{"id":4686,"date":"2012-02-01T14:44:46","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T14:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nearpodcast.org\/pcast\/?p=4686"},"modified":"2012-02-01T14:44:46","modified_gmt":"2012-02-01T14:44:46","slug":"blossom-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=4686","title":{"rendered":"Blossom Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\">Blossom Ireland is a locally run charity offering respite services to children with intellectual disabilities.\u00a0 Auveen Bell one of the founders of Blossom Ireland tells Noel McGuinness that their aim is to help towards filling the gap between the available public services and the actual needs of children with intellectual disabilities and their families by providing safe, secure and stimulating activities during school holidays.\u00a0 They \u00a0provide dedicated, therapy-led summer camps for these children who are aged between 8 and 12 years.\u00a0 Listen to this podcast to hear more about Blossom Ireland and how you can volunteer to help in their work and perhaps even contribute to their fundraising by running in the Mini Marathon.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5357\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/nearpodcast.org\/upload\/bloss.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('5357','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/nearpodcast.org\/upload\/bloss.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/nearpodcast.org\/upload\/bloss.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=4686-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/nearpodcast.org\/upload\/bloss.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"bloss.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 10:25 &#8212; 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