Sensory room for Sligo hotel

A new Sensory Room - the first of its kind for an Irish hotel - has just been launched at the Clayton Hotel Sligo.

The facility is in the Kids Club area at the Club Vitae Leisure club. Multi-Sensory environments are used as a form of therapy and can assist with the development of social skills in children and adults with additional needs.

Marketing Manager Orla Seery said: “We are thrilled to be the first hotel in Ireland with a Sensory room.

“We feel it is important to offer facilities to cater for all our guests and ensure they have the most comfortable and enjoyable stay.

“At the launch of the Sensory room last Wednesday we had great support from local and national organisations and most importantly the children in attendance thoroughly enjoyed the sensory room.”

The Sensory room was designed by Mary Clarke along with our Kids Club team and maintenance Staff.

The room offers children with additional needs a calm environment away from the busy lifestyle of the hotel. The Sensory room gives children and their families a stress free, calm, stimulating space to enjoy

he sensory rooms provide a positive effect on the senses.

Smell- The room contains different smells

Sight – The room is very colourful and contains moving lights, lava lamps and paintings.

Touch- The room contains a range of fabrics and soft toys for touch as well as different textures and sensory boards for touch.

The Sensory room also contains a ball pool with over 1,000 colourful soft balls.

Sound- Calming music is played in the background at all times

Movement– The room contains a number of objects which move and react to touch including plasma ball.

The Room is open 7 days per week to Hotel guests and Club Vitae Members. Contact Club Vitae at Clayton Hotel Sligo today for more information.

The Sensory room is ideal for children with Autism, Down Syndrome, ADHD, Cystic Fibrosis, Cerebral Palsy and much more.