Barretstown is a unique facility in Ireland and the leading provider of therapeutic recreation programmes in Europe. A new redeveloped larger Med Shed is essential in our plans to expand to serve more campers each year and to start serving new illness groups, so that we can reach even more children and families living with … Continued
The Magic of Christmas brings together some of Ireland’s best known Children’s charities – Barnardos, Barretstown, Make-A-Wish Ireland and The Community Foundation for Ireland – to raise over €1 million in the next three years for children who need it most Christmas FM, the popular radio station that is seen by many as the official … Continued
Dealz has announced today (Thursday 5 October) that it will launch a major fundraising partnership with children’s charity Barretstown, which has already brought the magic of its specially designed camps and therapeutic programmes to 85,000 children since 1994. Barretstown, founded by Hollywood actor Paul Newman, will be Dealz partner over the next year. Dealz will … Continued
We are more than halfway through our Summer camp programmes, and what a brilliant few weeks it has been. We have already welcomed campers from 7 different countries – Ireland, UK, Spain, Italy, Germany, Czech Republic – with campers from Iceland & Norway set to join us for our summer 6 camp. Click here to … Continued
A huge thank you to our amazing sponsors Suntory Beverage and to The K Club for hosting the Barretstown Golf Outing in the K Club on Friday 8th July. It was a fantastic day, and it was wonderful to see so many golfers take to the course in support of this vital fundraiser. We would … Continued
On Sunday 3rd July, Barretstown opened the gates wide to welcome people for our annual family fun day, The Barretstown Big Picnic. It was a brilliant day out for all, made extra special by Brady Family / O’Briens Fine Foods who sponsored the Barretstown Big Picnic campaign. We would like to offer a massive thanks … Continued
On Thursday 5th May we were delighted to officially open Paul’s Hideout here in Barretstown, our new accommodation building for our amazing volunteers at camp. It was an honour to welcome an Taoiseach Micheál Martin to Barretstown to officially launch this new building. Named in honour of Barretstown founder Paul Newman, Paul’s Hideout is the … Continued
We are excited to unveil the newest addition to our amazing facilities here at Barretstown. This beautifully converted bus and courtyard will provide a quiet place for families to relax and enjoy a cuppa while also offering a fun space for children’s activities. A huge thank you to the Mace Group and all of their contractors … Continued
We had some very special visitors to Barretstown over the weekend… and are delighted to welcome Barry Keoghan to the Barretstown family as our newest ambassador! Barry visited camp at the weekend to help us launch the Aladina Studios along with two other superheroes, Barretstown campers Alex and Cal. The Aladina Studios are a state-of-the … Continued
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we spoke to the programme managers that make the Barretstown activities what they are! Michelle Moroney – Onsite Programme Manager How does it feel for you working in a team of women to deliver the programmes in Barretstown? I am very proud of the work we do at Barretstown. I … Continued
Cancer steals the magic and fun from childhood. You can give it back this Christmas. This Christmas we need your help. At Barretstown we have created a magical world, where children, like Darragh, can come to get a break from their illness and rebuild the confidence cancer can take away. Where they can experience the … Continued
Wrapped in Kindness is a new online store offering a thoughtfully curated collection of contemporary Irish Design gifts such as jewellery, prints, ceramics, textiles and homewares. It was founded by Julie Gaffney, a Mum of 3 and former finance manager, in Passage East, County Waterford. As the name suggests, there is a unique charity concept … Continued
Join our HUG army and share some positivity! We all need a little positivity in our lives at the moment. That’s why we want you to Share a HUG for Barretstown. 32 Barretstown campers from every County in Ireland have come together to Share a HUG for Barretstown and they’re asking you to do … Continued
We need your Support this Spring! Read on as Kitty shares her Barretstown story with us, detailing first-hand the impact Barretstown has had on her and her family. Kitty and Amelia were really looking forward to coming to our Sibling camp this Spring, but now all Spring and Summer camps have been postponed due … Continued
Barretstown Live In light of the ongoing concerns regarding COVID-19 and in line with Government guidelines, Barretstown has made the very difficult decision to postpone all Spring camps and programmes. Although this is very disappointing, the safety of our campers, volunteers and staff has to remain our priority. We will keep this situation under review. … Continued
We were delighted to hear a great radio interview with Children’s author and Barretstown supporter Mary Grace on the Bookline show on Liffey Sound 96.4FM over the weekend! Mary has kindly been donating profits from her wonderful children’s book “Pippy’s First Adventures” to Barretstown, to help keep spreading the magic! You can have a listen … Continued
Barretstown Live is… Live! Barretstown is very excited to announce the launch of ‘Barretstown Live’ – a new online interactive platform to Livestream Barretstown’s programmes to homes nationwide. The COVID-19 crisis means that children with a serious illness like those who come to Barretstown, who are immune-compromised, are currently even more isolated. That also means … Continued
Here is Barretstown Mum Karen’s story We recently did a cake sale in memory of Jack Linnane, our little boy who passed away 6 years ago. Olivia his sister misses him so much so that we decided to have a happy event in his memory to include all her school friends and at the same … Continued
Here is the story of an amazing Barretstown Mum and her friends taking on the Barretstown St. Kevin’s Way 25km Challenge to help impact the lives of serious ill children. Ethan was born a healthy and happy baby boy who loved his two older brothers and big sister. He had such an adorable … Continued
Sue is such and inspiration. If you have two minutes please read her story: In November 2017 our little girl Sadbh was very sadly stillborn following a diagnosis of non immune hydrops at her 20 week scan. Despite the odds she survived until full term but sadly passed away during delivery. Following this … Continued