€75,000 allocated to Mayo under disability participation and awareness fund

Funding of €75,000 is being made available to Mayo County Council from the 2021 Disability Participation and Awareness Fund.

The purpose of the Disability Participation and Awareness Fund is to provide funding to support the participation of people with disabilities in local activities, to help remove barriers to community involvement and to support the promotion and implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) in communities.

Welcoming the news, Deputy Michael Ring said: “I hope that this funding will ensure disability participation and awareness can be increased in Mayo.”