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Rosabel’s Rooms was established by parents Suzanne McClean and Gary Monroe in memory of their beloved daughter Rosabel Monroe, who died suddenly and unexpectedly in April 2017, aged sixteen months.
Rosabel’s Rooms in collaboration with The Irish Hospice Foundation, was launched on the 5th January 2018, on what would have been Rosabel’s 2nd birthday.
The project will develop the following three activities:
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Through the Design & Dignity Programme at the Irish Hospice Foundation, this project will facilitate the development of family-friendly bereavement suites in hospital emergency departments around Ireland, which will provide comfort and dignity for families following the loss of a loved one.
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Through our Room-to-Heal fund, this project will facilitate direct financial support to families, when a child dies in Ireland. This will help to accommodate taking time off work, paying for funeral costs etc.
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Over time this project will work to ensure required therapeutic supports are made available for individuals impacted by child loss.
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Posts Tagged ‘Fundraising’
Join Paul & Evelyn Kimmage on our CSI: Cyle for Care this June
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.
Support your local hospice through Sunflower Days 2017 – 9th & 10th June!
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.
Hospice Sunflower Days is a major source of income for hospices and voluntary hospice groups countrywide. The IHF coordinates the event on behalf of the hospice movement but all of the funds raised locally, stay locally.
For more information on Sunflower Days or to volunteer with your local hospice, please click HERE
C’mon the Camino with Katherine Lynch
From Dancing Shoes to Hiking Boots
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.”
Flights, accommodation and full board are included and full details can be found here or by calling 01 6793188.
Thank you to Bon Secours Health System
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.
Running Miles for Smiles
Well-Known Former Offaly GAA Referee Runs Length of Grand Canal
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.
REGISTER NOW!
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:Saturday 30th July
- 8.30-10am Waterways Ireland Visitor Centre, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin
- 11am Lucan Sarsfield GAA Grounds
- 12noon Ardclough GAA Centre
- 1.30pm Sallins GAA
- 3.30pm Glennon’s Bar, Allenwood
Sunday 31st July
- 9am Harbour Place, Edenderry
- 10am Rhode Parish Hall
- 11.10am Seery’s Pub, Athlone
- 1.30pm Tullamore GAA
- 2pm Ballinamere Bridge
- 3.30pm Pollagh National School
- 4.50pm Noggus Bridge
On behalf of The Irish Hospice Foundation and Irish Autism Action, thank you so much for your generous support!
Celebration weekend for IHF at Lloyds Pharmacy stores nationwide
Lloyds Pharmacy stores donate 2% of all weekend sales to Irish Hospice Foundation
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.”
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Sign up for our first Golf Classic
Want to enjoy a great day of golf, in beautiful surroundings for a great cause?
Join us on Thursday September 18th at the Royal Dublin Golf Club for the first Irish Hospice Foundation
Find Out More and Sign Up >>>
SUMMER RAFFLE PRIZE WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
DRUM ROLL PLEASE.......
A huge THANK YOU to everyone for supporting our Summer Raffle which was a huge success.
All funds raised go towards our Changing Minds programme, which promotes excellence in end of life care for people living with dementia.
The prize-winners are:
- 1st prize (€2,500); Mrs C Kane, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
- 2nd prize (€1,000); Mrs M McHugh, Dublin 7
- 3rd prize (€500); Ms A O’Connor, Galway City
Seller’s prize: Ms M Mullally, Blessington, Co Wicklow
Congrats to all!
SUNFLOWER DAYS TO SUPPORT LOCAL HOSPICE SERVICES TO TAKE PLACE ON 6TH & 7TH JUNE
The Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) has announced today that the national Hospice Sunflower Days collection for local hospice services will take place on Friday, 6th June and Saturday, 7th June.
Next month, 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.
Hospice Sunflower Days is a major source of income for hospices and voluntary hospice groups countrywide. The IHF coordinates the event on behalf of the hospice movement but all of the funds raised locally, stay locally.
Launching Hospice Sunflower Days, RTE’s Mary Kennedy commented: “Communities throughout Ireland have played a pivotal role in developing hospice services. This year the support is even more important considering the difficult environment charities are operating in. We hope the public will continue to give generously to this very worthy cause and remember a donation can go a long way to bringing comfort and dignity to people at the end-of-life.”
Pat Quinlan, Chief Executive Officer of Milford Care Centre and Chair of the Voluntary Hospices Group, commented: “Across the country, the number of people seeking hospice care services continues to increase and at a time when funding resources, both public and voluntary, have become more scarce. This year, we are more reliant than ever on the generosity and goodwill of our supporters and volunteers and we are most mindful of the fact that confidence in the charity sector in general is at an all-time low. Yet, we mustn’t lose sight of what Hospice Care stands for and we would appeal to people to support their local service to enable us to continue to help the most vulnerable members in our communities and most often at a time of greatest need. Sunflower Days is a vital source of funding for local hospice services so please donate on June 6th & 7th and if you have a few hours to spare please consider volunteering.”
The launch of Hospice Sunflower Days was also marked with the presentation of awards to “Sunflower Heroes.” In place for five years, the initiative honours the work of volunteers throughout the country, who work tirelessly on behalf of their local hospice service.
Hospice or palliative care involves the total care of patients and their families at the stage in a serious illness, where the focus has switched from treatment aimed at cure to ensuring quality of life. About 29,000 people die annually in Ireland and over 6,000 people use hospice services every year.
For more information and to volunteer with your local hospice service for Hospice Sunflower Days visit www.sunflowerdays.ie
