The Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby Ball took place on Friday June 29th at The K Club, Co Kildare, helping to raise significant funds for the Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation There was no shortage of glitz and glamour at the exclusive black-tie event which was hosted by Executive Vice Chairman and CEO of DubaiRead more
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Circle K (formerly Topaz Energy), Ireland’s largest fuel and convenience retailer, is delighted to announce Owen Laverty as the winner of its winter car raffle, an initiative that was put in place to help raise much needed funds for The Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation. As the lucky winner of the Circle K Winter CarRead more
The Board of the Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation announces the appointment of Carmel Doyle, who has worked as Communications Director for the charity for nine years, as the Interim CEO from 1st June 2018. Carmel is a marketing graduate, fellow and past president of the Public Relations Institute of Ireland, with over 30 years’Read more
RTÉ 2FM is once again teaming up with the Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation for this year’s Play The Picnic now in its fifth year The exciting competition will see 10 of Ireland’s best up-and-coming acts win a coveted live set at the country’s biggest music and arts festival, Electric Picnic. Bands, solo artists, singer-songwriters, DJs, rappers, hip-hop artists, you name it… acts of all musical persuasions willRead more
The raffle draw for a brand new Seat Ateca will now take place on Thursday 31st May! Due to some unforeseen circumstances, the Jack & Jill Car Raffle draw which was due to take place on 16th May 2018 has now been rescheduled to Thursday 31st May. We apologize for this situation 🙂 Winner willRead more
INCOGNITO takes top honours at the National Fundraising Awards for the Most Innovative Campaign 2018
INCOGNITO takes top honours at the National Fundraising Awards. Jack & Jill thrilled to accept the Most Innovative Campaign Award The Jack & Jill team including exhibition manager, Lucinda Hall, was delighted to take top honours at the recent National Fundraising Awards. INCOGNITO, our public art initiative, was recognised as the Most Innovative Fundraising CampaignRead more
The Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation is urging the HSE to abolish the loco parentis clause in homecare nursing contracts for sick children This clause requires that, while a qualified nurse is caring for their sick child, should a parent need to leave their home, the parent must provide ‘a designated competent individual’ to beRead more
This Mother’s Day, readers can give their special Mum the perfect gift of a Jack & Jill Candle. As well as receiving an exquisite Irish made candle, she will be in with the chance to win a stunning diamond necklace. Inside each Jack & Jill candle is a capsule which contains an eye-catching costume diamondRead more
Calling all motorists If passing through the following Toll Plazas, make a donation in the collection buckets placed at the cashier desks of the manual lanes: M1 Drogheda M7/M8 Portlaoise N25 Waterford M4/M6 Kilcock-Kinnegad M3 Clonee-Kells (Meath) Limerick Tunnel M8 Fermoy N6 Galway-Ballinasloe Please give what you can to this fundraising event which coincides withRead more
Jack & Jill to extend its age limit for provision of home nursing care and respite to children up to 5 years old, based on recommendations of the service evaluation report published today by Coventry University and Trinity College Nurses urge the HSE to abolish ‘loco parentis’ clause in homecare nursing contracts which makes virtual ‘prisoners’Read more