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.
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!
Planning Live Event with Caroline Tomlinson 28th June 2013
Following the success of the “Creating Sustainable Lives Conference” which discussed personalisation from a family perspective, Leap are delighted to welcome Caroline Tomlinson back to Ireland to run an interactive Planning Live session for people with disabilities,...
Personalisation Event shows an appetite for something different!
Leap and Inclusion Ireland hosted Creating Sustainable Lives: Personalisation from a Family Perspective on Friday the 22nd Feb in the Mullingar Park Hotel, bringing Caroline Tomlinson over from the UK to speak about the practicalities of Personalisation and what it...
Creating Sustainable Lives-Examining support options and personalisation from a family perspective. Workshop 22nd February 2013
In light of the recommendations contained in the Value for Money Disability Policy Review and the Policy directive outlined in the Dept of Health Future Health Report the possibility of personalisation is moving ever closer for people with disabilities and their...
Interested in Volunteering at our Family Leadership Weekends?
LEAP partners with families to develop a personalised support roadmap to navigate life stages without imposing its own goals or solutions. As part of that commitment we are running ‘Family Leadership Adventure Breaks’ on the 26th-28th Oct and 2nd-4th Nov in the Cavan Centre, Ballyjamesduff.