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Ronald McDonald House
(IE, CHY12553) Browse events
YTD Raised: €95,248.38
(IE, CHY12553) The Ronald McDonald House provides accommodation, care and support for 20 families every night. Our families come from all over Ireland. We look after families while their children are seriously and long-term ill and inpatient at Our Lady's Children’s Hospital, Crumlin. #KeepingFamiliesTogether
Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation
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YTD Raised: €52,634.92The Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation is a voluntary charitable organisation which was set up in 1992 to provide a Palliative Care service for patients with life threatening illness in counties Mayo and Roscommon. The Foundation’s Mission Statement Mayo/Roscommon Hospice Foundation affirms life. Respecting the uniqueness of each individual, caring and supporting to meet the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of patients and their families living with life threatening illnesses.
Our Lady's Hospice & Care Services, Harold's Cross and Blackrock Hospice
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YTD Raised: €36,812.72Our Lady’s Hospice, Harold’s Cross was founded in 1879 by the Religious Sisters of Charity as Ireland’s first Hospice facility and has since played a pivotal role in the development of hospice and palliative care in Ireland. Palliative Care aims to meet the physical, social, psychological and spiritual needs of patients at the end of their lives and also supports their families both before and after the death of a loved one. Our Lady’s Hospice Care Services now provides three specialist services for patients in two locations, Harold’s Cross and Blackrock (Hospice): o Palliative Care/end of life care o Gerontology/extended care, respite and rehabilitation for older people o Rheumatology/specialist rehabilitation and treatment Funded by the HSE, Our Lady’s Hospice Care Services relies on fundraising, donations and legacies to maintain and develop the highest quality of service to those in our care. Recent major capital programmes funded by donors included the Education and Research Centre and Anna Gaynor House, a 100 bedded residential unit (part funded by the HSE) and completed in August 2009.
IRFU Charitable Trust
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YTD Raised: €29,649.43The IRFU Charitable Trust supports seriously injured rugby players who have suffered severe spinal injury leaving them paralysed and in need of round the clock care.The Trust maintains regular contact with each injured player and their families. We help with locomotory expenses, specialised equipment (such as lifting equipment, beds, or wheelchairs), home alterations, medical expenses, nursing and caring costs, motor vehicles etc. This is not an exhaustive list but it gives an indication of the kind of help provided by the Trust. Over the past few years the average payment for assistance has amounted to about €220,000 per annum. There are over 30 players in Ireland supported by the Trust in this way.To fund this assistance the Trust relies upon regular substantial grants from the IRFU itself, together with generous donations and gifts.
St. James's Hospital Foundation
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YTD Raised: €24,339.39St. James’s Hospital is one of the largest hospitals in Ireland, caring for over 300,000 patients each year.We are a public hospital and excellence in patient care is our primary focus. St. James’s Hospital’s fundamental purpose is the delivery of health treatment, care and diagnosis as well as health promotion and preventative services.
North West Hospice
(IE, CHY7983) Browse events
YTD Raised: €23,653.12Our purpose is to provide specialist care with compassion for those living with life-limiting illness in our community: Sligo, Leitrim, South Donegal and West Cavan. We offer a full range of consultant-led specialist palliative care services through our 8 bed hospice, our community service and our hospital service. We are a registered charity and need to fundraise €1 million each year to fund our services.
The Friends of St. Luke's
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YTD Raised: €18,570.36The Friends of St Luke’s was established in 1981 to raise much needed funded for St Luke’s Radiation Oncology Network. St Luke's Radiation Onocology comprises of three oncology centres - St Luke's Hospital at Rathgar, St Luke's Radiation Oncology Centre at Beaumont Hospital and St Luke's Radiation Oncology Centre at St Jame's Hospital. The Friends of St Luke’s relies entirely on voluntary contributions and fundraising events organised by our patients, families and friends. St Luke’s is regarded as more than a health care institution. It has set the standards in radiation oncology and is a world-class centre for the delivery of radiotherapy.
