The Down Syndrome Centre Midlands got a wonderful new resource for their centre in Portlaoise yesterday.
A beautiful new playhouse was donated to them thanks to the combined resources of Laois Partnership, Laois Offaly ETB and Carraig Playhouses.
The playhouse was created and built by participants on the Employment Skills course run by Laois Partnership.
There was also input on design and raw materials from Carraig Playhouses.
Down Syndrome Centre Midlands would like to sincerely thank a number of people for making this happen.
These include: Anne Goodwin (CEO Laois Partnership), Lorna Middleton (Coordinator of the Employment Skills Course Laois Partnership), Eileen Dunne (Laois Offaly ETB) and Michael from Carraig Playhouses.
Also, a special thanks to all the participants on the Employment Skills course for their hard work in building the playhouse.
Speaking at the Centre yesterday, Chairperson AnneMarie Fitzpatrick said “This playhouse will be a welcome addition to our Centre.
“It will provide many happy hours of playtime for all our families of the Down Syndrome Centre Midlands.
“We might even have to run our therapy groups in it as our service users won’t want to leave it.
“We are absolutely thrilled with it.”
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