Charities
Amantani UK
We help the indigenous children of Ccorca to successfully negotiate with Peru’s modern and westernized society. Our boarding houses have transformed the lives of 64 children living near to Cusco. Previously these marginalised children had to walk up to 8 hours daily to get to and from school. Now they are happy in our boarding houses where they can unlock their full potential.
Have a look at our Annual Report 2010 here.
(Charity Reg. No. 1131489)
T: +44 7986654068
W: www.amantani.org.uk
Autism Assistance Dogs Ireland (AADI)
Autism assistance dogs Ireland was founded in 2010. Our National Headquarters is based in Quartertown Mills, Mallow, Co. Cork. We are a National Charity training and providing highly trained assistance dogs for free to children with autism.
AADI relies exclusively on voluntary contributions and does not receive any Government funding.
If you would like to know more about autism assistance dogs Ireland and help us make the life of a family of a child with autism more fulfilled by bringing joy, companionship and independence into their lives, please consider supporting us. We are currently recruiting fundraisers, who will register themselves, for the Cork City Marathon.
Autism Assistance Dogs Ireland, Quartertown Mills, Mallow, Co. Cork
T: 022-43851
E: info@aadi.ie
W: www.aadi.ie
Brainwave
Brainwave is committed to working for, and to meeting the needs of the estimated 37,000/1 in 115 people with epilepsy in Ireland and their families and carers. Brainwave's vision is to achieve a society where no person's life is limited by epilepsy.
We provide a wide range of information and support services from headquarters in Dublin and from regional offices in Cork, Dundalk, Galway, Kerry, Kilkenny, Letterkenny, Limerick, Sligo and Tullamore.
These services include a nurse-led helpline, information leaflets and booklets, support groups, one-to-one support, community outreach, information seminars and awareness days.
Brainwave runs an epilepsy-specific pre-employment training programme for young people with epilepsy called Training For Success, in association with the IT Sligo and FAS.
We also provide education and training services to health professionals, teachers and employers, while the Brainwave Research Funding Scheme, established in 2008 is now supporting three important epilepsy research projects at Beaumont, UCD and the RCSI. Brainwave has been instrumental in both lobbying for and providing funding for Community Epilepsy Specialist Nurses in Dublin and Sligo.
T: 01 4557500 F: 01 4557013
E: fundraising@epilepsy.ie
W: www.epilepsy.ie
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Follow Brainwave on Twitter: @Brainwave_irl
Brú Columbanus
Brú Columbanus provides “home from home” accommodation for the relatives of seriously ill patients in Cork Hospitals and Hospice, especially relatives of sick children. Brú Columbanus consists of 26 en-suite family rooms with a supporting kitchen and lounges where families can meet other families who are in similar situations and can lend support and understanding to each other and draw on their shared experiences.
Since we opened in October 2005 we have accommodated in excess of 2,800 families.
We are an independent charity and rely completely on donations and fundraising to cover our running costs.
Bru Columbanus, Cardinal Way, Wilton, Cork
T: 021-4345754
E: brucolumbanus@eircom.net
Build4Life/Cystic Fibrosis
Build4Life/Cystic Fibrosis is a locally based charity whose mission statement is to provide facilities for People With Cystic Fibrosis (PWCF) within Cork University Hospital.
Since formed 4 years ago we have raised €2,200,000 and next April we will open the New Adult Clinic. In June we will start construction on the badly needed isolated bed's for Adult PWCF.
We have now launched Build4Life4Kids and our aim is to replicate the success we have had with the Adult facilities for Children with Cystic Fibrosis. Build4Life4Kids will have a week-long exposure in the Evening Echo from the 11th-15th of April to help us get our message across and hopefully raise funds for the new facilities for Children attending CUH.
Build4Life/Cystic Fibrosis would like to encourage people to participate in the Cork City Marathon to benefit our cause.
