Reach Deaf Services
Gerry Philpott is an experienced IT professional currently serving as the IT Manager at Reach Deaf Services since August 2022. Prior to this role, Gerry held various leadership positions at Rehab Group, including Head of Information & Communications Technology and Digital Business Transformation & Delivery Manager, from August 2017 to August 2022. Gerry's extensive background also includes roles at LeasePlan Information Services, where responsibilities involved managing project delivery and infrastructure solutions, and at Abbott Consulting and IBM Global Business Services, focusing on operations and program management. Gerry's early career included significant positions at O2 Ireland and Irish Life, emphasizing business analysis and network architecture. Gerry holds a degree in Advanced Computer Programming from Trinity College Dublin.
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Reach Deaf Services
About us Reach Deaf Services is a non-profit charity enabling the Deaf Community and Deaf people generally to achieve their full potential and to have equality of access and opportunity in all aspects of their lives. Reach Deaf Services focuses on the areas of education, social care, pastoral and spiritual work. Our History The Catholic Institute for the Deaf (CID) was established as a charitable institution in 1845. In 2007, the name changed to the Catholic Institute for Deaf people (CIDP) and in September 2021 we rebranded as Reach Deaf Services. The Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, Archbishop Farrell, is the President of the company and appoints one third of the Board members, including the Chairperson. Reach Deaf Services is in receipt of funding from the Health Service Executive for the boarding campus accommodating children attending the specialised Holy Family School for the Deaf and for St. Joseph’s Supported Living Services, which support vulnerable Deaf and Deaf Blind adults living in their own homes. Reach Deaf Services directly manages these services and is the trustee of the Holy Family school. St Joseph’s Supported Living Services will have fully completed the de-congregation journey from St Joseph’s House Residential Service, Stillorgan, by end October 2021. The National Deaf Village Sports and Leisure Company Limited, which now trades as the Inspire Fitness Centre, is a subsidiary company of Reach Deaf Services.