St. Francis Hospice Raheny/Blanchardstown
(IE, CHY10568) Browse events
YTD Raised: €18,298.86Since 1989 St. Francis Hospice has provided a service of specialist palliative care to people in North Dublin in advanced stages of cancer, motor neuron disease and HIV/AIDS, as well as support for their families and friends. There are no charges for services provided by St. Francis Hospice.The service is based on a Christian philosophy, which recognises the need to treat each person with dignity, respect and compassion, irrespective of their cultural or religious background. Our current range of services within the Community includes specialist palliative care, Hospice Day Care, Out-Patient Clinics, our 19 bed In-patient Unit and Bereavement Support services.
Kerry Hospice Foundation Limited
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YTD Raised: €17,805.39Kerry Hospice Foundation provides funding for the care of terminally ill people in Kerry. This is delivered through our state of the art Palliative Day Care Facility, through beds in community hospitals and through our home care nurses. WE ARE CURRENTLY FUNDRAISING TO CONSTRUCT A 12 TO 15 BED INPATIENT UNIT AT OUR EXISTING DAY CARE FACILITY
Helping Holles Street/NMH Foundation
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YTD Raised: €16,464.08Helping Holles Street (NMH Foundation) was established in 2012 with the sole mission of raising much needed funds for designated projects at the National Maternity Hospital. The initial support and development plan of the Foundation centres on the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit.
Beaumont Hospital Foundation
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YTD Raised: €10,976.96Through the support of former patients and their relatives, donors and the local community, we fundraise to finance patient care initiatives which contribute enormously to the quality of care and support Beaumont Hospital’s staff are able to provide.
Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation
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YTD Raised: €8,597.77The Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation provides direct funding, to families of children up to the age of 4 with brain damage who suffer severe intellectual and physical developmental delay, enabling them to purchase home respite care. We also provide end of life care. These are children who as a result of their condition require intensive home nursing care. The Foundation gives these families the Gift of time, time to do the things that we so often take for granted like shopping, taking their other children to the park, a night’s sleep etc. Jack and Jill needs to raise over €3 million per year to provide these services. Less than 19% of our budget comes from the Government so we rely on innovative fundraising campaigns to reach our target. Please help us to help our families by making a donation or by holding a fundraising event on our behalf.
Saint Josephs Centre
(IE, CHY18282) Browse events
YTD Raised: €8,447.04Saint Joseph's Centre is committed tro compassioate care of people living with dementia and their families. Based in Crinken Lane in Shankill, there are an estimated 3,000 people living with dementia in South Dublin and North Wicklow alone. Unfortunately many families have to face the fact that their loved ones may need more support than they can provide for them at home and they may need 24 hour specialist care. At Saint Joseph’s Centre we cannot change the devastating effects dementia has on people and their families. But we can assure families that their husband or wife, mother or father, sister or brother is taken care of in a compassionate, caring environment where every staff member is focussed on delivering the best person centred care, tending to each person’s individual needs, (neurological, physiological, psychological, sociological), and acknowledging that their feelings matter most.Saint Joseph's Centre is currently undergoing a redevelopment, creating 6 'homes' within the centre for our residents to live and be cared for in surroundings that will resemble a home environment. We are also in the process of attaining the Butterfly Kite Mark from Dementia Care Matters, where the feelings of people with dementia are the most important thing in the provision of their care.Saint Joseph’s Centre is a part of St John of God Hospital Limited.
Kildare and West Wicklow Hospice - St. Brigid's, The Curragh
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YTD Raised: €7,505.25The Friends of St Brigid's Hospice and Home Care Services is a voluntary organisation with charitable status. Its purpose is to financially support and nurture the aspirations for palliative hospice and home care at St Brigid's Hospice, Drogheda Memorial Hospital, The Curragh, Co Kildare. Our organisation consists of fourteen fund-raising groups throughout the Kildare and West Wicklow area. The specialist palliative care service for Kildare West Wicklow is based in St Brigid's Hospice. Patients are referred to the service for symptom management and end of life care. Patients can access the service as inpatients in St Brigid's Hospice, in Naas General Hospital and at home via the palliative homecare team. Patients are admitted to St Brigid's Hospice for symptom control, respite care and end of life care. Length of stay varies from person to person and is dependant on the patient's needs. Patients are prioritised for admission based on their need for specialist palliative care treatment.
