The Design & Dignity Project How you can help Design & Dignity is an initiative of our Hospice Friendly Hospitals Programme which is working to enhance end-of-life care in Irish hospitals, where almost half of all deaths occur. The aim of Design & Dignity is fund exemplar projects in public hospitals, transform the way hospital spaces are designed for people at the end of life and set the standard for other hospitals to follow.
We need to raise an initial $1 million with a long-term target of an additional $3.5 million. Our vision is to roll out the Design & Dignity project across Ireland and to embed our Hospice Friendly Hospitals Programme within the health system. To achieve this vision an additional $3.5 million is needed. We need your help. Here is how: • You can pledge a donation. A pledge form and options are detailed overleaf. • You can sponsor a room. See table overleaf for a breakdown of project costs. • You can purchase a copy or copies of the beautifully produced book, The Gathering - Reflections on Ireland If you have personal or professional experience of end-of-life care that you’d like to share, we would be honored to hear from you.
Contact Us If you would like more information on our work in the Irish Hospice Foundation or on how to make a donation, please contact, Mary Lovegrove, Hospice Friendly Hospitals Programme Manager on mary.lovegrove@hospicefoundation.ie or call 011 353 86 823 9502. You can also contact our CEO, Sharon Foley, in confidence: sharon.foley@hospicefoundation.ie or our Chairperson Jean McKiernan on jean.mckiernan@hospicefoundation.ie
Making a donation Gabriel Byrne Patron, Design & Dignity
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To support us today, you can complete the enclosed pledge form and a member of our team will make contact with you. For U.S. donors you may prefer to make your gift through The American Ireland Fund, a U.S. 501(c )(3) organization that is seeking funding in support of The Irish Hospice Foundation. Such a gift will be tax deductible in accordance with U.S. law. Your check should be made payable to “The American Ireland Fund”, denoting the Irish Hospice Foundation in the lower left corner, and forwarded directly to the American Ireland Fund at the address below. If you would like to make a gift via wire transfer or for more information about The American Ireland Fund, please contact: Tom O’Leary Chief Operating Officer The American Ireland Fund 211 Congress Street Boston, MA 02110 Tel: 617-574-0720. Email: toleary@irlfunds.org
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You can make a gift, via credit card, securely on our website – click “Donate Now” on our home page www.hospicefoundation.ie. You can also send a check, made payable to ‘The Irish Hospice Foundation’. Please send your check to: The Irish Hospice Foundation, Morrison Chambers, 32 Nassau Street, DUBLIN 2, Ireland. Type of projects we wish to fund
Approximate cost per unit Dollar
EURO
Sterling
$75,000
¤55,000
£45,000
Viewing and family suites
$100,000
¤75,000
£65,000
Patient and family suites
$100,000
¤75,000
£65,000
Mortuary renovations
$200,000
¤150,000
£125,000
Mortuary developments
$500,000
¤375,000
£315,000
Sensory gardens
$30,000
¤20,000
£17,000
Family rooms
All Design & Dignity projects are match-funded by Ireland’s Health Services Executive (HSE) and are overseen by HSE Estates.
Thank you for your support.