Club Resources

Here you will find a variety of coaching and officials resources in the form of formal courses, webinars, videos, and blogs.

Special Olympics Ireland offers training and competition opportunities for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, who train, compete, and learn to win and lose.

Within the sports programme, we provide training and information on coaching, competition development, and much more.

Safeguarding is at the core of all Special Olympics Ireland activities and is fundamental to the development and implementation of all plans and programmes

Volunteers play a vital role in Special Olympics Ireland. Give just 1 hour a week to your local club and help us to support, and empower people through sport!

The Young Athletes programme is a play and sports activity programme for children from 4 to 12 years with an intellectual disability. It introduces children to a wide variety of play activities in a familiar, supportive and fun environment where everyone has the opportunity to succeed.

Health Promotion, a discipline of Special Olympics Healthy Athletes, focuses on healthy living and healthy lifestyle choices.

Athlete Leadership encourages athletes to develop skills which will empower them to be advocates for all athletes and act as a Leader for Special Olympics.