HAPPY RETIREMENT TO THE INCOMPARABLE MARY DOYLE

ACTION ON DISABILITY PROJECT FORE RUNNER THE INCOMPARABLE MARY DOYLE RETIRED IN APRIL 2012. MARY COMMENCED HER WORK WITH AOD IN 2003 AS A CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT WORKER WITH VITAL SUPPORT NEEDS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY.SHE ALSO PROVIDED INVALUABLE SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE FOR MANY PARENTS AND CARERS WITHIN THE UPPER SPRINGFIELD AND WEST BELFAST AREA. MARY HAS DEMONSTRATED HUGE DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE OVER THESE YEARS. HER PRESCENCE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED NOT ONLY WITHIN THEW ACTION ON DISABILITY TEAM, BUT WITHIN THE UPPER SPRINGFIELD DEVELOPMENT TRUST AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IN WEST BELFAST.

MANY PEOPLE KNOW AND HAVE THE GREATEST OF RESPECT FOR MARY AND SHE WILL BE A MASSIVE LOSS TO ALL.WE ARE INDEBTED TO HER FOR HER HARD WORK AND REPUTATION OF EXCELLENCE THAT SHE HAS INSTILLED IN ALL HER EFFORTS ON BELHALF OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES. WE WISH MARY A VERY LONG AND HAPPY RETIREMENT AND ARE DELIGHTED THAT SHE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT US IN A VOLUNTARY CAPICITY WITH THE ACTION ON DISABILITY THRIFT SHOP "WHATS IN STORE" WHICH WILL BE OPENING ITS DOORS ON WEDNESDAY 16TH MAY 2012.