Ways to Give
There are over 262 Special Olympics Clubs on our fair Isle! Empowering up to 8000 athletes every year! Our athletes are supported year round, with skills training, and healthy eating support, as well as the opportunity compete in Regional, National and World Games! We also run outreach & developmental initiatives to ensure no athlete is left behind, such as our Young Athletes, and Leadership Programmes!
There are over 109,000 people in Ireland living with an intellectual Disability - Support us in our goal to leave no athlete behind! There are so many ways you can help! See below!
What does your generous donation support?
Our Vision
Our vision is to increase the reach of Special Olympics so that every person with an intellectual disability (ID) has the opportunity, in their local community, to participate in high quality Olympic-style sport and leadership activities that bring life-changing experiences of increased skills, self-confidence and joy.
Athlete Leadership
Increasing the reach of our Athlete Leadership Programme which opens up opportunities for our athletes to get involved in non-sport related programmes to achieve personal goals like job applications, public speaking and improving their confidence.
Healthy Athletes
Increasing the reach of our Healthy Athlete Programme and giving athletes access to health supports and screenings helping them in identifying and correcting any health issues e.g. on a team of 10 Special Olympics Athletes:
- 3 will fail a hearing test
- 2 will have low bone density
- 5 will have significant problems with flexibility and 4 with balance, causing risk of injury
- 6 will be overweight/obese and at risk for chronic health conditions.
