Tag Archives: Reach Ability

New Lift for Kilcannon which will take us to another level…

Sarah Louise tests out the new lift

  In January of this year we were successful in securing a grant from the “Dormant Accounts Fund Scaling Fund for Social Enterprises Strand 1 – Medium-Scale Capital Projects for Social Enterprises”.   After sourcing the most competitive prices and value for money, this grant has allowed us to purchase a wheelchair passenger lift installed […]

Trash Panache 2023

All our individuals have been working hard over the last couple of months to come up with some very creative fashion designs for our Trash Panache Fashion Show this year! All the outfits were made using old and recycled materials. The dedication and imagination and talent shown was fantastic. Our models showcased these outfits on […]

Castlebridge Show 2023

  The annual Castlebridge Horticultural and Agricultural Show as held on Sunday 13th August. The group from the Castlebridge Hub entered several 4 pieces in the show and were highly commended for their Scarecrow and the Courgette from their plot in the community garden. Well done to the whole team on a great performance!   […]

Rachel Doyle Presentation

Our esteemed Artist James Boyne from our Oylegate hub presented his original “The Bog Cottage” watercolour to Rachel Doyle proprietor of The Arboretum Garden Centre Leighlinbridge when she was visiting Reach Ability on the 11th July. We are indebted to Rachel for giving us great assistance in our various enterprises. Also in picture is David […]

Paul Kehoe TD today visits our garden plot in Castlebridge

We had a visit from Paul Kehoe TD today to see our garden plot in the Castlebridge Community Gardens. All our individuals have been working very hard over the last couple of months growing some delicious produce in both the poly tunnels and our outside vegetable patch. He took home some fresh onions, beetroot and […]