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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

REGISTER NOW and make a difference to Irish families using Jack & Jill’s nursing and respite services The Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation supported by Bank of Ireland have launched the Up the Hill for Jack & Jill fundraiser 2017 this week. The charity fundraiser in aid of the Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation isRead more

…a chance of picking up a valuable piece worth thousands from a well-known artist Artists Mo Kelly and Martin Gale joined Jack & Jill’s CEO Hugo Jellett this morning (Tuesday 4th April) to launch “Incognito” the charity’s new arts fundraiser which offers 1500 original, miniature art pieces, donated to the charity by over 1000 artistsRead more

Hugo Jellett (incoming Jack & Jill CEO), Brendan Loughlin & Jonathan Irwin A huge thank you to Brendan Loughlin, Brendan’s Running Club, for his wonderful donation of €6,300 which was raised through the Annual Naas 10K Town Run. This was the 3rd year for this local run around Naas which is growing year on year,Read more

Hugo Jellett, who is taking over from Jonathan Irwin as CEO of the Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation in January 2017, has put a call out for artists to log on and register for Jack & Jill’s ‘Incognito’ arts project – www.incognito.ie – over the holiday period.  By so doing, the artists are committing toRead more

The Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation is asking drivers to support our friends at Eurolink Toll Bridges on the M3 (Clonee – Kells) and the M4 (Kilcock – Enfield – Kinnegad) who are doing a very special Collection Day for Jack & Jill next Friday 9th December for the Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation toRead more

Dear friends, Irish charities have been in the news again, sadly for all the wrong reasons. Our Fundraising Team want you to know exactly where the money goes at Jack & Jill, and to thank you, once again, for every donation large and small. Every €16 raised funds one hour of home nursing care forRead more

Stephen Gray from Kildare leads the way The annual Kilkenny College TY Tractor Run took place on Thursday 28th April, 2016 in very unseasonal weather conditions: the rain, sleet and biting cold temperatures did not deter the young drivers who had been planning the event for some time. This hugely popular event, now in it’sRead more