Barretstown

Launch of the New ‘Med Shed’ Facility! We are thrilled to announce the opening of Barretstown’s new ‘Med Shed’, a state-of-the-art medical facility dedicated to providing essential on-site care for children facing cancer and other serious illnesses.   Officially launched with the support of U2 guitarist, The Edge, the Med Shed is staffed by a full-time medical team, with additional support from volunteer doctors and nurses, ensuring that children and teens at Barretstown can fully participate in our therapeutic camps without compromising their medical care.   As Ireland’s largest provider of therapeutic camps for children with serious illnesses, Barretstown is on track to reach 250,000 children and family members by 2030. This year alone, we’ll support over 22,500 participants across 14 illness groups - thanks to our community’s unwavering generosity.   A huge thank you to everyone who made this project possible and who joined us at the launch, including our incredible Patron Sabina Higgins and our Medical Patron, Professor Owen Smith. Together, we’re creating lasting impact and helping more children experience the joy and healing of Barretstown.   #Barretstown #MedShed #TheEdge #TherapeuticRecreation  

🏉Support Children’s Charities at Ireland v New Zealand Tonight! 🏉 Attending the game tonight at Aviva Stadium? Look out for the designated ORANGE bins across the stadium! Drop in your used Re-turn plastic bottles and cans to make a difference—100% of proceeds go to Return for Children, benefiting six incredible children’s charities. 🧡♻️ Let’s cheer on @irishrugby while giving back! Barnardos Ireland Barretstown ISPCC The Jack and Jill Children's Foundation LauraLynn, Ireland's Children's Hospice Make-A-Wish Ireland #IREvNZL #Rugby #TeamOfUs Thanks to @levyIreland and the Aviva Stadium.

A massive congratulations to Glanbia, our overall winner of the 2024 Published Accounts Awards! Glanbia had a double whammy, and were also awarded the Euronext Dublin (Large Cap >€1bn) Award at last night’s celebrations. We had a fantastic night in The Shelbourne at the #PAA2024, with Risteárd Cooper bringing us through the awards and announcing our very deserving winners. A massive well done to each of our winners, see list below. And thank you to all of this year’s finalists. The standards as always are so high, it makes picking the winners a tough job for our judges. On that note, thank you to our team of reviewers and judges, without your support and time the #PAA2024 would not be possible. We also want to thank our two generous sponsors Euronext and Arachas Corporate Brokers Ltd, and thank you to our media partner the Business Post. Thank you to the The Shelbourne for looking after us so well. And finally a big thank you to our #PAA2024 Chair Darren Holmes for all the hard work he put in behind the scenes, along with Michaela Synnott FCA and Ashling Maguire, to pull together this year’s awards, and to our Leinster Society Chair Damien Carr for his support.   Keep an eye out for the Business Post this Sunday 10 November for a list of our winners, and on Sunday 17 November for a full feature with photos of our #PAA2024 winners.   🏆 Overall Winner - Glanbia 🏆 Euronext Growth Award - Origin Enterprises Plc 🏆Euronext Dublin (SME <€1bn) - Kenmare Resources Plc 🏆 Euronext Dublin (Large Cap >€1bn) - Glanbia 🏆Company Listed on a Foreign Market - DCC plc 🏆Statutory or Unlisted Entity (IFRS) - ESB 🏆Statutory or Unlisted Entity (Non-IFRS) - daa 🏆Arachas Not for Profit – Large - Jigsaw - The National Centre for Youth Mental Health 🏆Not for Profit - Small / Medium - Barretstown   🏆Arachas Sustainability and ESG Reporting Award Listed entities - Bank of Ireland 🏆Sustainability and ESG Reporting Award Unlisted entities - CIÉ - Córas Iompair Éireann 🏆Branding, Communication and Digital Award - Barnardos Ireland  🏆Diversity and Inclusion Award - Not for Profit - Jigsaw - The National Centre for Youth Mental Health 🏆Diversity and Inclusion Award - Listed and Unlisted entities - Bank of Ireland Check out all the photos from the night here: https://lnkd.in/eDNWJB4X

