Ireland’s Biggest Coffee Morning in Aid of Hospice

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Host Your Own Coffee Morning

Bewley’s are proud sponsors of Ireland Biggest Coffee Morning in aid of Hospice – this is our 18th year sponsoring this event. It is now firmly established as the major national fundraiser in aid of hospice care. All funds raised locally stay locally and over €1.6 million was raised in 2010 – That’s over 850,000 cups of Bewley’s coffee. We want to beat this in 2011! Here’s how you can help…

Ireland’s Biggest Coffee Morning will take place on Thursday 15th September 2011

Contact your local hospice

Where does the money go?

With Ireland’s Biggest Coffee Morning, the principle applied is that ‘money raised locally, stays local’. In other words, all funds raised throughout Ireland on this day go direct to local hospice services. This event therefore gives people the opportunity to participate in a concerted effort to support their own local service.

Want to help?

If you would like to host a coffee morning or get involved in some other way, you should get in touch with your nearest hospice fundraising group. For contact details, click here.

Brew Up A Storm For Hospice

Hospice or palliative care involves the total care of patients and their families at the stage in a serious illness, where the focus has switched from treatment aimed at cure to ensuring quality of life. Almost 30,000 people die annually in Ireland and over 6,000 people use hospice services every year. It is estimated that up to 13,000 patients will require access to hospice and specialist palliative care in 2016.

International studies have shown that patients using hospice services consume at least 25% fewer medical resources than those who access “usual care.” This saving is linked to the fact that hospice patients are largely cared for and die at home and they use much less acute hospital services. Hospice patients also live longer and in greater comfort and dignity.

In 2008, the Health Service Executive released the publication Palliative Care Services – Five Year Development Framework 2009-2013 which outlines key developments that will take place over the coming years to fill deficits in the palliative care service in Ireland.

The Framework outlines 41 national priority actions which will deliver over 272 posts and 203 specialist in-patient (hospice) beds over a five year period. The nine new in-patient units identified in the Framework document will be located in Blanchardstown, Castlebar, Cavan, Kilkenny, Tralee, Tullamore, Drogheda, Waterford and Wicklow.

Pictured launching the event at Bewley’s Grafton Street in Dublin were RTE’s Joe Duffy and Vivienne Connolly with Noel-John McLoughlin of Bewley’s

Patrick Bewley said: “We’re delighted to be involved with Ireland’s Biggest Coffee Morning, celebrating its eighteenth year in 2011. As in previous years, over a million cups of Bewley’s coffee will be served on this special day in September. We want as many people as possible to take part all over Ireland. The more cups of coffee that we can give away, the greater the benefit that will be achieved for hospices and communities all over Ireland.”