Hospitals treat the illness, Barretstown treats the child. Barretstown offers free, medically endorsed camps and programmes that are designed for children and their families living with cancer and other serious illness - all supported behind the scenes by 24 hour on site medical and nursing care. O
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Everyday in Ireland, a family is coping with the news that their loved one has Cancer. Thanks to your support, no family is alone. Every year, over 1,300 families visit Purple House for a wide range of support services like Counselling, art therapy, Children's Camps, hospital transport, Programmes
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76% people want to die at home, but only 26% are able to due to difficulties in meeting their medical needs. We fund night nursing so people can fulfil their final wish to spend their last days in their homes, also providing much needed respite for their families. In 2017 we will receive requests fo
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The Karen Fenton Ovarian Cancer Fund was established following the death of our eldest sibling Karen Fenton in April 2017. Since then we have been relatively successful given limited resources and time volunteered mainly just from Karen's family. We wish to really push on with our efforts to raise f
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As we grow older basic household tasks can become very difficult to manage. People who have been house-proud all of their lives find themselves unable to maintain their homes. Ultimately this can make the difference between staying at home and moving to residential care. Care & Repair uses a pool
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Hope Trust plan to expand existing counselling offered in Athlone and Galway, Ireland and over zoom, particularly to those who self harm or have suicidal thinking. This project would subsidise 200 more counselling hours and 50 more support group hours, to those who are in need. In 2020 there were
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