Irish Wheelchair Association

As charity partner for the Irish Wheelchair Association, Chadwicks Group supplies a range of building materials to IWA community centres across the country to help improve accessibility for its users. The IWA operates 57 community centres nationwide and provides 1.3 million hours of assisted living services to more than 2,000 adults and children.

In addition to providing construction materials, Chadwicks Group teams up with IWA to raise funds for its national support services which include accessible transport, community centres, driving assessments and lessons, and respite care.

Chadwicks Group commenced its partnership with Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) in making essential accessibility improvements in the National Mobility Centre in Clane. Providing materials from two businesses within Chadwicks Group, the teams at both Chadwicks and the Panelling Centre assisted IWA in updating its kitchen and bathroom facilities for both service users and staff alike.

The National Mobility Centre is a vital service that provides driving lessons for wheelchair users and is the main location for service users to obtain their parking permits in the locality. The centre sees an average of 2,000 users and staff come through its doors each year. With the support of Chadwicks Group, the kitchen has been made fully accessible for all service users while the bathroom has also received a refurbishment.

Chadwicks Group assisted IWA in Cork by supplying paint to centres in Clonakilty, Blackrock and the Gilbert Centre in Mallow as well as providing materials for building maintenance and landscaping works in the centres. The Cork IWA centres deliver essential services to those with physical disabilities in the region. Service users receive support through training and recreation within the centres, which also act as social activity hubs for members of the community. The centres are also used by local groups to provide a host of different activities, such as services for school leavers with disabilities. With the support of Chadwicks Group, the local IWA centres have received necessary materials such as paint, gutters, cement and treated timber in order to improve facilities for all service users, visitors and staff of the local centres. 

Pictured are Margaret Walker (left) and Catherine McNulty (right) from Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) in Bellmullet Co. Mayo celebrating the arrival of a new boiler just in time for winter from Ireland’s leading builders merchants, Chadwicks. The local Chadwicks Castlebar team, led by Mick Kane, donated two new boilers along with pumps, piping and flue extraction to maintain the heating system in the Belmullet IWA centre.

Derek McQuilkin, Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) staff member (left), pictured alongside Ryan Croker, IWA tenant, landscaping local Galway IWA community centre with materials provided by Chadwicks - located just across the road. The team at Chadwicks Galway provided a range of garden materials, paint and plumbing materials to give the centre a much needed refurbishment.

Following the success of the ‘A Builder’s Holiday’ jingle, Chadwicks  pledged to donate the €10,000 sum once 21,000 video views were reached. The total number of views exceeded 100,000, and the funds raised as a result will be used for IWA’s national support services which include accessible transport, community centres, driving assessments and lessons, and respite care.

Pictured, comedian Joseph McGucken, Joanne Ryan of IWA, Tara Brennan and Pat Moore of Chadwicks Group.

Pat Moore, Category Director of Chadwicks Group and Liam McEvoy Managing Director of Telfords pictured at the Croke Park abseiling fundraiser in aid of Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA). The group of 15 employees from Ireland’s leading builders merchants successfully raised a total of €17,000 for Chadwicks Group’s charity partner.