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The Rotunda Foundation is the official fundraising arm of the Rotunda Hospital. We raise funds to support the outstanding care delivered at the Hospital. Donations fund additional equipment, family and baby care initiatives and research. Established in 1745 by Bartholomew Mosse, Founder and first Master of the Rotunda Hospital, it is the World’s first Maternity Training Hospital. A ballroom ‘rotunda’, function rooms and pleasure gardens, were built on site to fund the maternity care of Dublin’s poorest women. Nearly three centuries later, with 10,000 babies born per annum, the Rotunda Hospital remains the Maternity Hospital of Choice. Through the Rotunda Foundation, your donations provide funding for additional equipment, research and infrastructure that is not funded by the State, to support Rotunda staff make exceptional maternity care possible

We are making the 10th anniversary of the ICE Bucket Challenge and we are hoping to raise funds to support those living with MND. The Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association (IMNDA) is the only organisation of its kind in this country. It was set up in May 1985 to provide care and support to people with Motor Neurone Disease, their carers, families, and friends. There are currently over 450 people living with MND in Ireland. MND is often referred to as the 1,000 day disease as most people die within 1,000 days of being diagnosed. Our key services include: o Home visiting by our six MND Nurse Specialists o Financial assistance towards home care o Providing specialist medical equipment free of charge to our clients o Assistance towards counselling, travel to and from medical appointments, recharge grant and voice banking grant (these new additional services are a result of Charlie Bird Development fund) o Supporting research into the causes and treatments of MND o Freefone Information support line for clients and families The Association relies heavily on fundraising activities from our members and supporters. We need to raise over 85% of our overall income. It costs approx. 2.4 million to run the Association each year.

To benefit the community by enabling persons in Waterford and South East and the surrounding area as well as elsewhere who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those who may be at risk of suicide, to receive confidential emotional support at any time of the day or night in order to improve their emotional health and to reduce the incidence of suicide and promote a better understanding in society of suicide, suicidal behaviour and the value of expressing feelings which may otherwise lead to suicide or impaired emotional health