About DFI

Supporting Organisations to Enable People with Disabilities.

An advocate for the Voluntary Disability Sector.

Disability Federation of Ireland (DFI) is the national support organisation and advocate for voluntary disability organisations in Ireland who provide services to people with disabilities and disabling conditions:

• Hidden
• Intellectual
• Mental Health
• Physical
• Sensory
• Emotional

Disability Federation of Ireland (DFI) works to ensure that Irish society is fully inclusive of people with disabilities and disabling conditions so that they can exercise fully their civil, social and human rights. In pursuit of this vision:

• DFI acts as an advocate for the voluntary disability sector.
• Supports organisations to further enable people with disabilities

DFI is an umbrella organisation of over 100 voluntary disability organisations and groups. Allied to this, it works with and supports over 200 organisations and groups around the country that have a significant and growing disability interest, mainly coming from the statutory and voluntary sectors. DFI provides:

• Information
• Training and Support
• Organisation and Management Development
• Research and Policy Development
• Advocacy and Representation
• Networking

DFI also supports the broader voluntary and disability sector through its representation of the disability strand with the Community and Voluntary pillar of the Social Partnership process, as a social partner at the National Economic and Social Forum, HSE Co-Ordinating Committees and other fora at regional, national and European level.

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This is the second Operational Plan (OP) under the Strategic Plan 2004 - 2010. In compiling this Plan we have evaluated our previous OP and have reflected on the changes that have occurred around ...

Vision and Mission »»

The Disability Federation of Ireland (DFI) works to ensure that Irish society is fully inclusive of people with disabilities and disabling conditions so that they can exercise fully their civil, social...