M: 086-2317722
E: info@build4life.net
W: www.build4life.net
MyCharity.ie Build4Life/ Cystic Fibrosis
Chernobyl Children International
Chernobyl Children International (CCI) restores hope, alleviates suffering and protects current and future generations in the Chernobyl regions, by passionately advocating the rights of all of those affected. CCI’s overall objective is to develop medical and humanitarian programmes that facilitate long-term sustainable community-based solutions, building up local capacity and directly benefiting local communities including children and adults. In partnership with indigenous organisations, CCI develops programmes to reduce poverty and improve the livelihoods of current and future generations of Chernobyl’s children.
W: www.chernobyl-international.com
Concern WorldWide
Concern Worldwide works with the poorest people in the poorest countries of the world to enable them to transform their lives. Concern works to alleviate hunger and suffering in the world’s poorest countries. When an emergency strikes Concern is on the ground taking action. Working with both local and international partners Concern is dedicated to assisting, protecting and empowering the world’s most vulnerable people.
52-55 Lower Camden Street | Dublin 2 | Ireland
T +353 1 4178043
W www.concernchallenge.org
Cork ARC Cancer Support
Cork ARC Cancer Support is a registered charity and voluntary organisation established in 2003 to provide a holistic centre in which people with cancer and their families can find emotional support and practical help. Our aim is to provide therapies that complement the medical model, so as to make a difference to the lives of those affected by cancer. Our services are offered free of charge and include a drop in centre, counselling, stress management, reflexology, therapeutic massage, yoga, art therapy, and support groups. We are currently recording over 4000 visits a year. Cork ARC is indebted to its 70 volunteers who give of their time and expertise to help people with cancer.
The house is located at O'Donovan Rossa Road, Cork, close to the gates of the University off Western Road.
T: 021-4276688
W: www.corkcancersupport.ie
Cork Mental Health Foundation & Cork Mental Health Housing Association
We are a registered Charity and have been established in Cork since 1962. In this time we have supported 1,000s of people with mental health difficulties through the provision of housing and the running of our various awareness raising projects.
The aim of the housing association is to actively support and empower people with mental health difficulties through the promotion and provision of high quality housing services. Currently we have 25 properties in Cork City and County supporting over 110 residents at present.
The aim of Cork Mental Health Foundation is to promote positive mental health, create awareness and understanding of mental health and mental illness and to actively support an empower persons with a mental health difficulty. We do this through the running of our various projects throughout the year. We run a Public Speaking Project and a Personnel Development Workshop within Secondary Schools focused around the promotion of positive mental health. We organise a seminar each year which was attended by over 600 people last year and we offer assistance to employers through the provision of our “Mind Matters” pack.
If you would like to support Cork Mental Health Foundation and Cork Mental Health Housing Association please contact us on the number below or call into our office any weekday and we will provide you with a sponsorship card and a t-shirt.
T: 021 4511100
W: www.corkmentalhealth.com
Cork Simon Community
Cork Simon Community was founded over 40 years ago in Cork by volunteers. Today, over 650 volunteers work alongside staff to reach out to and support people who are homeless in Cork, or at risk of becoming homeless. The people who turn to Cork Simon are among the most marginalised, vulnerable and excluded. They include women as well as men, young people in their late teens and twenties as well as older people.
People's physical and mental health is poor and addiction is also often an issue. Whilst some people are at greater risk of homelessness because of their life circumstances, Cork Simon supports people from all walks of life. Every year Cork Simon supports up to 800 people.
Cork Simon starts on the street with the basics, a kind word, food and shelter. We provide emergency shelter and work with others in Cork to ensure that there are enough beds so that no one has to sleep rough. Cork Simon also has care homes - five across Cork City, as well as supporting people living in flats and apartments. We provide access to health care, counselling, activities, education and training. Above all Cork Simon is understanding about people's past, focusing on the practical needs of the person to-day; and by believing in people, giving hope for a better future through friendship and community.
Cork Simon can't do this on our own - we need your help and your support. One way you can do this is by taking part in the Cork City Marathon in support of Cork Simon and the people we support.
Contact: Sarah Graham for more details
T: 021-4929410; F: 021-4321349
E: sarah@corksimon.ie
W: http://www.corksimon.ie/
The Donkey Sanctuary
The Donkey Sanctuary is based in Liscarroll, Mallow, Co Cork. We have taken in over 3000 donkeys rescued from all parts of the country. Many donkeys have been abandoned or put in a field and given little or no attention after working hard for their owners. We strongly believe that these donkeys deserve to be provided with care and that their suffering should cease.
