Name of the charity: Marie Keating Foundation

Type of work: Making Cancer less Frightening by Enlightening for both men and women

Current Projects:

-National Community Information Service – Provided through our Mobile Information Units which are used by thousands of people nationwide every year.

-Public Awareness Campaigns – Such as our Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign ,  Get Men Talking men's health campaign, Cervical Cancer Campaign and Skin Cancer Campaign.

-Workplace Presentations – Our nurses visit hundreds of workplaces and community groups every year to offer advice to men and women as part of annual health awareness days or internal occupational health initiatives

-Schools Cancer Awareness Programme –Has been rolled out in over 700 secondary schools nationwide.  It aims to educate students in 5^th and 6^th year as part of the Social Personal Health Education course, about each of the key cancers which could affect them or members of their families.

-National Comfort Fund – The Foundation has successfully operated a Comfort Fund since 2004.  This became a National service  in 2009 and the demands on the Fund are growing all the time. The fund is designed to give assistance to people who are struggling financially as a result of a Cancer diagnosis – extra financial pressures include transport, treatment costs, childcare costs etc

-Oncology waiting room refurbishment – This is an ongoing project which has seen facilities in hospitals such s St Vincent's, St James’s and Sligo General Hospital being refurbished.

-Support Services – Such as FREE New Beginnings Seminars  for men and women who have completed treatment for cancer designed to help them adjust to the new ‘normal’ after treatment. 

What a donation of €2,000 could achieve for you?: This could fund a Men’s Health Seminar (FREE to the public) as part of our Men’s Health Campaign in March 2011

What a donation of €5,000 could achieve for you?: This could go to our National Comfort Fund and help people who find themselves faced with extra financial pressure due to a Cancer diagnosis 

Why should our teams choose you?:Did you know that Cancer affects 1 in 3 people in Ireland? Help us to make Cancer less frightening by enlightening.....

Charity Number: CHY12916