The Irish Red Cross provides first aid cover at numerous events around the country every week. These events range from concerts to sports events to community festivals. Whatever the event, the Irish Red Cross can provide first aid cover to suit your needs. Our first aid cover at such events is provided by volunteer members who are trained to very high standards. Some events that the Irish Red Cross covers include:
•Motor Cross Racing
•Cycle Racing including the FBD Milk Ras
•Motor Bike Racing
•Parades
•Concerts
•Sporting fixtures including kick boxing, GAA, soccer, rugby and canoeing
For the provision of First Aid Cover, the country is split into 4 regions. Each region has a volunteer Regional Director of Units and each county has a volunteer Area Director of Units. Should you wish to get first aid cover, be that first aiders and/or an ambulance, for an event that you are organising, please contact the relevent Regional Director. Please note that sending an email with a query regarding first aid cover does not constitute a contract to provide said cover. Cover for an event will be confirmed in writing and is subject to availability of personnel and equipment. Join the Red Cross Youth
Any person between the age of 5 and 25 can join Irish Red Cross Youth. Irish Red Cross Youth take part in a wide variety of activities , programmes and training, which are both educational and recreational. Irish Red Cross Youth groups focus on the protection of life and health, community services, international friendship and carry out dissemination of Red Cross Principles. If you would like to join Irish Red Cross Youth, you will need to fill in a Membership Enrolment Form available by email from membership@redcross.ie or by downloading here. You can find out where your nearest branch is and how to make contact with them using this map . The annual fee is €3.00 if you are between 5 & 10 years, €5 if you are between 11 & 16 years, and €10 otherwise. If you have any queries in respect of Irish Red Cross Youth, please email youth@redcross.ie
Community Services
The Irish Red Cross helps people around Ireland by providing a range of community services and activities through their local branches.
These services include:
The Therapeutic Hand Care Service where volunteers provide a hand massage and/or a manicure to patients in residential care or in their own home. The Skin Camouflage Service which offers specialised advice on using camouflage creams and powders to people with disfiguring skin conditions. The Helping You to Care Course which teaches caring skills and provides useful and practical advice for the many people in Ireland who are providing care. The Helping You to Care Handbook which is a practical, illustrated guide to looking after someone who is ill, elderly or has a disability, with comprehensive information on all aspects of caring. It includes valuable and unique advice on being a carer and all that it entails. The Irish Red Cross Carer of the Year Award which is an award that acknowledges the dedication of our informal carers at home and in the community. It was compiled to provide practical and useful information to babysitters and it should also assist parents or guardians in knowing what kind of guidance they ought to give to their babysitter. The Community Based Health & First Aid Prison Programme operates under a partnership of the Irish Red Cross, Irish Prison Service and City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee.
In response to the needs of local communities, some Irish Red Cross Branches provide services ranging from socials and outings for senior citizens to the provision of transport for sick and elderly people. For more information on the services provided by your local branch please see our Community Services Officer contact page. For further information on Community Services please contact your local Irish Red Cross Branch or the Irish Red Cross Head Office at 16 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Tel: 01 6424600 Email: info@redcross.ie
General information
The Red Cross Movement, with 97 million members worldwide, is the largest humanitarian aid organisation in the world today. It was founded by Swiss business man, Henri Dunant, following the battle of Solferino, northern Italy, in 1859 which resulted in over 40,000 dead or wounded. Dunant found himself in the middle of the battle between the French forces of Emperor, Napoleon III and the Austro-Hungarian Empire which occupied parts of Italy at that time.
