Dear Supporter Follow @jjfoundationAll this publicity about charity chief top ups is damaging. I’m writing this letter to clarify where the money donated to Jack & Jill goes and to urge supporters to stick with us, especially for those Christmas donations which we depend on to fund our home nursing care model into 2014.Read more
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Latest news from Jack & Jill for our families, friends and supporters! Find out what up for Christmas, latest updates on the ongoing Medical Cards issue, Little Ones Appeal 2013 and much more! Read the newsletter here: December 2013 NewsletterRead more
The New Children’s Hospital of Ireland debate relaunched over the passed weekend through articles in Sunday Independent and Sunday Business Post. The Independent featured a letter from Jonathan Irwin outlining the disadvantages of the current site chosen and the strengths of the proposed site at Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown while the Business Post published JimmyRead more
Our Charity Boutique in Charlotte Street, Newbridge is running a Pre-Christmas Blitz Sale from Thursday 28th ’till Saturday 30th November. Don’t miss out … most of the items are 50% OFF!!! Read more
Saturday 2nd of November nine friends ranging in age from four and a half to thirteen did a sponsored 5km cycle in Shinrone. The idea for the sponsored cycle first germinated on the school bus when three best friends from St Cronan’s national school came up with the idea of doing a 5km sponsored cycleRead more
A massive CONGRATULATIONS to the ANIMATION ART SHOW organisers and participants who raised an amazing €6250.00 for The Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation! Huge well done and congratulations to all involved and to all who supported. A lot of work went into making this years Art Show fantastic success and we’re looking forward to seeRead more
The families of the 300 children around the country supported by the Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation are being put through torture on medical cards, endless form filling, reviews, rejection letters and stress. Follow Jonathan on Twitter And here we have the HSE in Leinster House today repeating their well crafted holding statement on medicalRead more
Jack & Jill Foundation nurses tell Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health & Children that “HSE should be rolling out the red carpet, not red tape, to support families to care for their child at home, particularly for those children requiring end of life care” “As nurses, we spend too much of our time on theRead more
They say “Charity begins at Home” and for Jack & Jill it really did at the Autumn Ideal Home Show at the RDS last weekend…. The team did really well and were delighted with the sale of raffle tickets to win a fabulous Living Room Makeover to the value of €8,000. Our sincere thanks toRead more
Together we are stronger!!! PLEASE ADD YOUR VOICE TO JONATHAN IRWIN’S CALL TO THE TAOISEACH BY SENDING IN YOUR OWN EMAIL TODAY TO [email protected]. Also email your local representative [email protected], or ring them; full contact list of the Oireachtas members on: http://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/contact/. WE NEED YOUR HELP ON THIS ONE PLEASE! Dear Taoiseach, I’m writing to addRead more