Cork ARC Cancer Support House

September is slowly creeping up on us which means the Mini Marathon is approaching !!

If you feel lost in terms of where to start your training journey, fear not because we will be posting a weekly training plan that you can use as a guide! These will be posted every Monday starting on the 29th July.

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Michael McGrath TD (Current European Commissioner and Former Minister for Finance) visited Cork ARC Cancer Support House on Monday 24th of June!

The visit was arranged in conjunction with the recently held Network of Community Cancer Support Centers (The network comprises 26 Cancer Support houses in Ireland providing free services to people with a Cancer diagnosis and their families) briefing in Leinster House for members of the Oireachtas when over 50 members turned up to hear our presentation.

After a brief tour of the house, Mr. McGrath heard a very informative presentation on services provided from Olivia Grace (Director of Services), Gráinne Prendergast (Manager of Cork ARC Bantry House) & Katrina Falvey (Survivorship Co-Ordinator). The ask from the Network of Cancer Support Houses for increased funding for 2025 and for the Government to commit to Multi-annual was then presented to Mr. McGrath by Michael Leogue (Interim General Manager).

We were delighted to welcome Denise from Crosshaven Tennis Club to the house today, to present us with a cheque for €2,000 following their recent fundraising event at their new club facilities.

Thanks to everyone in the club for their support and fundraising efforts, and to their wider community for highlighting the event locally and supporting the raffle.

We wish you all the best of luck in your new facilities.

From all of us in Cork ARC

Last Wednesday we joined other members of the Alliance of Cancer Support Centre's Funding Working Group to give a presentation to TD’s in Leinster House on the need for reoccurring sustainable funding for our sector.

We wish to thank the TD’s who attended in Particular Padraig O Sullivan TD Cork North Central and Christopher O' Sullivan TD Cork South-West.

Congrats & the Irish women's 4x400m relay team on your European silver medal win from the Cork ARC Cancer Support House Team 💜

The book is available in local and surrounding outlets and online at www.donoughmore.ie

For every copy sold €15 will be donated to Cancer Care Services in Cork.

Queries/Contact: [email protected]

Today is the beginning of Cork's 96FM Giving for Living Radiothon!

There are many different ways to show your support, holding a jersey day is just one!

You can also donate by:⁠
☎️ 1800 50 96 96⁠
📱 083 3969696
🌐 www.96fm.ie

By getting involved you are supporting five Cork cancer charities.

If you would like more info on the radiothon, head to the link below.

https://www.radiothon.ie/

Mercy Hospital Foundation Cork
Marymount University Hospice
Cork University Hospital Charity
Breakthrough Cancer Research

Book Launch by The Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Kieran McCarthy This Friday May 24th at 8 p.m

Community Centre, Stuake, Donoughmore (Eircode P32 FP49)

Everyone Welcome to a night of reminiscence, music, and conversation.

Book will be available in local and surrounding outlets and online at www.donoughmore.ie

For every copy sold €15 will be donated to Cancer Care Services in Cork.

"Voodoo Vogue" Fashion show is on this Friday May 24th, 2024, at 7 PM.

This will be a fashion showcase, curated by Celebrity Stylist of the Year, . There will be a “Best Dressed” competition with great prizes to be won and a raffle on the night with proceeds going to Cork ARC Cancer Support House.

Tickets €20 available to purchase through eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/voodoo-vogue-tickets-881247042627

Thank you AYU Cosmetics for the gorgeous goody bags full or your beautiful products for our ladies who recently finished our Moving on in Wellness program. They were delighted and so appreciated your kindness 😍

This Thursday are hosting a quiz night in aid of Cork ARC. There are still a small number of tables left if you'd like to join in the fun while supporting our services.

This team have raised an amazing amount of funds for our services to date and they have a mystery quizmaster hosting the fun.

There will be some great raffle prizes on the night and lots of laughs.

Get your quiz hats on! DM or contact 085 277 6426 for details to enter.