St. Gabriel's School and Centre
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YTD Raised: €5,997.03ST. GABRIEL’S SCHOOL CENTRE St. Gabriel's School Centre is a voluntary organisation and registered charity located in Limerick that provides education and a wide range of essential health-related therapies and interventions to children and young adults living with physical disabilities, developmental delay or more serious life-limiting conditions in the Mid-West region.St. Gabriel's engages in a number of fundraising events annually to fund and develop our projects. Currently we are placing a focus on three worthwhile projects;Commencement of a new Family Resource Respite House on a site near Mungret villageContinued upkeep of St. Gabriel's hydrotherapy poolDevelopment of a Sensory Playground area at St. Gabriel's SchoolThere projects are designed to have long term positive impact with medical, social and educational benefits to help improve the quality of life for children and young adults with multiple physical disabilities. St. Gabriel's Family Resource and Respite House is an extremely worthwhile and beneficial project as there is an urgent need for respite and shared care beds in the Limerick region for children with a primary physical and/or sensory disability. This purpose built development will provide a much needed facility for families to avail of short-term residential breaks and temporary respite care for their child in a home away from home setting looked after by health care staff. Developing Ability; Enhancing Capability
Temple Street Children’s University Hospital
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YTD Raised: €3,779.64Temple Street Children's University Hospital Temple Street is the first port of call for tens of thousands of children every year suffering from every kind of illness and injury imaginable. Our aim is to help sick children by making their stay in hospital less distressing for them and their families, by funding the purchase of medical equipment, developing new services, funding research and developing new treatment facilities. However, the treatment we provide here at Temple Street is not limited to just the first-class medical care that we deliver. For many children and their families Temple Street Children's Hospital is a home away from home and so we treat the children of Temple Street as if they were our own. Temple Street children are special and that's why the Hospital must continue to be as extraordinary as the children that come here. Every day you help make this possible by supporting Temple Street, thank you!www.templestreet.ie
NRH Foundation
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YTD Raised: €3,640.61The NRH Foundation is the official fundraising body of the National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH).We aim to raise financial support from the community towards projects that will directly benefit the patients at the NRH.The NRH provides a comprehensive range of specialist rehabilitation services to patients from throughout Ireland who, as a result of an accident, illness or injury require rehabilitation services in the following areas of specialty:Brain Injury (including Stroke and other Neurological Conditions)Spinal Cord InjuryProsthetic, Orthotic and Limb Absence RehabilitationPaediatric Family-Centred RehabilitationRehabilitation Treatment Programmes, as well as Assessments and Reviews, are delivered through our Inpatient or Outpatient Services as appropriate. Backed by over 50 year’s experience, clinical expertise and a solid reputation for excellence, patients are given every opportunity to meet their rehabilitation goals through personalised treatment plans. Many of our patients will have a life-long relationship with the hospital following completion of their rehabilitation programme. Rehabilitation is a lifelong investment in people; it is an educational process of active change by which a person learns the knowledge and skills needed to enable them to participate meaningfully in family and community life.
The Billy Riordan Memorial Trust
(IE, CHY15091) Browse events
YTD Raised: €3,314.44We provide a Primary Care Clinic, an In Patient Facility and a HIV Aids Clinic in Cape Maclear, Malawi.We are the only healthcare provider in the area serving a population of more than 15,000 people.Funded and run on donations from individuals this clinic is literally a life line for the community.
