Charity Support

Education & Training for Children’s Healthcare Team

LauraLynn is required to incorporate on-going learning into its service development initiatives, but unfortunately the cost of this is considerable.  Rosie & Jim, Ballybrittas have supported us this quarter by putting funding towards educational and training resources for our nurses and carers.  Funding for educational books and training for development and up-skilling is crucial to the development of the service and care we provide here.

Sponsorship of our Annual Report

Each year LauraLynn release an Annual Report, where our members, service users and funders can read about our activities and achievements in the past year while learning about our future objectives. It is an invaluable tool for communicating with all our stakeholders. We are hugely grateful to Rosie & Jim for sponsoring our Annual Report this year.

See more about LauraLynn Clinical Education & Training Department >

Rosie & Jim are delighted to share they have donated €1000 to Dublin Simon Community.

This fantastic charity works to prevent and address homelessness in Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow, Meath, Louth, Cavan and Monaghan. They provide services at all stages of homelessness and enable people to move to a place they can call home.

We received this lovely message of thanks from the Dublin Simon Community CEO.

Hello from Dublin Simon Community,

Thank you for your generous donation of €1000.00.

Your kindness means we can show people in Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow, Meath, Louth, Cavan and Monaghan that they are not less.

Your donation helps all of our teams to continue essential work in tackling homelessness and supporting the most vulnerable in our society at every stage of their journey.

From all of us at Dublin Simon, thank you for being a part of our community.

Best of luck to Ava Corcoran from, Ballybrittas who is braving taking part in the Jump from the Sky, for AFI 2019 event on 15th June. Ava is doing the skydive on behalf of her cousin Maura to raise money for Ataxia Foundation Ireland.  Maura was diagnosed with Friedreich's Ataxia when she was 12. Ava contacted us looking for support. Rosie replied to Ava...

"Myself and Jimmy are very happy to provide €500.00 toward your sky dive - well done, you are all very brave!! We are sorry Maura has been diagnosed with what I’m sure is a difficult condition, and hope our contribution goes in some way to help with the support needed for this very worthy cause. I had never heard of this condition and, thanks to caring people like you Ava it helps to bring awareness about what this conditions is, and the lack of support for these difficulties that life throws up! We wish Maura all the very best and hope she is doing well!  Best of luck to you Ava with the sky dive, enjoy I’m sure it will be a fantastic experience!

About AFI

Ataxia Foundation Ireland (CLG) a Company Limited by Guarantee.  This New Voluntary National Support Group is for people affected by Friedreich's Ataxia (the most common Genetic Ataxia) and up to 50 other Ataxia's.  The organisation was founded by four people with Ataxia, to form the board of directors and trustees and have recently increased the board to seven,  five with an Ataxia and two non-disabled people and have established a Management Committee made up of members and volunteers, most of who have supported people with Ataxia for many years.

What is Friedreichs Ataxia?

Friedreichs Ataxia is a genetic and progressive disorder of the central nervous system which usually manifests itself in children between the ages of six and sixteen years. However, in some instances the onset for Friedreichs and other Genetic Ataxia’s can be much later. Because of the genetic factor more than one person in a family may be affected. The general symptoms are clumsiness, difficulties with balance, lack of co-ordination and, in time, a slurring of speech. Although there is no specific treatment for any of the known Ataxia’s, fundamental research into its pathogenesis is ongoing worldwide, and there are, in any case, various ways in which the burden on sufferers and their relatives can be lightened.

Rosie & Jim are delighted to sponsor Fisherstown Festival 2016!

Taking place at the end of June, The Fisherstown Festival is held at the picturesque surrounding of the Fishermans Thatched Inn, at Fisherstown Co. Laois.
The Fishermans Thatched Inn is located on an ancient crossroads on what was once the main highway between Tara; home to the high kings of Ireland and Cashel. A fitting location for the festival to promote community spirit and involvement, and the rich traditional Irish culture.

Find out more on their website >

Rosie & Jim have donated €5000 to DEBRA Ireland.

This is EB Awareness Week 2022.

