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  CHI volunteers play vital role for both young patients and parents.Read more

Taking on a challenge for kids in hospital    Read more

‘Helping sick kids is the best thing I’ve done’ says play volunteer Ornaith  Read more

Irish Times – Child illness pushing families into poverty  Read more

A huge thank you to so many individuals, companies, businesses, schools for such wonderful fundraising for Children in Hospital Ireland for the first half of 2019.  All funds are used to support our existing volunteers, enable recruitment and training of additional volunteers and to help provide arts, crafts and play materials in hospitals. Meet someRead more

“There’s a real issue with having a sick child driving people into poverty that weren’t previously in poverty” says Anna Gunning, chief executive of Children in Hospital Ireland.  For people who are coping well “the loss of income is huge but there are also the hidden costs”  Read the article in full.Read more

A quick overview of our Annual Lecture 2019:  The experience of teens in hospital – challenges and responses.Read more

Thank you for supporting CHI.  This is our first update for 2019 and it has been a busy few months so far.  Click here to read your update.Read more

The work of Children in Hospital Ireland (CHI) includes policy and advocacy in relation to issues affecting children in hospital and their families. We are currently seeking a Research Intern to support us in this work. The internship will involve conducting research on the financial costs for families of having a child in hospital inRead more

Letter in Irish Times November 2018-convertedRead more