New year, new you, the Irish Hospice Foundation has the challenge for you!
This year, our Cycle Challenge will take place at the end of June across the stunning landscape of Northern Italy while our Camino Challenge will take place in Portugal in September.
Why not get on your bike and or dust off your walking shoes and take on the challenge to raise funds for the Irish Hospice Foundation!
For more details and to register you interest, go here: https://bit.ly/36RvWgY
Answer our call!
Join in the excitement kicking off in Japan during the World Cup (Sept 20th – Nov 2nd) by hosting a Big Rugby Brunch for The Irish Hospice Foundation.
The matches will be shown during the mornings, so why not organise a brunch for family, friends and colleagues either at home, at your local club or even at work?
Simply ask your brunch guests to give a donation in lieu of a cuppa and a bite to eat.
To join the scrum and raise money for those facing dying, death and bereavement in Ireland, go here. We’ll send you out your very own Big Rugby Brunch Fundraising Pack!
Sports journalist and former professional cyclist Paul Kimmage is calling on cycling enthusiasts nationwide to join him and his daughter Evelyn on the CSI: Cycle for Care in aid of the Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) this June. The duo will lead the way, covering 600km across the stunning landscapes of Croatia, Slovenia and Italy in just 5 days. They will be pedalling for the IHF’s Nurses for Night Care service, which provides care to people in their own homes at the end of life right around the country. This is a fantastic way to challenge yourself and see the beautiful mountains and beaches of Croatia, Slovenia and Italy. Starting in Piran and staying in picturesque towns along the way to Trieste, you will be supported throughout your journey by the IHF team. Flights, accommodation and full board are included and full details can be found here or by calling 01 6793188. Registration closes Friday 16 March. Read more here.
On these days, people will be able to support their local hospice service by purchasing various pieces of Sunflower merchandise including sunflower pins or sunflower seeds for €2 each from collectors on the streets of cities, towns and villages across Ireland.
Make every step count for hospice care this September by walking the Camino de Santiago with actress Katherine Lynch in aid of the Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF).
The Leitrim-native will walk the scenic coasts of Portugal and northern Spain to support hospice care and IHF programmes such as Nurses for Night Care and Hospice Friendly Hospital Programme (HFH).
Katherine’s idonate link if you wish to support is here.
The IHF event takes place from September 24th to 1st October taking in beaches, rolling hills and gentle, flat paths with walking distances of approximately 20km daily. This section of the Camino is located in the region of Galicia – a region also known as the ‘Ireland of Spain’.
Helen McVeigh, IHF Director of Fundraising, commented: “By stepping out on the Camino you are embarking on a personal challenge but also supporting people nationwide who are facing death or bereavement. Our vision is for no one to face these difficult times without the care and support they need. This is your chance to make every step matter.
Katherine is an amazing ambassador and we’re delighted to have such a high profile personality leading the way. Nurses for Night Care service provided 2,027 nights of care in 2016 and helped 600 families. 48 hospitals have been involved in our HFH programme since it was founded 10 years ago.”
We would really like to thank Bon Secours Health System for their very generous donation of €5,000. This donation will certainly be a huge help funding our “Nurses for Night Care” Programme.
Shannonbridge man Damien Brazil will attempt to run 132km in two days on Saturday and Sunday, July 30 and 31 in aid of The Irish Hospice Foundation and Irish Autism Action.
The first day will see Damien run from Dublin to Edenderry and on day two the former referee will complete the track to Shannon Harbour.
Damien is training hard and excited about the challenge: “I was a footballer and also served on the National Referee’s Panel from 2007 to 2014. I was lucky enough to officiate in some wonderful games with some extremely talented players and fitness of course was important; but this challenge is a far greater obstacle and will see me at 49 years of age attempt a marathon and a half on both days, 132kms in total.
“This struggle for me is only minute when compared to the struggles borne by parents of autistic children or families of people who are at end-of-life and require that constant care for which there is little or no state funding. We can make a difference. So please join with me in whatever way you can to bring back a smile back to their faces.”
The Irish Hospice Foundation is extremely grateful to Damien for his efforts and for choosing to improve end-of-life care in our communities.
To donate online please click HERE or phone Damien on 087 9138767.
Damien’s website has links to his Facebook and Twitter. There will be collection points along the way. People are invited to join Damien on sections of the run, help with stewarding or simply support him along the way.
If you would like to join Damien for a section of the route you can register by contacting Louise McCarron at 01 679 3188, or at any of the registration points listed below:
There’s plenty of fun at LloydsPharmacy this September and an opportunity for you to support the Irish Hospice Foundation.
There’ll be all manner of fun and games going on in-store with everything from face-painting and colouring competitions to tombola’s and refreshments as the company celebrates its partnership with the Irish Hospice Foundation over the weekend of September 18th – 21st. The company will also donate 2% of all sales from their 83 stores nationwide to the charity for the duration of the weekend.
Sharon Foley CEO Irish Hospice Foundation & Goretti Brady, managing director, LloydsPharmacy
Speaking about the weekend, Goretti Brady, managing director, LloydsPharmacy said, “We’re all really looking forward to the weekend. It will be great to enjoy the fun with our customers and communities and know that we’re raising money for this really important organisation who carry out such critical work in our community”.
Speaking about the partnership, Sharon Foley, CEO of the Irish Hospice Foundation, thanked Lloyds for their support and wished them well with their celebration weekend. ‘’We do not receive any core funding from the State so partnerships like this are very important to us and vital so we can continue with our work. We also look forward to spreading the message of what we do through LloydsPharmacy’s extensive network of stores all over Ireland.”