Bru Columbanus
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YTD Raised: €3,168.30Brú Columbanus is a facility that provides “home from home” accommodation for relatives of seriously ill patients in Cork Hospitals and Hospice. Families first concern is the health of their loved one but consideration has also to be given to the practicalities of their time away from home.Where can they stay?How are they going to finance all this?These worries are removed for families who stay in Brú as we provide our service completely free of charge. We offer a warm welcome caring environment, where families can be together, relax and feel at home. Brú Columbanus comprises 26 ensuite family rooms, and families who are all in similar situations– get real support and understanding from each other in a way that may be more difficult for family and friends at home to offer. The families who stay in Brú are people just like you and me who never expected to find themselves in such a terrible situation. We operate with the minimum possible of paid staff, helped by a number of dedicated volunteers. We have an excellent group of volunteers at present. Our volunteers give freely of their time and expertise and add to the calm, caring environment we provide to all in the house.
Galway Hospice Foundation
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YTD Raised: €3,022.34The Galway Hospice Foundation is a voluntary organisation. It was established in 1986 when a group of local doctors and nurses came together with a view to developing hospice services for the people of Galway city and county, as no such services existed there at the time. Initially the Foundation researched the need for this service among Health Care professionals and, having received a positive response, set about raising the funds for the provision of a Home Care Service initially, with the aim of following with Inpatient, Day Care and support services as resources allowed. The Home Care Service was launched in January 1990 with an initial team of one doctor, one full-time and one part-time nurse. Since then the team has grown to two doctors, ten Clinical Nurse Specialists, Social Workers and Pastoral Care. The service is available 7 days per week, 365 days per year. While the majority of patients cared for by the Galway Hospice team express the wish to remain at home, and with the support of the Home Care Service are able to do so, there are patients who, for a variety of reasons, may not. Some patients' symptoms may be difficult to control in the community, carers may need a period of respite, and sometimes patients may not have the support systems to allow them to remain in their own homes throughout their illness. In order to answer the needs of those particular patients, the Galway Hospice Foundation, in 1992, set about raising the capital cost of a purpose built facility incorporating In-patient, Day Care and support services. The cost which was approx. €2.6 million (a very sizeable sum at that time) was raised totally through voluntary subscriptions from the community, business, farming and professional sectors of Galway city and county and also through individual donations from far and wide. In 1997, funding from the Western Health Board (now HSE West) was received for the running costs of the Inpatient Unit, allowing the first patients to be admitted in December of that year. Patients are admitted for either symptom control, respite, psychological support, end of life care or a combination of these. The usual length of stay is approximately two weeks, though this is reviewed on an individual basis. At the Hospice, the multidisciplinary team includes a Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Medical Officers, Clinical Nurse Managers, Staff Nurses, Auxiliary Nurses, Pastoral Care and Social Workers. Day Care opened in 1998, with patients coming from home to meet one another in a social rather than clinical environment, and to be clinically reviewed by the multidisciplinary team. Many enjoy availing of the services of hairdresser, massage therapist, physiotherapist, reflexologist and other therapists available within the Day Care Unit.
Milford Care Centre
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YTD Raised: €2,693.22Milford Care Centre, Castletroy, Limerick, established by the Little Company of Mary in 1928, provides Specialist Palliative Care through a comprehensive range of Hospice at Home, Specialist In-patient Unit and Day Care Centre services. These services are provided throughout the Mid-West Region, incorporating Counties Clare, Limerick and North Tipperary.Our primary objective, as set out in our Mission Statement is:-"We in Milford Care Centre as a Little Company of Mary Health Care facility aim to provide the highest quality of care to patients or residents, family and friends, both in the areas of palliative care and services to the older person, as envisaged by Venerable Mary Potter"In order to maintain services at levels capable of responding to the ever growing needs and operating to the highest standards of care, there continues to be a significant reliance on fundraising events which are vital to make up the shortfall necessary to sustain the provision of this high quality of care on offer at Milford Hospice.
