Smart D8 recently announced the five Pilot Projects selected to receive project management support along with €12,500 funding. We look forward to learning more about these impactful health and wellness projects. Each project has the potential to improve the lives of people living and working in the Smart D8 district.
Great news from our Smart D8 Health and Wellness Collaboration. Five new Pilot Projects Selected to focus on speech and language, community health, disability support, dementia and medical administration. Each Pilot Project will receive project mgmt supports and €12,500 to advance their existing work. This fourth call for pilots follows three years of successful projects that have enhanced community health and wellbeing in Dublin 8, with 12 projects already bringing long-lasting and positive impacts to the local area over the past three years. To date, the projects have reached over 6,000 citizens in and around the Dublin 8 district. The five pilot projects selected are: 1. Kids Speech Labs, which addresses the critical issue of extensive waiting lists for children’s speech and language therapy in Dublin. 2.Dublin Simon Community, who will implement a digital medication management system through Digicare. 3.Wellola are collaborating with St James’s Hospital to provide digitised care pathways for chronic disease management to improve population health outcomes across Dublin city. 4. CP-Life Research Centre at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences will develop an innovative web dashboard to serve as a directory of local services and supports for citizens with disabilities. 5. The Brain Health pilot, where the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), will create an educational and awareness program using theatre workshops with Dublin 8 residents affected by dementia. Smart Dublin Smart D8 Nicola Graham Edward Emmanuel ADAPT Centre Declan McKibben Mani Dhingra, Ph.D. Jack R. Lehane Khizer Ahmed Biyabani