Many people living with EB are struggling to get the support they desperately need, and a lack of funding and a shortage of nurses are leaving some families without reliable and consistent nursing care at home.
Join the fight for EB care and add your name to call on the Minister for Health to invest in EB care now - debraireland.org/ebaw

Nursing care is essential to protect the health and wellbeing of children and adults with more severe forms of EB.
These nurses manage and assess wounds at home and are vital to helping prevent dangerous infections.
No parent should be forced to provide this complex care themselves due to a lack of resources.
Bandage changes involve intense physical pain, making it particularly difficult and emotionally draining for parents and loved ones.

Add your name to call on the Minister for Health to invest in EB care now.

Find Out More on the Debra Ireland Website - https://debraireland.org/ebaw/

* What is EB?

Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is a rare genetic condition that makes your skin so fragile that even a gentle touch can cause blistering and open wounds. Children and adults living with more severe forms of EB have to wear bandages across most of their body to protect their skin and prevent infection. These bandages and the wounds they protect need to be carefully looked after, with most people needing a full bandage change at home at least three times each week. Bandage changes are a painful procedure during which blisters are burst and drained, ointments are applied, and the skin is wrapped in up to three layers of dressing.

Rosie & Jim have recently sponsored the Fudoshin Wado Kai Carlow, Coxes Lane, Carlow €200. 

The club are seeking funding to contribute towards:
1. Club uniform, training, competition gear such as training tops, gloves, shin pads etc
2. Travel costs for children to enable participation of national/international tournaments
3. Running competitions/ training camps to raise the club profile
4. Purchasing training equipment to help expand the club

Well done to Debbie Long and the team - and best of luck with future competitions! 

Rosie & Jim are proud to support Saint John Of God Hospital by donating €500 at Christmas time.
A fantastic worthy cause, Saint John of God helps people suffering from mental health problems.
Since its foundation in 1882, the mission of Saint John of God Hospital is to bring healing, care and wholeness to people who have mental illness or psychological and emotional problems.
Assessment, treatment, rehabilitation and care are provided in accordance with the highest professional standards and always in keeping with the ethos and caring traditions as modeled for us by Saint John of God.

Find out more about Saint John Of God on their website - http://www.stjohnofgodhospital.ie/
Keep in touch with Saint John Of God on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sjogmentalhealth/

Rosie & Jim are super excited to sponsor jerseys, bags, equipment and travel costs worth €12,509 for the Laois Lions Wheelchair Rugby Club to participate in the Bernd Best Turnier 2023 tournament in Germany this weekend!

Wishing the team the very best of luck for the tournament and for the whole trip to Germany!

https://www.facebook.com/berndbestturnier/

https://www.instagram.com/laoislionswrc/

Congratulations to St Paul's GAA in their great victory over Ballyroan in the U16 County Final on Saturday!

Well done to the management of Eamonn O'Connell, Sean McLoughlin, David Greene and Dan Lutterel.

Rosie & Jim were delighted to sponsored the half zips for the team!

Rosie & Jim have made a donation of €1,653.20 to The Capuchin Day Centre for homeless people.

Find out more and make a donation to this very worthy charity on their website...

Heartfelt Thanks For Another Year Of Your Kind Support

The people who attend the Centre -

Every person needs to belong and have a place where they are respected and have their basic needs met in a caring and non-judgemental way. For most people this is where they call home and in an ideal world, families can share the normal ups and downs of life in privacy behind their own hall door. Sadly some people must spend their days trying to find shelter from the weather, a place to rest and prepare before going out to face the day. Their most basic needs are access to toilet facilities, somewhere to wash and change their clothes, decent hot meals, someone to interact with. Many people lack what most of us take for granted and have no security as to where they will lay their heads that night. While this is tragic for adults, it is heart breaking for families with children who are forced to move from place to place with no stability as to their living conditions.

The Capuchin Day Centre - website >

Rosie & Jim are delighted to announce that our total donations to Irish Charities and Community Groups throughout 2020 came to €63,791!

In addition Rosie & Jim donated more than 340kgs of chicken products to Irish charities and those who provide support to the less well off in our communities.

Read through our Charity Donations blog for more on those organisations and individual who received support from Rosie & Jim.

https://rosieandjim.ie/charity_community