Each September, this much-anticipated campaign brings together families, friends, neighbours, and businesses A date firmly marked in calendars, Irelands Biggest Coffee Morning for Hospice is more than just coffee and conversation. It’s a celebration of community spirit and creativity, an opportunity to raise awareness of vital hospice services, and a chance to offer comfort to those who may be grieving. Every gathering—big or small—helps shine a light on the compassion and care provided by your local hospice.
At the heart of this campaign are the people whose lives have been touched by hospice care. Since 1989 the staff and volunteers at St. Francis Hospice have walked alongside patients and families
in need of care. The support of the community helps us to ensure that the patients journey no matter how long or short is filled with dignity, respect, compassion and kindness.
Why Your Support Matters
Our hospice services are provided at no charge to the community. This means we rely on the generosity and support of people like you to continue delivering the highest quality specialist palliative care services for patients and families. By hosting or supporting a Coffee Morning, you are directly helping ensure that this compassionate care remains available to those who need it most.
How to Get Involved
Taking part is easy, and we’re here to support you every step of the way. When you register, you’ll receive a Hospice Coffee Morning Pack, including:
- Invitations
- Tent cards
- Posters
- Collection boxes
You can sign up in whichever way suits you best:
• Register online here
• Call us on 01-8327535 or 01-8294000 – our fundraising team will be delighted to help
Whether you host your Coffee Morning in the morning, afternoon, or evening, you can host on Thursday 24th September, or anytime up to 31st October. It’s your event—make it your own!
A Simple Idea, A Lasting Impact
From kitchen tables to office break rooms and community halls, every Coffee Morning makes a difference. It’s a simple yet powerful way to connect with others while supporting a cause that touches so many lives. Your kindness helps ensure that specialist care, comfort, and dignity remain available for all who need it.
We look forward to hearing from you—and to sharing a cup of coffee for hospice.
We’re delighted to announce that our beautiful sunflower field in Ballyboughal, generously grown once again by the Hoey and Bergin families, is now open to the public — all in support of St. Francis Hospice.
- Open daily from dawn to dusk
- No time restrictions — come anytime that suits you!
- Bring your own cutting tools — we won’t have any on-site
- Find us in Ballyboughal just off the Swords Road
- Please drive carefully, roads are narrow!
Come walk among the blooms, soak in the sunshine, make a donation, and take some stunning sunflowers home with you!
You can donate here or drop a donation in the honesty box at the field.
Thank you for your support — and enjoy this beautiful space while it lasts! 💐
We are delighted to announce the winners of our Annual Car Draw!
1st Prize – Toyota Yaris Cross Luna Hybrid – E. Fogarty
2nd Prize – €2,000 – P. Delaney
3rd Prize – €1,000 – S. Foley
4th Prize – €200 Swirl Voucher – L. Lucas
5th Prize – €200 Swirl Voucher – L. Finnegan
6th Prize – €200 Swirl Voucher – Y. Blagus
7th Prize – €200 Swirl Voucher – P. Carey
8th Prize – €200 Swirl Voucher – A. Nash
All winners have been notified.
Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all who entered!
25th June 2025
Brendan Gleeson joined us in our Raheny hospice today to launch our Buy a Brick campaign to support the building of a 24 single-bed in-patient unit. Brendan, whose parents both received care in St Francis Hospice Raheny, said, “I know how much of a game changer this new facility will be for the entire community of North Dublin. Brick by brick, we can make this happen.”
St Francis Hospice needs to raise €20million for the new facility, which will enable staff to care for 9,600 patients over the next 25 years. That is nearly 3,000 more than the existing in-patient unit would be able to accommodate. In total, the new in-patient unit will positively affect the lives of about 100,000 members of our community through the care it will provide for patients and their family members over the next 25 years.
Our Buy a Brick campaign invites people to contribute to the build by buying a brick for €25, €100, or €250 and then leaving their name or message on a Virtual Community Support Wall.
Brendan urged everyone to embrace the project. “I know first-hand how difficult end-of-life care can be for families. Hospice care is magical in terms of the respect, dignity and compassion it offers to people receiving palliative care. This new unit will provide the privacy, comfort, and highest quality facilities that people need and deserve.”
Construction at the site is due to begin next year and will also include an underground carpark and clinical support facilities with a pedestrian bridge linking it to the existing building.
The Buy a Brick campaign will run from today until the new in-patient unit is completely paid for. You can participate by visiting our Buy a Brick web page or contacting the Fundraising Department at 01-8327535.
Brick by brick, together we can build the new 24-bed, single room in-patient unit for St Francis Hospice Raheny.
Buy a brick here and add your message to our virtual community supporter wall.
Our new Children and Young People’s Charter spells out in child-friendly language and graphics our commitment to the children and young people under our care and those whose loved ones are receiving hospice care through our services. Framed copies will be displayed in both our hospices and there is a printed leaflet to give further information to families.
Read our Spring/Summer issue of Hospice Connection to find out about Declan’s revitalising experience of care in our Outpatient and Day Service. Meet our “fur-tastic” Spring Memorial Walk ambassadors, volunteer therapy dogs Vixy and Bo! Learn about our newest bereavement support initiatives, a monthly Grief Café and a Walk and Talk group.
Read our Autumn/Winter issue of Hospice Connection to find out about building plans for our new 24-bed single room in-patient unit in Raheny. Learn about the experiences of Shenda (RIP) and her family in St Francis Hospice. Find out more about four of our wonderful volunteers. Enter our Annual Car Draw for a chance to win!
“Swords Pavilions has had St Francis Hospice as our Charity of Choice for a number of years which has become a very fruitful partnership. The Raheny hospice site sits within the catchment area of the centre providing vital services to our community, and it allows us to utilise the shopping centre to create awareness of their work. It also gives St Francis Hospice a vehicle to raise funds to support necessary equipment upgrades. Through this partnership we have been able to have a positive impact not only on patients, but also staff of the hospice. Finally the partnership has helped the growth of our team at Swords Pavilions where we have been able to give back to our community over the years and experience the genuine appreciation from all the wonderful staff at St Francis Hospice in Raheny.”
Ian Hunter – General Manager, Swords Pavilions
St Francis Hospice, Raheny, has been a valued charity partner of Global for four years. St Francis Hospice was nominated by a colleague who was appreciative of the care his sister, and all his family, received from the hospice.
This partnership has been mutually beneficial for Global and the Hospice. We have been in the position to provide advertising space to St Francis Hospice to promote their services and fundraising events. We have also been able to work on their grounds to help maintain and improve the wonderful environment they provide for their residents and families.
Our team has learned about the hospice and how it cares for its residents, we have learned about the challenges it faces and its plans for growth.
We were amazed at its widespread reach across the broad northside of the county and the wide range of services provided both in the hospice and in the community.
Our on site days give our colleagues time out from their day to day to give something to our charity partner, to work with each other in a different way and to learn about each other. Conversations run deep and people come away feeling they have done something worthwhile.
As time goes on and other colleagues are on the receiving end of St Francis Hospice support, our understanding and our partnership has become even stronger.
