The Sligo Champion

Cordners’ sensory room ‘first of its kind’ in country

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CORDNERS Shoes will today officially open the new sensory room which aims to cater for children and adults with ‘different aspects of special needs’.

The new sensory room is the first of its kind in Ireland. It is a specially designed room which comprises of a range of stimuli to help set the tone for a more calming shoe fitting experience. These include adjustable lights, colours, different textures, sounds, an aquatic bubble tube and sensory play objects all within a safe environmen­t that allows the individual using it to explore and interact without risk.

This room is tailored to be a soothing place away from the activity of a busy shop.

Cordners will provide a profession­al fitting service with a variety of shoes in different sizes and widths.

Please call Cordners Sligo on 071-9143267 if you have any queries, or you may fill out the booking form on the website www.shoeshop.ie with a preferred date and time and one of the sales advisors will call you to confirm your appointmen­t or discuss a different option to suit you.

 ?? Pic: Donal Hackett. ?? The new sensory room in Cordners.
Pic: Donal Hackett. The new sensory room in Cordners.

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