times with Michael Kendrick PhD, Thursday March 12th, 2015
Presented by Leap and the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, National University of Ireland (NUIG), Galway [jbox color="yellow" radius="5"] Book your place for this event now at: http://bit.ly/1xSORzq [/jbox] There are most certainly times and circumstances that...
Event: Person and family led initiatives: creating good lives for the people we love
Monday, 9 June 2014 from 09:30 to 17:00 (IST) Dublin, Ireland | The Emmaus Centre Leap invite you to spend the day with Cormac Russell thinking about citizen led change. Cormac is an inspirational speaker and highly respected practitioner of ABCD approaches. Cormac...
Homes and Communities of our Choice- Stories from Oz, 9th December 2013
LEAP are hosting an event next Monday the 9th December at 3pm in Gort. All Welcome - there is no charge for this event: Bobby Noone of CRU http://www.cru.org.au/ will present CRU's new DVD 'Together in Partnership' which features three Queensland organisations...
Impact Series – Changing Perspectives on Disability 14th October 2013
Join Social Entrepreneurs Ireland for their next event of The Impact Series. On the theme “Thinking Differently About Disability”, we will hear from a diverse range of speakers working across the areas of public policy, social enterprise, international business and...
Information Seminar: Assisted Decision Making, 30th August 2013
Leap has teamed up with Inclusion Ireland and the Centre for Disability Law and Policy to put together an information Seminar on the Assisted Decision-making (Capacity) Bill. We would love to see you there, this is a free event! This seminar will inform people with...
Planning Live Event Postponed Until September. Date tbc
We regret to inform you that we will be postponing the upcoming Planning Live session until September. Look forward to seeing you all there!