FASD Ireland awarded a place on Social Entrepreneurs Action Lab
Ennis-based chiefs working with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Ireland have been awarded extra funding to continue their work. Tristan and Scott Casson-Rennie have been given a €3,000 bursary and a place on Social Entrepreneurs Ireland’s Action Lab programme.
There are more than 244,000 people across Ireland affected by FASD, which is the largest preventable neuro-developmental disability in the country.
Tristan says they’re working with third level institutions in the region on the project.
Click below to hear the full interview with Alan Morrissey at Clare FM
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