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New partnership agreement with Crann Centre

25 Jan 2024
Brendan Murphy from Ballincollig, a client at the Crann Centre in Ballincollig, with Kate Jarvey, Crann Founder and Professor John O’Halloran, UCC President, at the signing of the community partnership agreement. Image: Provision

Today, UCC and the Crann Centre in Ballincollig signed a community partnership agreement that will see them work together to advance care for families living with neuro-physical disabilities. This collaboration will not just impact locally, but will benefit families all around the world.

The Crann Centre in Ballincollig is a pioneering charity providing life-long, life-changing solutions for children, adults and families living with neuro-physical disabilities.

The Crann 2Gen model of care focuses on delivering a range of services and supports to children and adults with a disability while also offering services to support family members. This ensures that the entire family can enjoy better health and wellbeing and increased participation in leisure, education and work. Crann is the first organisation in Europe to adopt this approach for disability, and this new collaborative research will influence the wider application of a 2Gen approach across the disability sector both in Ireland and across the world.

This is just one of a number of projects that will be undertaken by the university and the charity, across clinical, social and other disciplines, that promote inclusivity in research and innovation, learning and teaching, and the student experience.

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For further information on this story please contact Dr Sandra Irwin s.irwin@ucc.ie 

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