The objective of FLOW is to create a more inclusive community for people with disabilities in Ballina and Mayo.
25/02/2026
Fantastic evening for a great cause ❤️
Big well done to for taking the lead on this and some recent funding raising efforts from the coffee morning in the popular to the valentines fundraising event at Vincy's Bar here in the heart of the town.
The most recent being hosted in the intimate Shambles Bar at , star studded line up and a wonderful event. Special thanks to Edel at the Ballina Manor for her commendable willingness to ensure everything went as smooth as it did, also a big thank you to Ray and all at .ie who also went above and beyond firstly by kindly sponsoring light and sound but also for helpfulness in ensuring the place looked as well as it did.
We are blessed to work with stakeholders of our town who want to see it shine, for everyone to have there place in it!
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who has gotten behind this project, as we head down the final few furlongs in delivering a top class amenity for our community and wider afield
Grá Mór
Flow Community Project
25/02/2026
Fantastic evening for a great cause ❤️
Big well done to Ballina Community Clean Up for taking the lead on this and some recent funding raising efforts from the coffee morning in the popular Grub Deli & Grocer to the valentines fundraising event at Vincy's Bar here in the heart of the town.
The most recent being hosted in the intimate Shambles Bar at Ballina Manor Hotel, star studded line up and a wonderful event. Special thanks to Edel at the Ballina Manor for her commendable willingness to ensure everything went as smooth as it did, also a big thank you to Ray and all at Event Audio Visual who also went above and beyond firstly by kindly sponsoring light and sound but also for helpfulness in ensuring the place looked as well as it did.
We are blessed to work with stakeholders of our town who want to see it shine, for everyone to have there place in it!
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who has gotten behind this project, as we head down the final few furlongs in delivering a top class amenity for our community and wider afield
Grá Mór
Flow Community Project
07/12/2025
We are delighted to be back in the Cot & Cobble in Ballina for our Christmas Party 🥳
Sunday 14th December!
8pm-10pm
At the The Cot & Cobble Ballina
Free to attend event!
Music from our talented Flow DJs, if you would like to give it a spin on the night let us know and we will try to accommodate that 🎶
Join us for plenty of singing, dancing and craic 🌟
16/10/2025
👻 Looking forward to seeing everyone at FLOW Community Project Halloween Disco on Thursday 30th October, 8pm-10pm, at The Cot & Cobble Ballina 👻
Free to attend event. Over 18's (exceptions can be made on an individual basis, please contact us for more Information.
Fancy free party, with some spot prizes on the night!
🎃 Were hoping to lift your spirits so you can Booooogie all night🎃
Music by our talented Flow DJ's!!
✨️ This event is accessible for all and includes a sensory space✨️
Ballina Autism Friendly Town North Tourism, Ireland The Cot & Cobble Ballina
07/07/2025
We are delighted to be back with another Flow night for this year's Ballina Salmon Festival - Mayo 2025! 🥳
Festival Theme 🎉
Free to attend event!
8pm-10pm in The Cot & Cobble Ballina
Music from our talented Flow DJs and also open decks for for anyone who wants to give spinning some tunes a go :)
07/07/2025
We are delighted to be back with another Flow night for this year's Ballina Salmon Festival - Mayo 2025! 🥳
Festival Theme 🎉
Free to attend event!
8pm-10pm in The Cot & Cobble Ballina
Music from our talented Flow DJs and also open decks for for anyone who wants to give spinning some tunes a go :)
Ballina Autism Friendly Town
20/06/2025
🚨 JUST 5 DAYS LEFT TO VOTE 🚨
Help Ballina Sensory Park Win €20,000!
We can have fantastic announcements regarding the Ballina Sensory Park incoming. First of all, we need your help!
It takes just ONE MINUTE to nominate us for the AIB Community Fund.
One vote per email address, so please circulate and get behind our nomination.
Let's do this for Ballina!
28/05/2025
📣Check out all the times and details below👇
18/04/2025
Check out Mayo Sports Partnership Sensory Walk on Saturday 26th April at 11am.
Starting off at Ballina Town F.C.
Ballina Autism Friendly Town
Mayo Autism Camp
FREE event👇👇👇
Let's come together for a fun Community Walk on Saturday 26th April at 11:00 AM
06/03/2025
✨️Become an Autism Champion✨️
And build a more Inclusive Community🙌
Ballina Autism Friendly Town
✨Become an Autism Champion! 🏆
We are inviting businesses, voluntary organisations and sporting groups in Ballina to join us in making a positive difference in our community by becoming Autism Champions!
By signing up we will provide a free AsIAm training session, you'll also receive guidance on how to make small, yet impactful changes that will help create a more inclusive environment for individuals with autism.
What is an Autism Champion?
An Autism Champion is a business or organisation committed to becoming autism-friendly by upholding key standards and making easy, practical accommodations. Together, we can support individuals with autism and make their experience more comfortable and accessible.
Feel free to share this information with anyone who might be interested in joining us as we take this important step toward building a more inclusive community! 💜
After a long wait, the day is finally here.
We are delighted to announce that work has officially started on the "Beelieve in the Flow" sensory park for Ballina
15/12/2024
Flow Disco this evening from 7pm -9pm!
Free admission with loads in store for a great time.
Sensory Santa will be here from 6:30pm throughout the evening
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What the project is and our reasoning behind undertaking the project
The project was initially about creating a disco for adults with intellectual disabilities in Ballina and surrounding areas but has since turned into so much more.
The project is about creating a safe space for adults to socialize, dance, sing and play music with friends from their own groups and other people in thier community, while also affording them artistic input to the discos décor and music through arts and DJing workshops. We have provided several different creative based workshops withen the Arts to allow people in this community an opportunity to persue passions and interests while actively engaging with the greater community.
The realization of the need for this disco and workshops came from discovering That’s Life, an award-winning arts and personal development program of the Brothers of Charity Services, Galway. They have created a service for people with an intellectual disability to have opportunities to discover and realize their full artistic potential through working with established artists and participating in high quality programs.
We found the work of That’s Life absolutely inspiring, but we were disappointed to find out the significant difference in the quality of opportunities from Galway to Ballina. While we where inspired by That’s Life we also are aware that our direction while similar in the sense of creative partcipation and inclusion, we also want to address many physical, social and educational changes in our community through continued projects, events, seminars that will support our whole community to create a better understanding and connection between all members of our community for the benifit of everyone.
We are delighted by the response we have recieved so far from participants, families, carer’s and the greater public and are delighted to be running our third event of the year this December 19th (Christmas Flow disco).
Many people with disabilities unfortunetely do not get equal opportunity to persue thier passions in the same capacity as those without. Alot of the time College, 3rd level education, sports clubs and social clubs may not be an option for whatever reason be it additional needs, social anxiety ect... (especially those with ASD). This leaves alot of these amazing members of our society without an outlet to unlock the many ABILITIES they possess, we have seen in all our workshops (DJ, ART, DANCE) so much talent and willingness to learn and progress we have truely been inspired to provide more opportunities to these people who so dearly deserve them. Through the Arts and our many projects to come we hope to create a greater understanding surrounding different disabilities and the amazing people who live with them, where we can all work together to become more inclusive and truely intergrate the whole community. All funds generated via the events and fundraising will be directly used for inclusive projects first looking at providing a wheelchair swing in Ballina along with many othert idea’s we look forward to discussing and implementing in 2020.