We depend entirely on donations from supporters to continue our vital work. Feeding, treating and providing refuge for our ever-growing family of donkeys takes an enormous amount of money. Please take part in the Bord Gáis Energy Cork City Marathon and help raise vital funds for The Donkey Sanctuary. We will send you a sponsorhsip pack and t-shirt.
Contact: Jacinta O'Connor at 022 48398
E: info@thedonkeysanctuary.ie.
Further details on www.thedonkeysanctuary.ie or Facebook
Enable Ireland
Enable Ireland has been part of the fabric of Cork for over 50 years, providing a huge range of free services to children and adults living with physical and sensory disabilities such as Cerebral Palsy, Spina Bifida, Muscular Dystrophy, to name but a few, in Cork City and County. Today, Enable Ireland Cork supports over 480 children and adults at our centre’s in Ballintemple (The Lavanagh Centre), Little Island, Blackrock and Ladysbridge in East Cork.
The services provided for children and their families; cover all aspects of a child's physical, educational, and social development from early infancy through adolescence. For adults we offer a range of services covering personal development, independent living, supported employment and social and leisure activities. Our mission is to help each individual to achieve maximum independence, choice and inclusion in their communities.
The demand for our services has never been greater and we are committed to providing high quality services that continue to make a difference to a vast number of people in Cork. It is only through the ongoing support of volunteers and supporters that we can continue to develop and expand our services to people with disabilities, enabling positive change in their lives.
T: 021 429 4434
E: corkfr@enableireland.ie
W: www.enableireland.ie
Féileacáin (Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Association of Ireland)
Féileacáin are a newly formed charity (CHY 19635). We hope to provide assistance & support to anyone affected by the loss of a baby. We are currently supplying some of the maternity hospitals with memory boxes. We will also be providing phone support and group meetings to those who may need it. We have links to Sands UK and the International Stillbirth Alliance.
We decided that the aims of Féileacáin would be:
- Provide hospitals with our memory boxes to give to families.
- To offer a befriending service and phone support
- To hold regular support meetings
- To provide a safe place and space and time for parents to remember their babies
- To promote research into the causes of stillbirth and neonatal death and the effects of grief on the family.
- To work closely with the maternity hospitals.
- To organise Remembrance Services.
M: 085-2496464
E: info@feileacain.ie
W: www.feileacain.ie
Friends of Leukaemia Patients Cork
Registered Charity Number 15959; Voluntary Group
We are composed mainly of family and friends of patients with leukaemia. We have experienced the difficulties of having a loved one with this illness. We are an entirely voluntary organisation and are dedicated to providing friendship and practical support to patients and their families/carers in the Munster area in any way possible during their illness.
As part of our work, we provide Home-from-Home Accommodation whilst a patient is undergoing a bone marrow transplant in St James Hospital, Dublin.
A key strength of the Friends of Leukaemia Cork is the personalised delivery of help, which makes us unique. As a charitable organization, receiving no government funding, we totally rely on the support of the public to continue our work.
Contact: Imelda Reynolds, Chairperson, NSC Centre, Mahon, Cork
T: 021-4823625
E: friendsolp@gmail.com
W: www.friends-of-leukaemia-patients-cork.com
The Grace Nolan Foundation
Grace Nolan died aged 9 from a rare genetic blood cell disorder called Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia, or H.H.T. Her parents Mike and June Nolan registered a non-profit charity (CHY 14869) in her name in September 2002, which strives to combat the H.H.T. disorder by education, awareness advocacy, and by funding the National H.H.T. Centre and other medical research initiatives. Indeed, the Grace Nolan Foundation was central in the establishment of the National H.H.T. Centre in the Mercy University Hospital in Cork, the first and still the only HHT expertise centre in Ireland, one of only six in Europe and twenty in the world. The Grace Nolan Foundation funds the ongoing operation of this centre, as well as donating funds to genetic research striving to find a “magic bullet” cure for H.H.T.
