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THE Kilrush Family Resource Cen- tre Dyslexia Support Project has gone from strength to strength in the last three years.
The impact the project has on the lives of children from the west has now been recognised as it has been short listed as one of the local de- serving children’s projects in the Bet- ter Ireland Programme which could earn it as much as €10,000 with the support of the public.
The Dyslexia Support Project was founded three years ago, a pilot project brought about as a result of collaboration between West Clare Dyslexia Support Group and Kilrush Family Resource Centre.
The project offers affordable tui- tion to dyslexic children and young
people.
It provides all materials needed for each of the sessions and offers an individual child centred approach to learning. The project also provides support for parents in their quest for equal access to education for their Nh Ker
Prior to the dyslexia project being formed children from the west of the county were very restricted in the extra educational support theory received. While they received some tuition in schools, parents had to travel to Ennis, Limerick and Shan- non every week for further classes for their children.
Should they win the text competi- tion for a €10,000 award from AIB Kilrush through the Better Ireland Programme the money will go to- wards the purchase of a content/
ability appropriate reading scheme, workshops in local schools, support sessions for older dyslexic young people and the printing of a user friendly booklet providing relevant information for dyslexic children and young people.
The branch will award €10,000 to the local project that tops the poll in a public text vote over a four-week period until June 6.
Anyone in the local community can simply text KILRUSH and B to 53099 to vote.
If the project does not top the poll it will still benefit from the texts. Each text vote costs 60 cent and proceeds generated by the text voting for the Dyslexia Support Project will be do- nated to the project.
Sue Moore, the project tutor, said “We are delighted to be in the run-
ning for this award from AIB Kil- rush through the Better Ireland Pro- gramme. We are a small group, and therefore, really need the local com- munity to pull out all the stops to vote for us. Winning €10,000 would allow us to continue and extend the work we do for the children of our local community so please ask ab- solutely everyone you know in the area to get texting to ensure we top the poll.”
There are three groups from west Clare vying for the €10,000 prize. Next week we will feature one of the other two.