Charities serving Waterford

Acquired Brain Injury Ireland (ABI Ireland) is Irelands leading provider of community based neuro-rehabilitation services for people who have acquired a brain injury in Ireland.

Age Action is Ireland’s leading advocacy organisation for older people. We work for a society that enables all older to people to participate and to live full, independent lives. To achieve this, Age Action supports and advocates for equality and human rights for all older people.

ALONE is a national organisation that supports older people to age at home. We work with all older people, including those who have difficulties with loneliness, ill health, poverty, poor housing or homelessness.

The Alzheimer Society of Ireland works across the country in the heart of local communities providing dementia specific services and supports and advocating for the rights and needs of all people living with dementia and their carers.

In the four decades since Arthritis Ireland was established, we have worked relentlessly to support people with arthritis and to improve their quality of life.

Aware is the national charity which provides support, education and information around depression and bipolar disorder.

Barnardos is a children's charity. We work with vulnerable children and their families in Ireland and campaign for the rights of all children.

Barretstown offers free, specially designed camps and programmes for children and their families living with a serious illness – supported behind the scenes by 24 hour on site medical and nursing care.

The Blanchardstown Hospital Society is the official fundraising body for Connolly Hospital.

Bóthar is an Irish charity that enables families and communities worldwide to overcome hunger and poverty and to restore the environment in a sustainable way.

Breakthrough Cancer Research is an Irish medical research charity focused on poor prognosis cancers. We bring together scientists and surgeons, doctors and nurses to develop new treatments for the most difficult to cure cancers. Together we work save lives.

BUMBLEance transports seriously ill children to and from their homes to hospitals, hospices, respite and treatment centres.

At Cheshire Ireland we provide a vast range of services to people with physical, sensory and neurological conditions, who often have very complex and high support needs.

Childhood Cancer Foundation is a charity founded by and led by parents of children with cancer.

When a child you love is sick, your top priority is finding the best care available.

Christian Aid Ireland is an aid agency working to overcome poverty in some of the world’s poorest communities in around 50 countries.

Cliona’s Foundation provides nationwide financial assistance directly to parents of children with life-limiting or chronic complex care needs across Ireland to help with the non-medical expenses related to caring for their child.

Leaving a legacy to Concern is a wonderful gift. It helps the people in the poorest countries in the world and brightens the future for generations to come. Now that really is something truly exceptional.

We offer support for people with cancer and their families. Our services include physical therapies, professional counselling and practical information; our aim is to reduce the distressing impact that cancer can have.

The CSPCA aims to prevent cruelty to animals throughout the County of Cork and to educate everyone about animal care.

Cystic Fibrosis Ireland (CFI) was set up in 1963 to improve the treatment and facilities for people with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) in Ireland.

Down Syndrome Ireland is the voice of people with Down syndrome and their families throughout Ireland.

Epilepsy Ireland is committed to working for and meeting the needs of everyone with epilepsy in Ireland and their families and carers.

Focus Ireland works with people who are homeless or at risk of losing their homes across Ireland.

FOSL provides on-going individual and group support nationwide (across Ireland) to those bereaved and left behind in the aftermath of a suicide (specific work we call ‘postvention’).

Goal works toward ensuring that the poorest and most vulnerable in our world and those affected by humanitarian crises have access to the fundamental rights of life, including but not limited to adequate shelter, food, water and sanitation, healthcare, education and economic opportunities.

Grow Mental Health is a registered charity and we also deliver Mental Health Education Programmes both within the community and the workplace.

The Hope Foundation is dedicated to promoting the protection of street and slum children in Kolkata, some of the most underprivileged in India. HOPE works to effect immediate and lasting change in their lives.

The Humanist Association of Ireland (HAI) is a community of people who believe in humanist principles and aspire to a fair, balanced, ethical, and responsible secular society.

One in three Irish people will receive a cancer diagnosis. The Irish Cancer Society provides free information, care & support services to cancer patients & their families. Please, donate to the Irish Cancer Society in your will~for your family & friends.

Irish Community Air Ambulance are committed to providing safe, effective, and timely emergency pre hospital care to those seriously ill or injured in Ireland. We were established in 2008, originally developed as a ground service with volunteers to support local communities in times of emergencies.

Irish Guide Dogs is Ireland’s national charity dedicated to helping people who are vision impaired and families of children with autism to achieve improved mobility and independence.

We will lead the fight to save lives and make life better for those suffering from heart disease and stroke. Our mission is to affect positive change in the lifestyles of Irish people, to achieve better outcomes for those affected by heart disease and stroke and to challenge when the health of our nation is put at risk.

For better end of life care, everywhere. We work to ensure the continued development of hospice care in Ireland, for people of all ages, in all care settings including hospices, hospitals, nursing homes and their own family home.

