Learner Stories
Life-Changing Stories
I soon discovered that adult education is greatly different to what I remember school to be when I was younger.
Audrey shares her experience of adult learning including her participation in the STAR Awards 2020 winning adult learning programme, "Healthcare...
Our Voice Should Be Heard!
I think adult learning and the Ability Board are very important. Because they are helping people like us to have...
Anything is possible. That’s the feeling I get with adult education programmes and support groups.
Ability Board means everything to me, without the support I don’t think people like me would get any change in...
Adult education gives me independence
Everyone can have a chance to speak up for themselves and have a chance in life. Everyone comes from different...
Adult Education Helps People with Disabilities have Better Lives
I always wanted to be an artist because I am very artistic and imaginative. I think my disability made my...
Adult Education Makes me a Happier Person
I wasn’t too happy in school. I found it hard to get up in the mornings. There was too many...
“My confidence in my own abilities started to grow”
My name is Emma Flanagan, I am 30 years old and I have lived in the town of Edenderry my...
“I was trusted, brought into conversations about what direction I wanted my professional career to go, supported and encouraged to follow, what I didn’t even realize I was good at.”
Were you ever accepted so much in someone else's household that you could just walk in the door without knocking?...
“It is good to use the skills that I got to benefit the community.”
Hello, my name is Philomena, and I would like to share my story with you. I called in to Roscommon...