‘Canoeing Ireland are working towards becoming a more inclusive organisation for all. We would like to invite members to our 6-part Disability & Inclusion Education Webinar Series:
‘Disability & Inclusion Awareness in Paddlesports’
This first webinar will be delivered by Cara (Sport Inclusion Ireland), and aims to address areas of overall awareness of different types of disabilities and additional needs that people can have, and how you can be a part of understanding and accommodating this for people in a paddling context. Unfortunately this edition is already fully booked but will be recorded and made available to all our members.
The rest of the Webinars will take place each month with a new registration link. Each month a guest speaker will facilitate an interactive webinar on the following topics: Physical, Intellectual and Sensory Disabilities, Autism & Additional Needs, and an information webinar on pathways towards Special Olympics and Paralympics. Members will be invited to engage in a Q&A with the guest speakers at the end of each presentation.
This Disability & Inclusion Education Series is for all members, with high demand already seeing the first edition being booked out we encourage members to register early for the upcoming Webinars in the following months.
Canoeing Ireland have signed up to the Cara Charter and are on a journey to completing the Cara Bronze Inclusion Award. We would like to remind clubs that signing up to the Cara Charter will help people with a disability to understand that your club is open to facilitating paddling experiences for them. Your club will additionally receive support and resources from Cara. Find out more about signing up –
Sports Inclusion Disability Charter
Cara also have a range of Fact Sheet resources for your information –