Irish Injured Jockeys raises funds and increases awareness of the requirement for public funding to provide for our injured jockeys.

The Irish Kidney Association (IKA) is a patient driven organisation founded to meet the needs of people, and their families, living with kidney failure, either on dialysis or transplanted.

The Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association (IMNDA) is the only organisation of its kind in the country providing specialised services to families affected by this terminal condition.

You can leave the world a better place. Legacies are vital to the existence of the ISPCA, and without the help of the kind benefactors that have remembered the ISPCA in their will, we would be unable to sustain our welfare operations and our rescues centres; both of which help many abused and neglected animals.

The ISPCC is for children. Our purpose is to listen to them, empower them, strengthen their resilience and enable them to live their best possible lives.

The Jack & Jill Foundation provides nursing care and support for children with severe neurological development issues, as well as offering some respite to the parents and families.

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The Kerry Hospice Foundation (KHF) is a voluntary organisation to help provide funding and support for palliative care services in Kerry.

The Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust aims to alleviate the financial hardship of bereaved families repatriating the body (bodies) of loved one(s) who have died abroad in sudden or tragic circumstances back to Ireland.

Little Flower Penny Dinners has been offering its services to those in need since its foundation in 1912. Our committed team of staff and volunteers offer a warm friendly welcome to all our clients.

MADRA rescues, rehabilitates and rehomes unwanted, neglected, abused and abandoned dogs.We are dedicated to looking after the dogs in our care and finding them permanent, loving homes. Ultimately we want to help create a world where MADRA, and rescues like us, are no longer needed and so we make it our mission to educate, influence, advocate and support.

The Marie Keating Foundation is a leading voice in cancer awareness and information for both men and women in Ireland. Following their mother Marie’s death from breast cancer in 1998, the Keating family promised to try to provide all women and their families with vital information which could help them to prevent cancer or detect it at its earliest stages. Their collective aim is “making cancer less frightening by enlightening.”

The Mater Foundation is the official fundraising body of The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital.

It makes a real difference to patients by providing services and funding equipment that otherwise would not exist.

Médecins Sans Frontières Ireland (MSF) is part of a global network delivering emergency medical aid where it is needed most.

The Mercy University Hospital Foundation raises funds for the Mercy Hospital, Cork. Annually, The Mercy Hospital treats over 100,000 patients from all over Munster.

Merchants Quay Ireland is a national voluntary organization that helps people who are homeless and those caught in addiction.

The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland (MS Ireland) is the only National Organisation providing information, support and advocacy services to the MS community.

After family and friends are looked after, leaving a gift to charity in your will is a wonderful way to support a favourite charity or cause in the future. A legacy gift can be large or small and is tax-free.

The National Breast Cancer Research Institute is a national charity that funds a comprehensive research programme at the National University of Ireland, Galway.

NCBI is the national sight loss organisation, providing practical and emotional support, rehabilitation services and other training designed to help people with sight loss to live independently.

The Oesophageal Cancer Fund is the national charity for Oesophageal Cancer in Ireland; bringing the good fight to a bad cancer, we provide a three-pronged, desperately needed service:

The Parkinson's Association of Ireland is a nationwide charity, offering support, information and advice to people with PD, and their families and friends.

Pieta provides free therapy to those engaging in self-harm, with suicidal ideation, or bereaved by suicide.

The Rehab Group is a charity that provides services for over 20,000 adults and children, and champions the value of diversity and inclusion for people with disabilities or disadvantage in their communities throughout Ireland and the UK.

We are the RNLI: the charity that saves lives at sea and on inland waters in Ireland and the UK. Every day of every year, people of all backgrounds get into danger in the water. It’s a problem that we’re here to tackle.

The charity was started in 1999 by a team of health care professionals in University Hospital Waterford who recognised the need for and benefits of non-medical supports for those affected by cancer.

SOSAD is a community based registered charity that provides a range of responsive and effective supports to anyone affected by depression and or suicide.

St James’s Hospital Foundation, is the fundraising charity for St James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland’s largest hospital and research facility. Each year, St James’s Hospital treats over 300,000 patients from across primarily Dublin and Leinster and other patients from across Ireland, for specialised treatment.

A memorial gift will honour your friend or loved one’s memory, while helping us care for those with Dementia / Alzheimer’s disease.

After more than 40 years, Threshold is still fighting for the most vulnerable – people and families who are losing the entire foundation of their lives – their home.

Trócaire supports individuals and communities in over 20 developing countries to live with independence and dignity. In Ireland, the charity raises awareness about the root causes of poverty and inequality.

Waterford Hospice CLG was established in 1988 to provide a Hospice Homecare Palliative Care service in County Waterford and South Kilkenny