Waterford Hospice
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YTD Raised: €2,481.82Waterford Hospice Movement provides medical and nursing care for patients with life limiting illnesses, in their own homes and in nursing homes throughout Waterford City, County and South Kilkenny. We supply specialised equipment for pain control and comfort as well as psychological and social support for the patients and their families. Hospice affirms life and regards dying as a normal process. In 2013, there is no dedicated Hospice Unit in the South East of Ireland. Waterford Hospice Movement intends to raise €6 Million which will go towards a dedicated 20-bed hospice facility. The H.S.E. ‘Palliative Care Services - Five Year Development Framework’ lists the date for development of a 20 Bed In-Patient Unit at Waterford Regional Hospital as 2013.It currently costs Waterford Hospice approximately €600,000 annually to provide its services. Most of this amount (67%) has to be raised through donations, local fundraising (Sunflower Day, Coffee Mornings, etc.) and funds raised on our behalf by our loyal supporters (individuals, groups, clubs etc.) The Health Service Executive (HSE) provides approximately 33% of the remaining funding required at present.
Operation Smile
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YTD Raised: €1,685.59Each year, thousands of children around the world are born with facial deformities. The estimated rate of incidence in developing countries is 1 in 500 births.In Ireland, a facially disfigured child receives surgery soon after birth, but many children in developing countries never receive this life-altering surgery.It takes as little as 45 minutes and costs approximately €240 for an Operation Smile cleft lip surgery to change a childs life.
Mark Pollock Trust
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YTD Raised: €1,131.08The Mark Pollock Trust has been set up and launched by friends and family of blind adventurer, international motivational speaker and Commonwealth Games rowing medallist Mark Pollock after the tragic accident that has left him paralysed from the waist down. The aim of the Mark Pollock Trust is to raise funds to assist with the ongoing financial implications of his spinal injury. This includes a team of care and rehabilitation specialists, physiotherapy equipment, visits to specialised spinal injury recovery centres and mobility solutions. The money raised will help Mark lead a full and independent life and enable him to break through the mental and physical barriers of paralysis and blindness. Go to www.markpollocktrust.org to learn more and get involved.
Straight Ahead Ireland
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YTD Raised: €1,042.79Today in Ireland, at least 50 young people and children who have severe orthopaedic conditions such as scoliosis, developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) and neuromuscular limb deformity are waiting for surgery. This surgery could reduce their pain and completely change their lives for the better. Every year, about ten of these cases have to wait longer than they should, and end up with needless extra damage because of the delay. Because orthopaedic conditions such as scoliosis affect young people most often during the growth spurt just before puberty, any delay in treatment has a serious, negative affect on the patient in terms of increased pain and discomfort. An especially severe spinal curve can reduce the amount of space within the chest, making it difficult for the lungs to function properly. Straight Ahead's Role: At Straight Ahead we want to do something about this. We hope you can help. A fantastic team of surgeons, nurses and other medical staff at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin are waiting to complete these surgeries with many of them providing their time for free. In addition a number of Irish medical device companies have generously provided free surgical implants to ensure that these surgeries are completed for the lowest possible cost. The Straight Ahead team understands that the Minister of Health is trying to find funding to make these cases a priority, but change often takes time, particularly when public health funding is decreasing. The Minister's commitments are why Straight Ahead has set a one-year limit on its activity. The team hopes that by the end of our one-year project the Minister for Health will have set up a structure to give children and young people with orthopaedic conditions the surgery that they urgently need. Objectives: Straight Ahead's objective is to provide free surgery for 10 Irish children in the next 12 months. Our surgical team will assess those patients whose cases are most "time critical". We cannot fix the problem of waiting lists in Ireland but we would like to do what we can to help. Through the provision of free medical care and surgical implants, Straight Ahead will reduce the costs of these cases from approximately €500,000 to €150,000 and that's where we need your help. By giving a donation, running an event, taking on a sponsored challenge you can help us complete 10 life changing surgeries for Irish children in the next 12 months