MAYO CHARITY PARTNER 2020 – WESTERN CARE ASSOCIATION
Western Care Association is the ‘Mayo Charity Partner’ of our Mayo Annual Awards 2020, and all proceeds raised from the Bumper Draw at the Gala Awards Night on Friday 14 February will go to this voluntary organisation that continues to provide invaluable supports and services to people with intellectual disabilities in Mayo.
Western Care Association is 'Mayo Charity' Partner for 2020!
We're honoured to have Western Care Association on board this year as 'Mayo Charity Partner' at our Annual Awards night next Friday. Thanks to our committee member Tommy Stenson for video coverage at our press launch last Monday night!
Posted by Mayo Association Dublin on Monday, 10 February 2020
Western Care Association’s Fundraising and Development Manager Teresa Ward pictured at the Annual Awards Gala with Mayo County Council’s Cathaoirleach Cllr Brendan Mulroy, Clare O’Dowd and Michael Kealy (Chairperson of Mayo Dublin Association).
The Association was established in 1966 by the parents and friends of children with a learning disability in the county. And today it provides a wide range of services to over 1,448 children and adults with intellectual disabilities and autism, through a network of group homes and training centres in the community.
It relies on the generosity and support of people throughout the country to raise funds to sustain its range of services and supports. Western Care Association is deeply rooted in all towns and communities across Mayo, and with over 900 staff members it is one of the county’s top employers.
For more information visit Western Care Association or phone 094-9025133.
Map of the range of supports and services Western Care Association provides throughout County Mayo:
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MAYO CHARITY PARTNER 2019 – MAYO ROSCOMMON HOSPICE FOUNDATION
Pictured at the presentation of €10,000 to 2019 Charity Partner: Mayo Association Dublin’s Mairead Fleming, Julie Doyle and Grace Heneghan presented a cheque for €10,000 to Martina Jennings (third right), the CEO of Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation – Charity Partner at The Yew Tree Ball – in Castlebar on 16 March 2019.
The virtual reality tour of the new 14-bed Specialist Palliative Care Unit in Castlebar, Co. Mayo, while the sod was recently turned on the eight-bed Specialist Palliative Care Unit in Roscommon (beside Roscommon County Hospital), which will provide vital palliative care services in the west.
Both hospice centres will be built solely from fund-raised revenue, As well as funding the cost of these two units, Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation will continue to fund the Palliative Home Care Service across the region, at a cost of €2 million annually.