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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

Thanks so much to everyone who joined us at O’Loughlin Gaels GAA Club last Saturday for our 5th Annual Jack & Jill Kilkenny Cycle  Dry weather prevailed, although a little on the cool side,  while cyclists took on the 2 routes taking in some outstanding picturesque views along the way not to mention one orRead 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

Jack & Jill were delighted and honoured to be the chosen charity for the 4th year in a row for one of the highlights in the summer social calendar which raised an amazing €64,000 equating to 4,000 hours of home nursing respite care in Jack & Jill currency.  Our sincere thanks to Dubai Duty FreeRead 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

A big shout out and huge thanks to the management and staff of Dunnes Stores who raised a whopping €30,000 through their Christmas Jumper Day 2016 fundraiser This amazing donation will provide 1,875 hours of home nursing respite care for our profoundly sick children in each and every community throughout Ireland.  They say “you can’tRead more

Great family day out for Lego enthusiasts and Christmas stocking filler Family tickets (2 adults; 3 children) for “Brickx Fest 2017”, an interactive Lego exhibition in Citywest Hotel Dublin on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd January 2017, are now on sale in aid of the Jack & Jill Foundation and International Orphan Aid, with childrenRead 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