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Annemarie Sharkey highlights support for Donegal parents in children’s hospital. Annagry woman, Annemarie Sharkey has been volunteering with Children in Hospital Ireland (CHI) for the last six years. She spoke to the Donegal News in the hope of letting more parents know about the services being offered by the charity. Read the article in full hereRead more

Published in the Irish Times by Sheila Wayman Working in paediatrics brings a ‘whole whirlpool of feelings’ that need to be supported within the hospital system, believes consultant psychologist Barbara Wren “You go into paediatrics because you want to care for children and then you spend all day hurting them” – injecting them and subjectingRead more

Meeting the author Sarah Webb at our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin (OLCHC) World Book Day 2018 happened to coincide with Storm Emma last Thursday 1st March.    However the award winning children’s book champion and writer for both children and adults, Sarah Webb, was more than happy to celebrate World Book Day a week later onRead more

Caroline Delaney of the Irish Examiner talks to volunteer Becky Pinckheard about Children in Hospital Ireland  Read more

Building & maintaining resilience when working with children in hospital Children in Hospital Ireland hosted their Annual Lecture 2018 on Monday 12th March at the TCD School of Nursing & Midwifery Consultant Psychologist and author of True Tales of Organsiational Life (2016), Barbara Wren was the guest speaker and delivered an engaging and stimulating talkRead more

We are delighted to introduce Deirdre Cowman to the CHI team as Project Officer for our Playful programme which we received Pyjama Day funding for. Read a short introduction from Deidre as she explains a little about this Playful ProgrammeRead more

Children in Hospital Ireland is seeking a Project Officer to develop a new project in play facilitation for 0-6 age group. (four days per week)  Closing date for applicants is Monday 23rd October 2017 Children in Hospital Ireland (CHI) is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee. The organisation has its Head OfficeRead more

Wish list of Research ProjectsRead more

Taking the pressure off a parent dealing with a sick child and distracting that child with play, even for a few minutes, is a gift being offered by hundreds of CHI play volunteers to paediatric patients around Ireland.  Read here about Marion Ashley’s experience as a play volunteer at University Hospital Waterford.Read more

CHI are delighted to welcome Elizabeth Morrin to the role of Volunteer Manager with CHI.  Elizabeth has come to us from the Solas project in Dublin 8 where she worked as a volunteer manager.  She will be in contact with people over the coming weeks and hopefully will meet many of you in the hospitalsRead more