As a Cork-based national charity, we also run an annual letter writing competition called "Dear Grace" involving 5th and 6th class primary school children across Ireland. This competition raises awareness of HHT, but unfortunately costs us dearly to stage. It is for this reason that we try to organise a couple of noteworthy fundraising events each year, to keep our awareness and advocacy programmes alive.
Headway
Headway, the national association for Acquired Brain Injury (ABI), was established in 1985 to address the needs of people with ABI and their carers. Headway provides a range of community based services for people between the ages of 16 and 65 who are affected by ABI. Headway’s services include the following: Day Services, Psychological Services, Community Integration, Rehabilitative Training, Family Services, Social Work, Supported Employment, Information and Educational Services and the National Telephone Helpline.
Brain injury can happen to anyone at any time in life and can be a result of an accident or blow to the head, a stroke, haemorrhage, infection or tumour. The impact of ABI is life long, affecting both the person with the injury and their family members in a variety of ways. Due to the many and varied effects of ABI, people often have difficulty living independently, working or returning to education, participating in social and leisure activities and maintaining family roles or personal relationships
For over a decade the staff at Headway in Cork has been helping adults with ABI to slowly piece their lives together following the confusion and helplessness that comes in the aftermath of a brain injury. With appropriate supports, people with ABI can achieve massive progress towards regaining the independent and meaningful lifestyle torn apart by the trauma of suffering a brain injury. By choosing Headway as your charity of choice for this year’s Bord Gais Energy Cork City marathon, the money you raise will go directly towards providing the high quality services for our clients as listed above. We thank you in advance for your kind and generous support.
Headway Training Centre, Unit B3 Link Road Business Park, Ballincollig, Co. Cork. T: 021 4 871 303
Headway Psychological and Family Services, Kenny Group House, Carrigrohane, Cork T: 021 4 347 625
National Helpline Number:
1890 200 278
W:
www.headway.ie
E:
info@headway.ie
The Ireland fund
The Ireland Fund of Great Britain is the foremost charity that provides financial assistance to organisations that provide care for elderly and vulnerable Irish people living in Britain. The 'Forgotten Irish' campaign was launched in 2007 to raise awareness of and funds for the vulnerable and elderly Irish community in the UK. Most of the ‘forgotten Irish’ came to Britain in the second half of the twentieth century. The majority came to find work and sent billions of pounds home to their families - thousands of others came to escape the hardship, marginalisation and all too often, the abuse of institutional life.
At the end of their working lives, many had the means to go home. However, many are still here, often living in isolation, poverty and deprivation – without the support of friends or family.
This year, Tom Corkery has set a unique challenge for himself and others in his fund-raising efforts for the Forgotten Irish. Tom ran the very first Cork Marathon in 1982 and is returning 30 years later to try to match or better his original time of 3hrs 49mins. Tom's calling on other original 1982-Cork marathoners to join him and run or walk as close to their original time as possible.
Of course you don't have to join in the marathon challenge to help out. Tom has set a second target for his challenge - to raise £10,000 for the Forgotten Irish campaign. Please see Tom's 30-year Challenge for details of Tom's plans and progress, and if you'd like to donate, you'll find details at www.justgiving.com/Tom-Corkery.
Irish Cancer Society
The Irish Cancer Society is the national charity dedicated to preventing cancer, saving lives from cancer and improving the quality of life of those living with cancer through patient care, research and education.
The Society is financed entirely by voluntary contributions from the public and receives no government funding. We rely on thousands of dedicated volunteers from around the country to help with our fundraising activities. We are the largest voluntary funders of Cancer Research in Ireland, and we also provide support and nursing care for people at every step of their cancer journey.
Help us continue to deliver our much needed services throughout Ireland. To sign up for the Bord Gais Energy Cork City Marathon, please visit www.cancer.ie/run4life and get involved! If you are setting up a fundraising page on MyCharity.ie, please register your event with us first so that we can provide you with fundraising materials and assist you with your fundraising.
