Working Life: It’s our first time to run an in-person service since the pandemic began
Lisa Donovan, centre manager, Down Syndrome Centre, Forge Hill, Cork in the family room. Pictures: Larry Cummins
7.50am
Jack, age two, is my alarm call. The first task is to check emails and go through posts on our parents’ Whats App group. We’re a charity, set up in 2017, with the aim of providing early intervention services. Parents of children with Down syndrome are at the heart of everything we do, supporting all of our activities on a volunteer basis, as we don’t get government funding.

