Our staff are very familiar with inclusion, we have a number of children and adults attend our centre daily / weekly that we help and support.

 

Aura Leisure Centre, Youghal, Cork

Aura Leisure Centre in Youghal, Cork offers a wide range of facilities and services and caters for the whole family. With a fitness gym and a 25m swimming pool, it offers fitness classes and spinning classes for all levels with qualified personal trainers and a wide range of swimming lessons for adults, kids, and toddlers, as well as many other water activities and services, including a water slide, sauna and steam room.

 

1. Openness

‘Be open to and understanding of all people with disabilities’

We advertise it, speaking of and making people more aware of what we do, staff and customers alike

 

2. People

‘Access training for our staff/volunteers to facilitate the inclusion of people with disabilities’

Our staff are very familiar with inclusion, we have a number of children and adults attend our centre daily / weekly that we help and support.

3. Activities

‘Develop and deliver inclusive activities’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are planning more time slots for one to one lessons or for anyone who cannot attend the main swim academy and also in the gym – we have one to ones to help people with whatever their needs. Our gym instructors make time to go through exactly what they want to achieve and how best to achieve it. We also host sensory hour for kids with autism. We draw up story boards etc for the kids also, with pictures of the centre and what to expect when they get here. We will be doing this on a monthly basis going forward.

 

 

 

 

4. Facilities

‘Review our facility/venues/equipment to make our organisation more accessible’

We have recently purchased a new hoist for getting in and out of the pool, more staff are trained on using it (there is always someone here that is trained) and we also have one in our changing room as well as showers, changing cubicles etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Promotion

‘Promote the inclusive nature of our activities, in a variety of formats’

We have recently purchased a new hoist for getting in and out of the pool, more staff are trained on using it (there is always someone here that is trained) and we also have one in our changing room as well as showers, changing cubicles etc…