St Bernadette's Special School presented with new mobility trike
The mobility trike was funded through the Variety Ireland’s Recycle Mobility Programme and was presented to staff and students by the Minister for Agriculture, Charlie McConalogue
St Bernadette's Special School in Letterkenny took receipt of a new mobility trike on Friday.
The mobility trike was funded through the Variety Ireland’s Recycle Mobility Programme.
On Friday, the Minister for Agriculture, Charlie McConalogue, presented the trike to students and staff.
“This mobility trike is ideal for those who are not able to use conventional bikes here at the school and our students will get a lot of fun and pleasure from it,” St Bernadette's Special School principal John Haran said.
“Variety Ireland’s Recycle Mobility Programme is an excellent concept, and we are delighted to be part of it.”
The Recycle Mobility Programme, which was set up in 2021, supplies funding towards special mobility trikes so children with mobility issues can be included in cycling activities with their family and friends.
The environmental and sustainable benefit of this programme is that when a child outgrows their trike, it is then passed onto another child or school so children with mobility issues can enjoy the same experience of cycling.
Research carried out by the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland shows special mobility trikes can improve the mental and physical well-being of both the child and family members by up to 87.5 per cent.
Minister McConalogue said: “To date, the Recycle Mobility Programme has helped deliver over 250 special mobility trikes to children with disabilities across the island of Ireland.
“This programme is making a real difference.”