Contact us at CallSave 1850 60 60 60 or email fundraising@irishcancer.ie. Thank you for joining us in the fight against cancer.
IFSB2@eircom.netW: www.3ts.ie/directory.htm
Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind
Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind is a national charity dedicated to helping persons who are blind or vision impaired and families of children with autism to achieve improved mobility and independence. The national headquarters and training centre is based on the Model Farm Road, in Cork.
All our life-changing services are provided free of charge and include the following;
- Guide Dogs for people who are blind or vision impaired.
- Assistance Dogs for families of children with autism.
- Orientation and Mobility Skills.
- Independent Living Skills.
- The Next Step Programme (for young adults transitioning to life in college/work)
- Child Mobility Programme.
Our buildings were recently refurbished and designed with the needs of our clients in mind. Indoor and outdoor tactile surfaces as well as the use of colour contrast can help new clients to easily navigate around the facility. Our aim is to provide a safe “home away from home” experience.
We receive over 80% of our income through voluntary donations and fundraising through a network of volunteers across the country. It will cost just over €4million to run our organisation this year.
Make every step count, challenge yourself and raise funds for Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind. Help us to give the gift of independence and mobility.
Contact:
Anne-Marie Collins, Fundraising Officer, Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind, National Headquarters and Training Centre, Model Farm Road, Cork.
Lo-call: 1850 506 300
E: annemarie2@guidedogs.ie
W: www.guidedogs.ie
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/irishguidedogs
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/irishguidedogs
Irish Lung Foundation Contact Details:
M: Irish Lung Foundation Ltd 1 Eden Quay, Dublin 1
T: 01 8749985
W: http://irishlungfoundation.ie/
Charity No. CHY9683
Thank you for allowing this to happen, to date we have raised over 1,000 euro.
Lámha Suas
Lámha Suas works in the district of Mubende, central Uganda, to help children, especially girls to stay in school. This July, we will provide Madudu C.U. Primary School with a water tank and a grinding machine. We will also build them a kitchen, storeroom and a shelter for the grinding machine. Then our School Feeding Programme begins!
The people of Madudu eat one meal a day, in the evening when everyone comes home from work and school. This means that the children go to school on an empty tummy. It is hard to concentrate when you are hungry. Many of the children walk 9km, to and from school, each day.
We will provide them with a cup of porridge everyday. It will cost €15 to feed one child for a whole year! The fundraising from the Cork City Marathon will go to pay for the day to day running of the programme.
Contact: Deborah Sheeran, 13 Colman Crescent, Lusk, Co. Dublin.
E: deborah@lamhasuas.ie
W: www.lamhasuas.ie
We are also on Facebook and Mycharity.ie
CHY NO. 19696
Life Centre, Cork
We are a charity in Sunday's Well in Cork city. We are a centre of education for young school leavers from the ages of 12 to 18. Many young people are unable to cope with the mainstream education and we offer one to one tuition and an atmosphere that is closer to home than to a school.
We are a registered charity and we receive no funding from the government. The majority of the teachers here are volunteers and we would be unable to stay open without them.
W: http://cork.lifecentresnetworks.org/
MyCharity.ie http://www.mycharity.ie/charity/lifecentre/
Meningitis Research Foundation
Meningitis Research Foundation is a national charity that fights death and disability from meningitis and septicaemia and supports people affected by these diseases. The Foundation funds vital scientific research into the prevention, detection and treatment of meningitis and septicaemia, raises awareness of the diseases and offers support through in-depth information and befriending.
Free symptoms information is available by calling our Free fone 24 hour helpline 1800 41 33 44.
Contact Information: Meningitis Research Foundation, 63 Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin 1
T: 01-819 6931
E: info@meningitis-ireland.org
W: www.meningitis.org
Mercy Hospital Foundation
The Mercy Hospital Foundation is an independent registered charity for The Mercy University Hospital in Cork. Our aim through fundraising is to help 'The Mercy' to build on its reputation for providing world-class patient-centred treatment and care.
Since we were established in 2007 we have raised funds and supported projects which have impacted directly on the lives of the 100,000 adults and children who are treated in the hospital every year.
