Niamh Daffy

 

Niamh Daffy is CEO of Cara, the national organisation providing a collaborative and partnership platform to enhance sport and physical activity opportunities for people with disabilities.

A focus this year on Inclusive Volunteering has seen the needs of people with a disability placed centre stage in Irish sport.

Daffy sits on the Sport leadership Group charged by the Government with advising on the implementation of the National Sports policy and is a powerful advocate for people with disabilities and their right as much as anyone else to sport and physical activity.

The organisation was founded in 2007 and is based in Tralee. Its current three-year strategic plan outlines a clear commitment to working in collaboration with national and local partners to make active and healthy lifestyles possible for people with disabilities.

Daffy was instrumental in the creation of the Cara Sport Inclusion Disability Charter which has been a key element in driving change in the way we all think of this critical area of inclusion.

She is a graduate of The Institute of Technology, Tralee where Cara is based and remains a keen player and supporter of Camogie.

 

 

This is the ninth edition of our Sport for Business listing of 50 Women of Influence in Irish Sport.

We are proud to do so this year with a new partner in AIG, an organisation that have pledged their commitment to equality in their partnerships with Gaelic Games, Tennis, Golf and more, for whom “Effort is Equal” and with whom we have ambitious plans to extend the reach of this annual celebration of the Women who are making a difference.

They are drawn as before from the worlds of leadership, partnership, storytelling and performance.

We began this journey in 2013 when challenged that we would never be able to produce a list of twenty Influential Women in Irish Sport. The 20 stretched to 30, then 40 and 50 and it still does not do justice to the talent that is out there.

This year once more, to keep things fresh we will introduce at least 30 per cent of fresh names from last year. That will be the hardest part to have some names replaced but if it was too easy it would be of less value.

The list we will build over the coming weeks is a snapshot of those women who are making a mark on how sport is played, consumed, grown and delivered.

They are part of making the role of women in sport unexceptional by being exceptional in what they do.

Recognition of their contribution is rarely asked for but is fully deserved, and we want your help in identifying those who you feel should be among them.

We will start to publish the first of this year’s list on Sport for Business next week, and share them for all across social media in parallel.

So, who do you think should be on the list for 2021?

 

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