The shortlist has been announced for this year’s Business to Arts Awards, which recognise businesses, philanthropists, artists, and arts organisations that develop “compelling creative partnerships”. […]
IHF Shortlisted in Business to Arts Awards
Arts & Creative Engagement Roundtable Gathering
Highlighting our raison d’être: ‘Every death matters and we only have one chance to get it right’ Jean Callanan, Chair of Irish Hospice Foundation, re-affirmed our belief in the importance of creative people addressing dying, death and bereavement at our first Arts and Creative Engagement Roundtable Gathering in Dublin on 15th June last. MC on […]
Theme Announced for World Brain Day 2023
The World Federation of Neurology has just announced ‘Brain Health and Disability: Leave No One Behind’ as this year’s theme for World Brain Day taking place on 22nd July. Key messages – awareness, prevention, advocacy, education and access – remind us of what Danielle Manning, a senior social worker with Acquired Brain Injury Ireland, told us […]
Arts & Culture at Irish Hospice Foundation
Our current round of 16 Seed Grant funded projects are now coming to fruition and reflect a wider engagement with the issues of dying, death, and bereavement. Our In-Residence programmes, where artists are in service to people at the end of life, in Limerick and Kilkenny hospitals, and projects for HSE staff currently being prototyped, […]
‘The Way Home’ book helping youngsters bereaved by suicide to understand ‘why?’
Suicide: “If they really loved me so much, why would they leave?” Now there’s a newspaper headline guaranteed to grab the attention of even the most casual of readers. It’s also the exact same question that prompted Trudy Meehan to write her fictional story book ‘The Way Home’ as profiled by Sheila Wayman in the Irish […]
Deadly Conversations across Munster
Generously supported by Rethink Ireland’s Impact Fund for Munster, we are delighted to announce our Compassionate Culture Network (CCN) is now expanding across Munster. Over the coming weeks, four safe spaces where people can have open and creative chats about loss, gently exploring how compassion connects, and share some deadly conversation, will be established in […]
Irish Hospice Foundation Delighted with Renewed Partnership for Reimagined ‘Peter and the Wolf’
Irish Hospice Foundation’s (IHF) ‘Peter and the Wolf’ book was originally created in 2003 with Bono and Gavin Friday part of the team who wrote, performed and illustrated the book. Both artists have continued their relationship with IHF and the story of Peter has now been transformed into a beautiful short animated film. The uniquely […]
Is Death a Dirty Word – Second Life Sale Day
A Pop-Up Second Life sale, which is open to the public where anyone attending can buy and sell pre-loved fashion, accessories and homeware. […]
‘I Know The Sun Must Set’ Exhibition Exploring Loss and Grief
Actor, writer, and musician Ikenna Anywabuike collaborated with designer and visual artist Maclaine Black to create ‘I Know the Sun Must Set’ – a multimedia based exploration of grief through the medium of poetry, music, and artistic installation. The show was exhibited at Galway’s 126 Art Gallery in April 2023. Inspiration for this exhibition comes […]
Brain Injury Losses – an Untold Story 2023
As part of our 2023 Seed Grants programme, supported by Creative Ireland, Danielle Manning, a senior social worker with Acquired Brain Injury Ireland, ran a series of workshops with traumatic brain injury survivors. Using a variety of creative practices, the aim was to explore how expressive art interventions can aid survivors work through grief and […]
