Seed Grants for Creative Approaches to Encouraging Advance Care Planning Conversation in Residential Care 2026 Application Deadline: Thursday 30th April 2026 (5.00pm) Irish Hospice Foundation and its Caru programme offer Seed Grants for creative approaches to encouraging conversation in Residential Care about Advance Care Planning. A growing body of practice supporting “creativity in residential care […]
Grief, play, and letting something move – World Art Day 2026 By Ben Robin Lucent “I have a basketball in the boot. Would you be up for stopping to shoot some hoops?” I said this yesterday, as we got back to the car. We’ve both experienced two deaths, very close together, in the past […]
Grief, Language, and Meaning: Marking Seachtain na Gaeilge with IHF’s New Bereavement Resources in Irish By Dearbhla Ní Mhaolagáin and Dr Aisling Lavelle Seachtain na Gaeilge is a time to celebrate identity, community and culture through the Irish language, which is a language rich with history, emotion, and beautifully layered meaning. It is also a time to recognise how deeply language […]
Celebrating Women in End of Life Care this International Women’s Day International Women’s Day is Sunday, 8th March this year, providing an opportunity to reflect on the support that women provide within healthcare, more specifically, end-of-life care. We asked our Director of Healthcare, Siobhán Murphy, to reflect on this. Given her current role as Healthcare […]
Ways to Get Involved and Support IHF This Spring We’d like to thank you for your continued support. Your kindness ensures our vital programmes and services — such as Nurses for Night Care, the Bereavement Support Line, and our Information and Support Line — continue to reach people across Ireland facing end of life and […]
The Power of Being and Doing – Grief Support without Words National Grief Awareness Week When we think about supporting someone who is grieving—or even about tending to our own grief—we often picture heartfelt conversations, meaningful advice, or finding the ‘right’ words to say. For many people, the pressure to support through speaking can feel […]
The Myth of the “Right” Way National Grief Awareness Week For some people, grief is not processed through conversation at all. It might take place through going to the gym and concentrating on one more rep. It might be them attending a yoga class and holding a pose for one more breath. It might be […]
Encouraging a Greater Understanding During National Grief Awareness Week IHF is launching its sixth annual National Grief Awareness Week, taking place from 26th January to 1st February. This year’s theme focuses on showing you care and ‘Being Grief Aware’. When Irish Hospice Foundation was set up in 1986 it saw improvement of bereavement care as […]
Two in Three People Were Not Told That Death Was Imminent A report by Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) shows that without targeted investment and planning, Ireland is facing a potential future crisis in end-of-life care and support for people who are bereaved. In the report Dying, Death and Bereavement in Ireland 2026, Irish Hospice Foundation […]
We’d like to thank you for your continued support throughout 2025. Your kindness ensures our vital programmes and services — such as Nurses for Night Care, the Bereavement Support Line, and our Information and Support Line — continue to reach people across Ireland facing end of life and bereavement. If you are wondering how you […]
No-one has to grieve alone. Our Bereavement Support Line is here to provide comfort and support. If you are grieving or worried about someone else who is, call Freefone 1800 80 70 77, available Monday to Friday 10am to 1pm.
1800 80 70 77
The Information and Support Line provides signposting, practical supports and resources about end-of-life care for those facing or caring for someone with a life-limiting illness. Call Freephone 1800 60 70 66, available Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm.
1800 60 70 66
