Jonathan Power - CEO of St Michaels House Foundation - which helps people with Intellectual Disabilities - talks about how people can help out

I was delighted to talk to Jonathan Power, the CEO of St Michaels House Foundation about how he is seeking to build partnerships with people and corporates who would like to know more about, or to help out, St Michael’s House. His approach is to develop longer term relationships and to engage with people who are interested. St Michaels House is a not-for-profit that is over 70 years old and has been looking after people with Intellectual Disabilities over that time. (It was founded in the 1950s by two women; there is a short history below.). I can personally vouch for the important work that the Charity has done, and is doing, for thousands of people living with ID and supporting them and their their families, literally from cradle to grave. Jonathan is an engaging and lively speaker and you will enjoy this Pod, feel free to drop him a line at: Jonathan.Power@smhfoundation.ie or via LinkedIn St Michaels House - the beginning, a short history On Thursday, 2nd June 1955 a small advertisement appeared in The Irish Times: "Association for Parents of Mentally Backward Children. Lady wishing to form above would like to contact anyone interested. Box Z 5061 Children." It was placed by Patricia Farrell, a farmer from Gigginstown, Co. Westmeath, whose son Brian had Down Syndrome. Along with her friend and Co-Founder, Madge Atock, they were seeking an education for Brian. Patricia had been shocked to discover that there were no school options for him. Indeed, the only service available for children with an intellectual disability at the time was institutionalised residential care. The response to the advert was larger and more positive than Patricia had expected. Following a public meeting in the Mansion House chaired by Declan Costello, St. Michael’s House was founded. The new organisation not only wanted to establish new services, but also to bring about a change in how people with an intellectual disability were viewed. ----- "We rushed in where many would fear to venture. The one essential was to meet and help parents who came to us not so much for a diagnosis, but for advice about what they should or could do to help their child with a disability." Dr Barbara Stokes, first Medical Director -----

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