Tag Archives: Nicola Welford

CONSTRUCTION work has started on a new €165,000 multi-use games amenity (MUGA) that will benefit from the proceeds of the Christmas Day Swim at Twomilegate, Killaloe. A Killaloe woman is one of the main drivers of a new MUGA near Boher National School, which will be fully accessible for people with disabilities and will be a major addition to recreational facilities in the Killaloe/Ballina area. Born in Ballyvalley, Killaloe, Nicola Welford is now living in Boher and is the chairperson of Boher Community Development Group, who are fundraising to complete the state-of-the-art MUGA. Their ambitious plans include introducing targeted programmes for groups with disabilities such as Autism, workshops on inclusive sport and training to help those who may find sporting activities difficult to master. The group has worked hard raising funds for different projects over the last two years. An allocation of almost €93,000 has been secured from Sports Capital funding as well as €20,000 from Tomar Trust. Up to …

THE number of children attending Inclusive Athletics in Clarisford Park, Killaloe is increasing every week thanks to the success of a project driven by parents of children with disabilities. What started as a pilot project have gone from strength to strength and it is now a weekly fixture on Saturday morning that is eagerly-anticipated by both parents and children with disabilities. Nicola Welford explains the group want children to move from inclusive to mainstream, if this is at all possible, as part of their overall progression. She is looking forward to the opening of the new all weather Derg AC €500,000 athletics track as their sessions will not be impacted as much by rain. “Every week we have a new child starting with us as parents are discovering inclusive athletics. The main comment from parents is ‘I can’t believe I didn’t know about it and I can’t believe this is happening’ because there is nothing happening for children with special …