Through the Cork City Marathon we have raised thousands of euro which have had a huge impact on patients at the hospital. Over the next three years with the help and support of participants in the Marathon we want to:
- Raise funds to develop a Rapid Access Clinic to diagnose and treat Testicular Cancer, early!
- Support patients undergoing cancer treatment in The Medical Oncology Day Unit (St. Therese’s).
- Fund the development of an ‘Early Diagnosis and Care Unit’ for Oesophageal cancer including the development of non invasive surgery to remove cancer of the oesophagus as a day case.
- Support the development of a ‘Diagnostics Centre of Excellence’ to provide cutting edge scanning facilities to diagnose cancer and heart conditions quickly and effectively.
To join us in the race against cancer please call us on (021) 427 4075 or email info@mercyhospitalfoundation.ie.
The Niall Mellon Township Trust
The Niall Mellon Township Trust is the largest charity provider of quality social housing in South Africa. We provide families living in shacks with a home. Since 2002 we have housed 80,000 people, our aim for 2011 is to make it 100,000 people. Help build a home for a child today. Sign up for our one week Building Blitz at info@nmtownshiptrust.com
Contact us at: Niall Mellon Township Trust, c/o Taylors Three Rock, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16, Ireland.
T: + 353 1 4948200; F: + 353 1 4948250
E: info@nmtownshiptrust.com
W: www.nmtownshiptrust.com
Charity no. CHY 16238, Ireland
Phagespoirs
Phagespoirs are working on bacteriophage solutions as an alternative to antibiotics which are sometimes ineffective. For example they are helping people who are suffering from cystic fibrosis and they have got great results in this area so far.
Contact: Jérôme Larché: +33 6 61 06 77 38 or Hervé Jacqueson: + 33 6 71 04 98 17
W: http://phagespoirs.unblog.fr/
Gifts/donations: http://www.leetchi.com/fr/Cagnotte/16936/d7844f09
ReachOut.com
Youth mental health charity Inspire Ireland runs ReachOut.com, an online service to help young people through tough times. ReachOut.com improves young people's mental health and wellbeing by building skills and providing information, support and referrals in ways we know work for young people.
Since launching in Ireland in late 2009, ReachOut.com has had almost 130,000 unique Irish visits, built a strong Facebook following and has over 70 volunteers from across Ireland on our Youth Advisory Network.
Five of our staff will run the Bord Gáis Energy Cork City Marathon to raise awareness and funds so that ReachOut.com can continue to make a difference in the lives of more and more young people in Ireland. To support us please click here or if you want to run along-side us, email info@inspireireland.ie. Thanks for your support
W: http://www.reachout.com/
RNLI
The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. Our volunteer lifeboat crews rescue an average of 22 people every day around the coasts and waterways of Ireland and the UK. From 44 lifeboat stations in Ireland, 1000 volunteers are well trained and equipped to put to sea in the most fearsome conditions when the call comes. Are you passionate about the water? Do you want to be part of a lifesaving team? Whatever the reason for your interest in our work, we’d love to have you onboard. The RNLI is an independent charity we rely on public donations and legacies to continue our work saving lives at sea.
Contact: Keelin Gibbons, Airside, Swords, Co. Dublin
T: 01 895 1840
E:
keelin_gibbons@rnli.org.uk
W:
www.rnli.ie
St Laurence Cheshire
St Laurence Cheshire is based in Glanmire. It provides residential care for adults with a predominant physical disability. These would include Multiple Sclerosis, Spina Bifida, Fredreiks Ataxia, Huntingtons Chorea, Cerebral Palsy and Aquired Brain Injury. St Laurence’s accommodates a further three people from the community for short term respite care throughout the year.
Services Available:
- 24 hour care and support from trained staff including nursing services
- Respite service for 3 people from the community
- Physiotherapy, occupational and speech and language therapies
- A busy programme of educational and social activities is offered to all residents both individually and in groups, including art, computers, baking , money management and social outings.
The Cheshire ethos is that independent living is not and should not be about what a person can physically do. It is more about what a person emotionally, spiritually and intellectually chooses to do with his/her life.
