Opening Doors, Opening Minds.
Since 2005, Donegal Horizons CLG. has been a committed Community / Voluntary organisation; fully funded by the Day Service Supports Dept. of the Health Service Executive (HSE West) in Co. Donegal, R.O.I.; to provide services of excellence to school leavers and adults of all ages with intellectual disabilities. Our aim is to enrich and improve the quality of the lives of our referred individuals which in turn impacts favourably on families and the wider society where inclusion and equality of opportunity is at the core.
Donegal Horizons CLG. is primarily a training organisation and provides accredited training and enrichment learning opportunities – both in the classroom and through meaningful ‘hands on’ Community placement experience(s) which, if possible, if it is the client’s wish and the wish of his/her circle of support, progress to longer term opportunities . Each individualised programme is based on the individual’s own aspirations, wishes and abilities – and on a specially – created Person Centred Plan. Through our various Projects, our referred clients can enjoy and benefit from opportunities in their own local Communities promoting self-determination, maximisation of personal potential, true community integration; all governed by the principles of the HSE New Directions initiative. New Directions is one of the key policy documents contained in the HSE Transforming Lives Programme. It assists and directs service providers like us to secure the well-being and the futures of our clients living with intellectual disability.
We will be delighted to take your call to discuss your needs in our Letterkenny or Carndonagh offices!
Great futures begin here
Clients are referred to our services and their needs are assessed and a suitable training programme and employment path mapped out with them through a person centred planning approach.
Hope in motion
Training and Community – supported opportunities
Intellectual disability support services
Independent travel training and work-readiness training
For a brighter tomorrow
We provide a supportive environment that enables each person with an intellectual disability to achieve a sense of fulfilment and become a valued and respected member of their community.
Empowering our service users, living with intellectual disabilities, to have the future they want!
Training
Providing clients in the classroom or in real life settings (sheltered in the first instance – i.e. within the organisation); with work competencies and specific vocational and life skills through structured and quality – assured training.
Community Engagement
Clients follow a realistic and achievable vocational path through placement experiences and opportunities with employers / businesses close to their own homes; trained, inducted, supported and monitored by our Community Services Team.
Specialised learning resources
For organisations which provide training and services to individuals with intellectual disabilities, appropriate learning resources, we acknowledge, are relatively difficult to find.