To our wonderful donors, friends and supporters โ thank you for your unwavering support throughout 2025 and for helping us deliver vital programmes and services in end-of-life and bereavement care.
As we step into a new year, Irish Hospice Foundation is deeply grateful to everyone who has walked alongside us this year.
We hope youโre enjoying a peaceful holiday season, and all of us at Irish Hospice Foundation wish you every good wish for the New Year. ๐ป
29/12/2025
As 2025 comes to a close, we want to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone who supported Irish Hospice Foundation this year โ from community fundraisers to our incredible regular donors. ๐ป
Whether you hosted a bake sale, ran a marathon, shared your story, or give generously every month โ your support has made a real and lasting impact.
Because of your support, we can continue our work to provide vital care, comfort and support to people facing end-of-life and bereavement across Ireland.
Hereโs to continuing this journey together in 2026. ๐งก
If you're thinking about fundraising in the year ahead or becoming a regular donor, weโd love to hear from you:
๐ง fundraising@hospicefoundation.ie
25/12/2025
Irish Hospice Foundation wishes you a very Merry Christmas! โญ๐
Sending you all our love and light from afar.๐งก
24/12/2025
Christmas Eve can hold many emotions.
Itโs okay if joy and grief sit side by side tonight.
Grief doesnโt follow a calendar โ and it doesnโt need permission.
If you need support, please visit bereaved.ie ๐งก
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23/12/2025
As we approach Christmas, it's a wonderful opportunity to celebrate with loved ones. However, it can be a difficult and isolating time for many people who are feeling the absence of a loved one, ill or caring for someone who is ill, or just trying to hold it all together.
We would like to honour all of you and let you know we are thinking of you. โค๏ธ
For advice and support, visit ๐ bereaved.ie
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23/12/2025
As you travel home for Christmas,
you may have seen our posters in Connolly, Heuston, and DART stations across Dublin. ๐
Theyโre a reminder that you donโt have to grieve alone.
Our Bereavement Support Line offers a free, confidential space for anyone who has lost someone close โ a family member, friend, or colleague โ to speak with someone who understands grief.
Whether you're grieving yourself, or supporting someone who is, our trained team is here to listen, offer guidance, and help you feel less alone this season. ๐ฌ
๐ฒ Scan the QR code on the poster to visit our webpage and learn more about the support available.
๐ Freephone: 1800 80 70 77
๐ฐ๏ธ MondayโFriday, 10amโ1pm
๐ Please note: The line is closed from 25thโ28th December and on January 1st, with regular hours resuming afterwards.
Huge thanks to Alan and team at UM Ireland for getting our campaign rolled out in train stations across the country!๐
22/12/2025
This is our End-of-Life Symbol. We usually share it on the last Thursday of every month to remember those who have died in Ireland.
In the lead-up to Christmas, we are sharing it a little earlier, as our thoughts are with all those who are grieving at this time.
Please remember that you are not alone in your grief this Christmas and into the new year.
Visit our Bereavement & Loss Hub for information and support ๐ bereaved.ie
Our Bereavement Support Line is open:
โ๏ธ 1800 80 70 77
๐ MonโFri, 10amโ1pm
(Closed 25thโ28th Dec and 1st Jan)
21/12/2025
On days of celebration, grief can quietly sit beside us.
There may be laughter โ and there may be tears.
For those we miss.
For the empty chairs.
For the stories that still live on in us.
This Sunday, we hold space for anyone carrying someone in their heart this Christmas.
You are not alone. ๐ฏ๏ธ
If you need support, visit ๐ bereaved.ie
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19/12/2025
๐โจ We've all been good this year! โจ๐
Our Christmas Cards are available in stores nationwide and online. When you choose our Christmas cards, you're supporting families in Ireland who are facing end of life or navigating grief.โค๏ธhttps://charitycardsireland.ie/The-Irish-Hospice-Foundation-c119078775
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Irish Hospice Foundation was set up in 1986 to fund and develop specific hospice services. Since then our work has expanded to address the needs of people dying in hospitals, at home and in other care settings. We work to provide equity in access to palliative care services for all patients with life limiting illness. We also promote discussion of a broad range of issues related to dying, death and bereavement, in order to identify what matters most to Irish people at the end of life and how best to address their concerns.
Our mission is to achieve dignity, comfort and choice for all people facing end of life.
Death and dying affects each and every one of us. Every year, 30,000 people die in Ireland and up to 300,000 are newly bereaved. Irish Hospice Foundation strives for the best care at end of life and in bereavement for these people and practical support for their loved ones.
THIS IS SOME OF WHAT WE DELIVER:
Hospice Home Care for Children: We have invested โฌ2.5 million in providing Childrenโs Outreach Nurses all around Ireland, a Consultant Paediatrician with a special interest in palliative care and training for healthcare staff. All of these programmes are delivered in partnership with the HSE.
Education and research: Every year nearly 3,000 people take part in our training programmes and we estimate that over 50,000 people have received training in aspects of good end-of-life care and bereavement since we were established. We also fund pioneering research on end-of-life and palliative care issues across Ireland.
Nurses for Night Care: This free national service for people with illnesses other than cancer enables more people fulfill their wish to die at home. This service costs โฌ500,000 per annum.
Hospice Friendly Hospitals: This programme aims to improve end-of-life care in hospitals. The learning from this programme is now being applied in residential care settings for older people.
Innovation in primary care and in peopleโs homes: We support developments in these settings so that better end-of- life care can be delivered everywhere and for everyone.
Innovation in new areas: We are committed to nurturing new areas. In 2013 we were able to attract philanthropic funding for an ambitious national programme, โChanging Mindsโ, which aims to promote excellence in end-of-life care for people living with dementia.
Advocacy: Through advocacy and awareness-raising, we work to promote a better understanding of end-of-life care issues and to influence decision-makers to make services more widely available to all who need them. We actively promote discussion of issues related to dying, death and bereavement in order to identify Irish peopleโs concerns about these matters and consider how they might be addressed.