Contact: Eleanor Goggin 087-2803762
www.cheshire.ie
St Luke’s Home
St Luke's Home Cork has established a Charitable Foundation aimed at raising funds for St Luke's residential programmes and additional support services, to ensure we can continue to provide the best care to our residents, their families and to the wider Cork community. We would really appreciate your support in helping us to achieve our goals so we are asking you, your families and friends to get involved! Last year we purchaserd a new bus for the Home - an essential part of our Community Outreach and Daycare Programme. This year we are fund-raising for essential physiotherapy services at the nursing home. We are hoping that Relay teams of 5 come together and raise funds through participation in the Cork City Marathon. So Have fun, get healthy and support ST. LUKE'S HOME!
Contact: Oonagh O'Driscoll, Director of Fundraising, St Luke's Home, Castle Road, Mahon, Cork
T: 021 4359444 x 502
E: oonagh.odriscoll@stlukeshome.ie
W: www.stlukeshome.ie
Saplings
Saplings, Carlow, is an independent, not-for-profit school for children with Autism. Established originally through the energy and commitment of a small group of parents and professionals in the Kildare area, Saplings has since developed to provide educational services to 84 pupils between Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Carlow and Westmeath.for children with autism.
Denzil Jacobs, one of our marathon participants, will be running the Cork Marathon to raise funds for Saplings. Below is a link to Denzil's MyCharity page, where you can donate as well as read more about the Saplings organisation and what they do.
http://www.saplings.org/
http://www.mycharity.ie/event/denzil_jacobss_event/
Suas Educational Development
Suas is a movement dedicated to supporting quality education in under-resourced communities, with programmes in Ireland, India & Kenya. Founded in 2002, we view education as key to social transformation - change education and you change the world. Key issues are not just about access but also quality - helping children and young people to go beyond the 3Rs (reading, writing, arithmetic) to realise their full potential to enable them to positively shape their futures and that of their communities and countries.
Since our establishment we have helped 13,000 children every year from under resourced communities receive the high quality education that they deserve.
T: 01-6621400
E: communications@suas.ie
W: www.suas.ie
Teenage Cancer Trust
Every day in the UK, six teenagers are told they have cancer. This is a rising figure and there are already more young people than children with the disease. These young people often get a raw deal, receiving hospital treatment in inappropriate facilities catering for children or the elderly.
Teenage Cancer Trust focuses on the needs of teenagers and young adults with cancer by providing specialist teenage units in NHS hospitals designed to give teenagers the very best chance of a positive outcome. As well as state-of-the-art facilities to keep patients occupied during long stays in hospital, the units provide an environment where teenagers can meet others in a similar situation.
Threshold
Last year alone we helped over 22,000 people & families with their housing crisis. Each day we deal with a range of housing problems from illegally retained deposits, to substandard accommodation to illegal evictions. And these are just some of the problems that we deal with. People come to us when they are at their most vulnerable, when they have no one else to turn to. People call upon us when they have just been illegally evicted from their homes and are now homeless.
It is a regular sight on a Friday evening for a family to arrive at our doorstep after being evicted from their homes. Friday evening is the most popular day for an illegal eviction to occur. They come to us looking for guidance and support. We can see the fear in their eyes, and we do our best everyday to ease people’s fears and to help solve their housing problems.
What some people might not realise about Threshold is that we are a charity & rely on the support of our donors to help us to continue to do the work that we do. The people that we help are always eager to do something in return for us, be it volunteering or fundraising in some way. I find that whenever I am talking to people everyone seems to have some story about how Threshold has helped them in some way in the past.
Now I would like to reach out to people and ask them to take part in a marathon for us this year. More and more people seem to be turning to health & fitness these days and taking on the “Operation Transformation” challenge! Having people support Threshold will bring in much needed funds to continue our work & will also raise the awareness of Threshold. You never know who might be there on the day, silently suffering with their housing crisis & to hear about us will give them a place to turn.
To request a sponsorship pack, email moriordan@threshold.ie or phone 01 6353618.
Threshold Advice Centre, 22 South Mall, Cork City
T: 021-4278848
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