She has three children as well as her step-son Michael, who works tirelessly alongside her to raise funds and awareness for people with autism, raising €224,000 to date
Dublin mum and autism advocate Ciara Jones is in the process of organising the biggest iteration of her glamorous event The Sparkle Ball for Autism to date.
She has three children as well as her step-son Michael, who works tirelessly alongside her to raise funds and awareness for autistic people. To date, Ciara and Michael have raised an incredible €224,000 after founding Ireland's biggest Family 5km Run, which is now in its 5th year. "At the time, going back 14 years ago there was even less understanding - we’re not even at the point that we should be now in the terms of understanding - but we are now aware of autism, but we still have so much work to do around acceptance and understanding what it means to be an autistic person in Ireland."
“I knew straight away after reading about AsIAm that they were going to be the charity we were going to support. They are phenomenal, and have grown themselves at a vast rate," she said. “It just started from there, from a cup of tea with a friend on my break, and we had our first fundraising ball in 2016 and it was a huge success!”"The help I have received from mammies and daddies. The room is just full of parents and caregivers - and a few celebrities - and we are honouring those caregivers. It’s a great experience."
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