Youghal will be a sea of colour on Sunday the 30th of June at 3pm as Community Radio Youghal and The Cork Association for Autism host a sponsored walk from Green Park to the Quality Hotel and back.
In what is sure to be a jam packed family fun day in Youghal, participants are asked to wear either the colour blue – which is the International Colour for Autism – (and of course the Waterford Colours) or the Colour red in support of the Rebel County .
Face painters will be on hand to make sure the participants look their best. Leaving Green Park at 3pm, this short fun walk will and head out to the Front Strand and onwards to the Quality Hotel. After a short break and some light refreshments, the walk will then returning to Green Park where the fun will really start.
Sponsorship cards are available from the C.R.Y.104fm offices in Cumann Na Daoine in Catherine Street or from The Cork Association for Autism, 18 Cook Street, Cork.
This walk is the first joint fundraiser between the two organisations. All proceeds will go towards the cost of two new buildings which will safeguard the future and services of both organisations .
“The Cork Association for Autism (CAA) are currently fundraising to build a Day Service Centre and residential cottages in Mogeely Co Cork – the CAA needs to raise €250,000 for this project to get off the ground”
The CAA is a charity that focuses on supporting adults with Autism and Asperger syndrome – the CAA supports each individual to live the very best life that they can lead with their disability – and the focus is on the individual person at all times. Services that the CAA uses to support families are Respite, Residential Living, Home Support, Day Service, Outreach Programmes
These are the five key areas that the CAA believe and have the documented evidence that with autism specific supports. The Cork Association for Autism, changes lives – and the families lives that also support their adult child.
Meanwhile work is well under way on a major new Community resource for Youghal and the surrounding rural areas, with the development of new radio studios, together with office and training facilities at Nagle House. This will be the new home of Community Radio Youghal
The station has well in excess of 100 people actively volunteering in several capacities. Community Radio Youghal is registered as an accredited training centre and began to roll out accredited training courses in the Summer of 2011 – at little or no cost to volunteers and at a moderate or zero cost for non-volunteers.
At Nagle House, the station will have two new fully functional and soundproofed studios for broadcasting and recording. The facility will also have a training room for the provision of accredited and non-accredited training courses. The station also serves as a valuable social outlet for more than 100 people who volunteer as researchers; presenters; contributors; reporters; answer the telephone and carry out many other functions. Fundraising events, like this Fun Walk, are essential in order to help finance the move.
To find out more drop into the C.R.Y.104fm offices in Cumann Na Daoine. Phone or E Mail us on 024 91199 , or info@youghalradio.com or visit our facebook page. Or give the Cork Association For Autism a shout in Cook Street in Cork on 021 4271808 or E mail caa@indigo.ie