National Brownie Disability Awareness Event poster .
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National Disability Awareness Day for Brownies

The Brownie Branch Committee of Irish Girl Guides, in partnership with Maynooth Access Group (MAG), are organizing a National Disability Awareness Day for Brownies. The Our World programme is an initiative created by MAG which aims to educate children through play about disabilities, both visible and invisible, and it will be an essential part of […]

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Three girls in the brownies playing with dolls.
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The Our World Programme with Maynooth Brownies

Maynooth Brownies were delighted to engage with the Our World initiative while working on their Brownie Disability Awareness Badge. Over a couple of weeks, Maynooth Access Group joined Brownies at their meetings with a selection of toys from the amazing, inclusive and sustainable toy lending library. Brownies are aged 7-10 years and are a part […]

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Accessible seating in Maynooth plaque .
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Provision of Accessible Seating Maynooth

An audit of our town identified a real need for more accessible seating particularly in areas where people gather and along walking routes into town. MAG have now gifted three new age friendly / accessible benches to our community. Two benches opposite the church at the entrance to the boy’s schools and a third bench […]

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Group of people of all ages that are a part of Maynooth Disability Access Group .
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GAA For All Communications Board

Maynooth Access Group presented Maynooth GAA Club with a purple Access Matters flag and a GAA For All Communications Board and distributed copies of the County Kildare Access Network funded book “Johnny Magory and the mystery of the missing puppies”. You will see more about this fantastic book elsewhere on this website. This initiative is […]

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Group of people of all ages that are a part of Maynooth Disability Access Group standing at a bench .
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Presentation of a Buddy Bench to Stepping Stones Special School

Presentation of a buddy bench to Stepping Stones Special School for their sensory garden.

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Group of people of all ages at the Intergenerational Gardening Project .
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Intergenerational Gardening Project

Maynooth Access Group is so proud of our intergenerational social gardening project between Maynooth senior citizens and scouts from the 8th Kildare Maynooth scout group, which is being spearheaded by our vice chair and scout leader Carmelia Jordan. Gardening projects like this provide a welcoming space to share cultural and life experience and a way […]

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A group of people at the pride of place awards from Kildares Maynooth Access Group.
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All Ireland IPB Pride of Place Award

In 2023 Maynooth Access Group were nominated by Kildare County Council to represent them in the All Ireland IPB Pride of Place Award (please see accompanying video for greater details). Maynooth Access Group took first place in Category 6 – Creative Space Initiative. A wonderful evening in Armagh city showcasing the work of groups and […]

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A group of volunteers at the David Mulready Memorial Cycle .
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David Mulready Memorial Cycle

Since its inception, the David Mulready Memorial Cycle (formerly Maynooth Veló Abú) has had a place on the Maynooth Access Group’s calendar. Members of M.A.G. have volunteered each year the event has been held, working in many areas from registration to marshalling, food distribution, road signage and cleaning up. It has grown to be one […]

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Inclusive Play Workshop for MU Social Justice Week 2024

What a privilege to participate in the Inclusive Play Workshop for MU Social Justice Week 2024 with Deidre Forde, Georga Dowling and Evelyn Reilly from MU Froebel Department of Primary and Early Child Education. A great opportunity for us to introduce our collection of diverse and inclusive toys and accessories to a new cohort of […]

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A group of people holding teddies and dolls.
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Maynooth Access Group visits Waterford Disability Network

Shared interests in advocating for and raising awareness about persons with disabilities was the catalyst which brought these two groups together through their social media outlets. Posts by Maynooth Access Group which detailed their flagship project “Our World” caught the attention of members of Waterford Disability Network and they were very interested to learn more […]

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Maynooth Access Group 2022 Winning Project poster .
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Intel Pride of Place Award

In 2019 Maynooth Access Group won seed funding at the Intel Pride of Place Award competition. (Picture 1 and 2) In 2022 Maynooth Access Group won the Intel Pride of Place Award for their disability awareness project “Our World”. (Pictures 3 & 4)  

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