Contact a Family, which supports families with disabled children, hassecured 214,000 for two new full-time workers in its NorthernIreland office.
The funding, which will last three years, comes from the Big LotteryFund's voluntary and community sector programme.
Paul Soames, UK director of operations, said the new posts would make abig difference.
"It's a great addition to our existing team," he said. "It enables usfor the first time to offer face-to-face support to families in theirhomes."
The Northern Ireland office currently offers support and advice on thetelephone and through newsletters and factsheets. Soames said theworkers, who should be in place by the summer, would cover differentparts of Northern Ireland.
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