We will be closed this coming Good Friday 29th March & Monday 1st April for the bank holiday. Our services will resume as normal on Tuesday.

You can still reach to us by phone or by email and one of our team will respond to your message when we return.

Cork City (021) 427 6688
[email protected]

West Cork (027) 53891
[email protected]

Happy International Women's day to all the incredible women.
You inspire us everyday day.
From all at Cork ARC💜

This week we presented Frances Field with a certificate of thanks for reaching a milestone of over €30,000 raised for Cork ARC Cancer Support House since 2018.

Frances is a very special volunteer. Each year she organises flags days for us in different areas around . Her dedication to Cork ARC is contagious and admirable. She knows how important our services are to people who need them.

We always need volunteers to support her collection days so reach out to us if you and your colleagues would like to give a few hours this year to help with these collections.

Today is World Cancer Day and we want to acknowledge and stand in solidarity with those who are fighting cancer, surviving cancer and those we've lost to cancer.

We know that every single one of us has the ability to make a difference, large or small, and that together we can make real progress in reducing the global impact of cancer.

At Cork ARC we are playing our part to , working to ensure everyone has access to free cancer support services. We're here for those who need us and we thank all our donors for supporting our services each year.

We listen to the needs of those we are supporting and offer a wide range of evidence based, cancer support services to meet those needs.

Last year we provided over 10,000 support services to people in Cork City and West Cork and this year we expect this number to grow.

If you or a loved one needs us, then reach out to find out more about these free support services and how we can help you.

Sometimes you just need to take that first step and we are here to help with the rest,

A huge thanks to all those involved in the Macra Tractor Run. They raised €2,100 for us, and these funds will be directly supporting the services in our house in Bantry.

We offer all the same services from our location in Bantry so those in West Cork who can't travel to the city can still receive free cancer support for them and for their loved ones.

We rely heavily on the people of West Cork to help us fund these services and so we are very grateful to groups like this for their fundraising efforts.

Don't miss the Mad Hatters Tea Party in The Glasshouse , being held in aid of our services on Thursday 14th March from 4-6pm.

There'll be afternoon tea, bubbly and and a showcase of some of the finest hats and headpieces by Celestine McCoy of .kinsale. A huge thank you to Rhona of for organising this unique event.

Click the link below to purcahse tickets or you can find them in our shop on the website. Don't miss out on this fun way to show your
support 💜

https://corkcancersupport.ie/product/tea-party/

Over the Christmas period we were the chosen charity in St Joseph's Church, SMA, Wilton.

We're so grateful to all who donated to help them raise €4300 for us in December and an additional €1000 in January.

Thanks to Fr Michael, all the volunteers, parishioners and Gaelscoil Ui Riada for their fundraising efforts.

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Coming up this Sunday!

If you are looking for a fun day out, head along to Barretts Yard in Bantry for their Tractor run this Sunday with the funds being split between us at Cork ARC and Bantry Hospice Project.

Bantry Macra Na Feirme

Losing our loved ones can be difficult. Wednesday Morning in our Bantry house we will be holding a Bereavement information morning.

We will have a talk on grief and loss an will cover some of the challenges it brings.

This information morning is free. If you would like to come along you can call 027 538 91 or email [email protected]

Our Bereavement Information Morning in Bantry will be held next week on the 22nd of November.

This morning will involve a talk on grief and loss and covering some of the challenges it brings.

This information morning is free to all. If you would like to come along you can call - 027 538 91 or email - [email protected]

We are delighted to be chosen again this year as one of the beneficiaries of The Rotary Tree of Rememberance 2023 with the The Rotary Club of Cork and Bishopstown.

If you would like to volunteer some time for us and the 3 other Charities over the Christmas period, please reach out to us at [email protected]

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We would like to thank Jane, Lady Captain of Monkstown Golf Club for donating the proceeds from their recent Charity open day to Cork ARC Cancer Support House.

This event was also kindly sponsored by Michel Jewelers.

Thank you so much to all involved for your support.