It's #Friday and Fridays are for #fun stuff! Here are five #random things from my week: I have no photos! I forgot to take any #photos. So, I let #AI build an image based on my activities. It did ok, bar not being able to spell anything. 👩💻 I attended #IRISSCON by Irish Reporting and Information Security Service (IRISSCERT) with a bunch of the #ladies from Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) UK & Ireland. It was so good to see you all there although I forgot to take a photo when I was there! Some of my favourite sessions of the day were by Robert McArdle from Trend Micro, Onur Korucu from IAPP and GovernID, Michael Mullen from An Garda Síochána and Eleanor Dallaway from Assured. Some real meaty content! 💪 I had some more great #conversations this week with inspiring people like, Si Pavitt, Chris Woodcock, Pariss Chandler, Charlotte Wheeler (Crosby), Dr Tanya Mulcahy PhD and Erin Vlack /. I don't think I'll ever get tired of hearing all about other people's experiences when it comes to #innovation, #leadership, #tech, #empowerment and more! 🏆 Last night I was #celebrated as a finalist at Business Post Leadership Excellence Awards for the best Non-Profit #leader. I couldn't make it but I want to extend my #congratulations to the wonderful Dee Ahearn from Barretstown. Well done and really well deserved! If you don't know what #Barretstown do, go check them out. It's really worthwhile. They support children living with illness through organising free camps. 🎓 Today I'll be joining the Day of Shecurity Leadership #Conference. Thank you to people like Deidre Diamond and Stacey Champagne who, whilst insanely busy with their own work and lives are spending time organising a great event like this to #support women in #Cyber leadership all over the world! If you are not already signed up to attend then sort yourself out and do it. It runs beyond the work day in my time zone so there is plenty of time to catch up. Here are the details: https://lnkd.in/eE94FN2W 📖 I started a #book. Because, why not. I have all these ideas and it never occurred to me to pull it together into a book. So, I'm gonna give it try. #Writing has never been my forte but I've been working on it all year by writing #articles, #blogs and white #papers for people so I figured why not try and do it for me. I realise it's entirely possible that this could be both the start and the end of it but if I don't #try I'll never know :D 😕 I thought yesterday was Wednesday so today being Friday caught me by #surprise. This weekend I'll be watching the Inside Out 2 #movie and I can't wait!!!!! Have a great #weekend!

We are thrilled to announce that our exceptional CEO, Dee Ahearn, has been named Non-Profit Leader of the Year at the Business Post Leadership Excellence Awards!   This prestigious award honours Dee’s inspirational leadership and steadfast dedication to our mission, reflecting the collective efforts of our entire Barretstown team. Under Dee’s guidance, Barretstown has grown to become Ireland’s largest provider of therapeutic programmes for children and families affected by cancer and other serious illnesses.   Congratulations, Dee—here’s to many more achievements, continued innovation, and lasting positive impact in our community!

We are thrilled to have won the Chartered Accountants Leinster Society's Published Accounts Award 2024 in the Small/Medium Not-for-Profit category. This award is great recognition of our adherence to the highest standards of corporate governance and reporting. Huge thanks to the amazing Barretstown Team for their dedication and commitment in making this possible. Our Annual Report 2023 can be viewed here: https://bit.ly/3YY7aK2 #PAA2024 #Barretstown

Today, the Chamber hosted a Sustainability event at Barretstown in collaboration with our strategic partners at IKC3 - Ireland's Knowledge Centre for Carbon, Climate and Community Action. Many thanks to all the 25 businesses who attended, and to our guest speaker David Williamson for his informative and thought provoking presentation around #sustainability and the business opportunities for going #green. A special thank you to Mairéad Forristal, Aisling Power and the amazing team Barretstown for their hospitality today.

We Want YOU!   Are you ready to make a difference and experience the magic of Barretstown? Join the Barretstown Camp Team for the Spring Camp Season and help create lasting memories for sick children and their families in a safe and exciting environment. We are on the lookout for enthusiastic Activity Leaders to run Barretstown’s therapeutic programmes, specialising in one our four main areas: Adventure, Climbing, Creative, or Entertainments. These unique fixed-term residential roles are as rewarding as they are fun, come join us at Barretstown, make lifelong friendships, and be part of something truly special! 🌟 If this season isn't a good fit for you, do you have any summer plans?! The Barretstown magic continues all year round! For more information on all of our opportunities please follow the link here: https://lnkd.in/eStJaedW

A massive thank you to Dr Fiona Browne of Our Lady's Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, Ireland for all her help bringing together a wonderful team of medical professionals to support our event at Barretstown. The team consisted of dermatologists, dermatology nurses, clinical psychologist and a clinical dietician. Some of the team are pictured below. Thank you to Alan Irvine MD DSc for joining us online because he was unable to attend in person. #ichthyosis #rareskin #skincondition #skindidease #support #education #community

A great way to spend an hour with my colleagues raising vital funds for Barretstown! The sweet treats at the end, made the 5km even more enjoyable! A great event thanks to Sarah Millea Mary Liam Pinto!