Associated Charities

The Irish Cancer Society

43/45 Northumberland Road,
Dublin 4,
Ireland.

Tel +353 (0)1 2310 500

Helplines

	Cancer Helpline	1 800 200 700
	Action Breast Cancer	1 800 30 90 40
	Action Prostate Cancer	1 800 380 380
	Smoking Quitline	1 850 201 203

North East MS Therapy Centre

Oasis in the North East for people living with MS

September 26th 2008 marked the re-launch of the MS Therapy Centre, Trim, Co Meath. The centre was re-launched by Mr. Sean Boylan and centre director Mr. Shane Mc Entee, TD, welcomed the crowd of over seventy people who witnessed this proud event. The centre now known as the North East MS Therapy Centre first opened its doors in September 1988. The centre has provided physiotherapy, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, counseling and peer support to people living with MS, in a friendly and caring environment for the past two decades.

Following a major facelift, the centre intends to continue providing these and additional services to those living with MS in the North East. Additional services like reflexology, acupuncture, massage and chiropody. These services will continue to be provided free of charge even though, the centre is not in receipt of any state funding. Donations and fundraising by the committee and the people attending the centre pay the bills. Important as the services are, the social aspect of the centre (the cup of tea!) where users and carers can share knowledge, experiences and just as importantly a juicy piece of gossip are central to the success of the centre.

For further information on the Centre or to make an appointment contact Angela at 046-9436474 or Bernie by e-mail at berniemc100@eircom.net

ABACAS School Drogheda

About ABACAS Drogheda (Everest Base Camp 2008)

ABAILE is the Patron of the Drogheda ABACAS School which opened on March 10 2003. 18 Children attend the main school with a further 4 in the new preschool which opened in Feb 2007. The Drogheda ABACAS School adheres to the highest standards of worldwide best practice of ABA education.

Our main Objectives are :

• Education : to provide an appropriate ABA education for children with Autism and related communication disorders in their local area.
• Parent Support : to provide help and guidance to parents and families.
• Awareness : to promote a greater knowledge and understanding of Autism

While our main activity is supporting the Drogheda ABACAS School and Preschool we also run regular support group meetings providing information and respite to parents. We have a 24 hour helpline and provide an advocacy service in conjunction with Irish Autism Action for parents.

ABAILE also aims to provide practical support to parents through the sharing of physical resources, teaching materials, training and experience. We have run a number of ABA and PECs training courses which have been attended by over 400 people.

ABAILE aims to provide help, guidance and support to parents of Children with Autism. While concentrating on those working with ABA home programmes we would like to offer assistance to any parent. ABAILE members meet regularly and also phone and email with any information, news or ideas.

Concern

Peru Inca Trail, 2006

Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries.

What Concern does

Concern’s mission is to help people living in extreme poverty achieve major improvements in their lives. Concern works with the poor themselves, and with local and international partners who share the organisation’s vision, to create just and peaceful societies where the poor can exercise their fundamental rights.

Innovation

Concern is committed to identifying new and innovative approaches to meet the needs of our target group. It has already achieved some significant success in developing innovative approaches to problems. One of the best examples of this is Concern’s approach to tackling acute malnutrition through Community-based Therapeutic Care (CTC), in partnership with Valid International. Click here for more information on CTC.