Chadwicks Group partners with Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) to upgrade IWA Centres across the country

€18,000 raised for IWA during a four-day colleague cycling event 

• €18,000 raised for IWA as Chadwicks Group colleagues clock up over 600 hours of cycling on stationary bikes for the charity
• Chadwicks Group has been a partner of IWA since 2021, supplying building materials to its community centres and homes across the country
• Chadwicks Group’s support helps improve accessibility for visitors and tenants, while benefitting hundreds of members, staff and IWA retail store customers

Pictured are Chadwicks Roscommon colleagues, Meabh Egan and Maria Hayden, and Ashish Puri, corporate fundraising manager at IWA, with a local customer, Michael Dwyer in store, completing the final leg of Chadwicks Group’s nationwide charity cycle in aid of Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA). The cycle saw colleagues around the country clocking over 600 hours and 10,600 km on stationary bikes over four days, raising €18,000 in total. Chadwicks Group has been a partner of IWA since 2021, supplying building materials to its community centres and homes across the country. The partnership also helps improve accessibility for visitors and tenants, while benefitting hundreds of members, staff and IWA retail store customers.

Chadwicks Group, Ireland’s leading builders’ merchant, has announced a range of new projects to support its charity partner, Irish Wheelchair Association.

Since 2021, Chadwicks Group has been an official charity partner of IWA, supplying building materials to its community centres and homes across the country. Chadwicks Group’s support helps improve accessibility for visitors and tenants, while benefitting hundreds of members, staff and IWA retail customers nationwide.  IWA operates 65 __cpLocations including 48 community and 17 outreach centres and 51 wheelchair accessible and affordable homes in Ireland. IWA also provides 1.2 million hours of assisted living services to more than 2,000 people with disabilities.

As part of the ongoing partnership, Chadwicks Group teams recently completed a nationwide charity cycle, clocking over 600 hours and 10,600km on stationary bikes over four days, resulting in €18,000 being raised. The final leg took place at Chadwicks Roscommon, where photography was captured of colleagues celebrating with the local IWA team.

In addition to raising money for the charity, Chadwicks Group is currently supporting several IWA projects across the country, including:

Community Centre Upgrades:

• Chadwicks Nenagh supplied paint and materials to refresh the centre in Roscrea, Co. Tipperary.
• Chadwicks Waterford, Midleton and Tralee all provided materials to repaint local centres at Waterford, Clonakilty and Listowel.
• Chadwicks Letterkenny helped convert the local centre’s storage room into an accessible bathroom.
• Chadwicks Castlebar is replacing flooring at the local centre in Belmullet.
• Chadwicks Galway is supplying new door fixtures at the local centre in Tuam.

Residential Home Improvements:

• Chadwicks Clonmel supplied materials to fence four gardens at IWA homes in Tipperary Town.
• The Panelling Centre Galway, part of Chadwicks Group, is transforming the kitchen facility of an IWA residential apartment in the local area, making it more accessible.

New Facility Support:

• Chadwicks Ballinasloe is installing wall panelling in a new IWA day service centre for school leavers in Loughrea.

Commenting on the initiatives, Patrick Atkinson, CEO of Chadwicks Group said: ‘At Chadwicks Group, we are incredibly proud to support Irish Wheelchair Association and its work across the country. Our partnership reflects our deep commitment to making a difference in local communities. We’re delighted to announce our most recent initiatives that have each been created to further this mission – strengthening inclusion, accessibility, and support where it’s needed most. I’m also delighted that due to the company-wide efforts of our colleagues, we were able to raise €18,000 through our recent nationwide cycle, showcasing the dedication and unity of the entire Chadwicks Group team’.

Ashish Puri, Corporate Fundraising Partnerships Manager at IWA added: ‘Our partnership with Chadwicks Group is incredibly meaningful to us – not only does it help raise awareness and crucial funds for the work we do, but it also enables us to support more people in communities right across Ireland by making a real impact to their lives. Having a company like Chadwicks Group stand with us is a powerful endorsement of our work, and we thank them for their ongoing commitment and support.’. 

Details of other projects will be announced in the coming months. For more information about IWA and to donate, visit iwa.ie.