Coffee Morning at the National Rehabilitation Hospital:

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One of our customers the National Rehabilitation Hospital had a coffee morning recently which was a huge success. 😊

All money raised was donated to the Valentine Fund:

What is the Valentine’s Fund?

Most patients, Adults & Children, who attend the NRH have had a sudden life altering illness or accident. Many are younger adults who are at an earlier stage in their life cycle in terms of having young children, dependent parents and high mortgages.  A considerable number of  working patients are unable to return to their previous job and are now dependent on Social Protection payments.  Parents of children attending the NRH are generally struggling to keep their financial situation on track while one parent has to stop working to be in the hospital with their sick child.  Given that the NRH is a national service, families often struggle to pay the costs to travel to and from the NRH and to pay for hidden costs of disability such as higher medical and heating bills and extra child care costs.  The economic situation has also meant that more families were struggling financially prior to the injury and that employers are less able to support in terms of paid leave.

The Funds raised so far have provided an opportunity for the social work department in the NRH to be responsive to individual and family needs in exceptional circumstances where no other resources may be accessible to them. As such, funds raised have directly benefited patients and families in very personal and practical ways.

The funds are used exclusively for the benefit of patients and their families within the NRH. The Social Work Department allocates funding on the basis of assessed need and inability to source funding through other statutory and voluntary bodies.

 

Have a look at some pictures taken at this delicious event:

 

                                   

            

 

                                                                                   

Other Platforms:

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So you may be interested in learning more about Charity Up!, wanting to get involved or even hear someone other then me prattling on for a change :) Well I have brilliant news for you Charity Up! lovers out there .......

 

WE HAVE MORE PLATFORMS !

 

That's right we have other platforms we have a lovely Google sites Website designed by our one and only Prince Bosco, then our fabulous Facebook and Twitter pages designed by the talented Paul and finally our stunning Instagram page designed by amazing Andrew. People interested in learning more about what we do or wanting just to have a chat should drop us a line on any of them.

 



Upcoming Events:

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Here at Charity Up! we are never happier then when we are working with a charity, so our members are usually not idle. If we aren't working with a charity then we are out at placements in other aid agencies - learning what the charities on the ground are thinking or working in college to improve the business aspect of our company.

Our upcoming events: (This list can change or be added to)

Date : 6th March 2017
Event: National Rehabilitation Hospital raffle and Cookbook selling
Location: Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology Ireland

Date: 25th March 2017
Event: National Rehabilitation Hospital Cookbook selling
Location: Bushy Park Dublin Terenure Village Market Ireland

Date: To be decided
Event: National Rehabilitation Hospital Awareness and Fundraising
Location: Eastpoint Business Park Dublin Ireland

Date: To be decided
Event: National Rehabilitation Hospital Awareness and Cookbook Selling
Location: Cherrywood Business Park Dublin Ireland

Date: To be decided
Event: Recipe Demonstration/Tasting and Cookbook Selling
Location: Harvey Norman Rathfarnham Dublin Ireland

Why we do it?

Charity Up!

We run a wide range of events from launch parties to Pub quizzes to even the odd lunch time stall in local business parks. The events we run are catered to each charities needs and what they feel is important to them. Our belief is that no two charities are the same - this means no two of our events will be the same. :)

Why we do these events: We believe that every charity should have the right to promote themselves and their fundraising tools without paying a arm and leg - sounds simple right?

However promotional companies have to cover their costs when organising these events and sometimes as charities cant afford these fees they get left out in the cold....

And this is where we come in - Charity Up! has experience in a wide range of charities but also how to organise and promote events but the best bit is we don't charge more then charities can afford. So they can spend that money on more important things.

Happy charities means happy us :)

Our Clients: National Rehabilitation Hospital

National Rehabilitation Hospital:

The National Rehabilitation Hospital provides a wide range of specialist rehabilitation services to patients from all over Ireland who as a result of illness, injury or accident have acquired a physical or cognitive disability.

 

 

 

They have a range of services across the board in Brain Injuries (including strokes), Spinal Cord injuries, Prosthetic Orthotic and Limb absence and finally a Paediatric unit. They are the only hospital of their kind within Ireland.
 

The National Rehabilitation is also a registered charity called the NRH Foundation   who focuses on raising money towards specialists projects, equipment and research that would a make a large difference to the lives of the patients.

National Rehabilitation Hospital Cookbook Launch Party

 

NRH Event:

As one of our customers the National Rehabilitation Hospital came to us to promote their new fundraising tool. The NRH cookbook:



 

They have our bronze package so they received a free consultation on how to market and promote their book eventually deciding on a launch party in the hospital. We at Charity Up! organised their event and it was a huge success :)
We had Starbucks providing the party with hot chocolate and some pastries as well as the Dun Laoghaire Gazette taking some launch party pictures with a mention in the paper. Us here from Charity Up! were on hand that night to assist. On that night alone over 2000 Euro was made on cookbook sales. 

 

What We Offer:

Charity Up!

We offer a number of packages from the small ( Bronze) to the large (Gold) and our biggest one ( Platinum).

Each package offers a different variety of offers and at different prices - But have no fear if you don't want a package but only something once off  we can still cover your needs.

Our Packages:

• Bronze - 60.00 Euro-
• You will receive a - Free consultation, tailored event for purpose, local newspaper pictures and mention.

•  Silver- 90.00 Euro -  
• You will receive a - Free consultation, two weeks of tailored events for purpose, local newspaper pictures and mentions, link in with other charities 

• Gold - 130.00 Euro -
• You will receive a- Free consultation, month of tailored events for purpose, local newspaper pictures and mentions, link in with other charities and a recruiting service.

• Platinum - 160.00 Euro-
• You will receive a - Free consultation, two months of tailored events for purpose, local newspaper pictures and mentions, link in with other charities, recruiting service and a review on current and potential fundraising capability, looking at the long and short term revenue but also needs and advise on the fundraising mix.

Who are we?

Charity Up!

We are a new social enterprise that works with local charities in the area and all across Dublin. We provide professional marketing and selling skills packages to charities who wish to promote themselves or their fundraising products.

The social enterprise consists of four students who are in their third year a Bachelor degree in Applied Entrepreneurship in Dun Laoghaire's Institute of Art, Design and Technology. They are Carol Thornton, Prince Bosco Hakiza , Andrew Cronin and Paul Higgins.

All the members in our enterprise have volunteered in a number of different charities around Dublin - Saint Vincent's De Paul, Amnesty International and Aware to name a few.

We hold promotional events for example launch parties to showcase a new fundraising product or charity. We provide these charities with the assistance they need in planning, organising, marketing and financing these events.

 We have contacts in other businesses for example Starbucks who can provide refreshments for these events in return for promotional pictures.