Childhood Cancer Foundation

Registered Charity Number

20084363

Also known as

• Childhood Cancer Ireland

Description

Childhood Cancer Ireland is a charitable organisation dedicated to supporting children, adolescents, young adults

diagnosed with cancer, survivors and their families.

The organisation’s principal activities include offering the following services and supports to children,...…

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Childhood Cancer Ireland is a charitable organisation dedicated to supporting children, adolescents, young adults

diagnosed with cancer, survivors and their families.

The organisation’s principal activities include offering the following services and supports to children, adolescents,

young adults, survivors and their families, to include:

· Offering emotional and practical support.

· Advocating for improved supports and healthcare services.

· Raising public awareness of CAYA cancers and the long-term impact.

· Funding research to enhance long-term outcomes for children, adolescents, young adults, survivors, and

their families.

The organisation's mission is to enhance the quality of life for children, adolescents, young adults, and survivors of

cancer, while supporting their families throughout the cancer journey - from diagnosis and treatment, through

survivorship or bereavement, and into adulthood.

During 2023, Childhood Cancer Ireland continued to expand its outreach and support services, responding to the

growing demand for its assistance programmes. Notable achievements during the year include:

• Providing direct support to over 500 families nationwide through our Beads of Courage™ programme, peer

support events, and shared care upgrades, to name just a few.

• Collaborating with hospitals to enhance paediatric, adolescent, and young adult cancer care.

• Developing and launching two new pilot programmes:

1. Access to play therapy and psychotherapy for children, adolescents and their siblings nationwide.

2. Parent 1-day workshops nationwide, aimed at providing psychoeducation on the impact a diagnosis has

had on the family unit, validating emotions and fears, and providing strategies to empower the family to move

forward after a diagnosis.

• Initiating the development of two more services to be launched in 2024:

1. Childhood Cancer Ireland’s Parent Peer Support programme.

2. Financial education and advice programme.

• Continuing to fund and further develop established services such as the Beads of Courage™, Shared Care facility

upgrades in regional hospitals, Gold Ribbon Conversations Podcast and information provisions for families.

• Re-establishing events such as the flagship “Light it up Gold” walk on the 10th anniversary of the first walk, from

which the charity was founded.

• Hosted the 3rd annual CAYAS Conference on the 16th of September 2023 at Croke Park, Dublin, which was kindly

supported by the National Children Cancer Services at CHI at Crumlin, the National Cancer Control Programme and

the Irish Cancer Society.

We continued to work with partner organisations, including the Irish Cancer Society as a member of the Childhood Cancer Stakeholder Group. Work on the National Cancer Strategy 2017-2026 continued through the charity’s active involvement in the National Cancer Control Programme Childhood Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Clinical Leads, Survivorship and Shared Care Committees. Collaboration continued with other organisations to support the establishment of Long Term Follow Up Care for survivors of childhood cancer and other childhood illness groups to advocate on areas of shared concerns.

Charitable Objects

The main object for which the Company is established is: to raise awareness in the public and amongst all health care professionals of childhood cancer;to advance the education of the public in regards to childhood cancer in such ways as the Company may deem appropriate; to assist in such ways...…

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The main object for which the Company is established is: to raise awareness in the public and amongst all health care professionals of childhood cancer;to advance the education of the public in regards to childhood cancer in such ways as the Company may deem appropriate; to assist in such ways as the Company shall deem appropriate any charity or organisation whose aims include advancing the raising of awareness of childhood cancer, education regarding, research into and treatment of childhood cancer.

Registered Company Number

535330

Governing Form

CLG - Company Limited by Guarantee (licenced company)

Country Established

Ireland

Charity Classification

Emotional support and mental wellbeing

Health and care services

Mental health

Social and community services

Social inclusion resources and supports

Working to remove barriers to inclusion

Charitable Purpose

Promotion of health, including the prevention or relief of sickness, disease or human suffering

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