The Social Impact and Social Value of Barretstown 1994-2023 (download here) authored by Sandra Velthuis of Whitebarn Consulting outlines the impact and value of Barretstown’s medically endorsed therapeutic camps and programmes that are offered to seriously ill children and their families throughout Ireland helping them to rebuild confidence, independence, self-esteem and enhance emotional wellbeing.
This report presents the results of an independent study of the difference Barretstown has made to all of its stakeholders over the first 30 years of its existence. The work involved a review of a considerable volume of external literature and internal documentation, as well as an analysis of the views of around 1,500 people who took part in a consultation process. The report describes the changing external context that the organisation had to constantly adapt to over the past three decades, the many resources that were invested into the organisation, and the evergrowing array of activities that were able to be undertaken because of that investment. It was found that Barretstown positively affected the wellbeing of many different individuals and organisations.
