Inspired Is Still Looking For Your ‘Bad Hair Days’ To Help Raise Funds

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WITH hairdressers and barbers reopening on Monday, a local organisation is hoping the public will capture their bad hair days on camera and donate to a great cause before the experts apply their magic next week.

The Inspired “Best/Worst Covid Hair Challenge” has received the support of many well known Tralee and Kerry people over the past few weeks but they need more urgently needed funds to support young adults with intellectual disabilities in the future.

Kieran Donaghy, Ultan Dillane, Aidan O’Mahony, Tadgh and Derry Fleming, Billy Keane and comedian Bernard Casey were just a few lending their support to the cause.

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Inspired, a community project collaborating with young adults with learning disabilities in the areas of education, employment and social participation, is due to relocate to a new premises in the former Brandon Court.

This new facility will continue to offer programmes to young adults from all over Kerry and beyond.

Life skills, transition programmes, culinary & art skills, IT and sport & fitness classes are just some of the essential and educational programmes that are critical to create employment opportunities and provide social interaction to many young adults, with disabilities, in the community.

Since its inception in 2014, Inspired has given a sense of purpose and enabled over 50 participants to have more autonomy and a meaningful role in their local community through the programmes offered. Inspired has grown out of their Friary Lane location and have identified a new facility in the former Brandon Court.

This facility is scheduled to re-open in September 2020. The facility will need to allow social distancing and incorporate safety regulations outlined by the HSE if all participants are to continue with Inspired.

“With hairdressers and barbers closed due to Covid 19 lockdown we decided to get people involved in a fundraiser that pokes fun at our hair nightmares!” said Liz Maher, Inspired Manager.

The fundraiser invites people to post their scary/funny hair images – either from during lockdown or before.

So whether you have three inches of re-growth, a botched or professional barber style trim, an unfortunate home-dying experiment or had an acid perm in the 80’s – Inspired are encouraging you to post it – share it – donate €5 and nominate 2 more to participate.

Your donations will help with kitting out the new facility. Go to their Facebook page and posting your dramatic hair dos and click on this link to donate.

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