Smyths Toys Charity Partners
Cancer Fund for Children
Cancer Fund for Children understands the devastating impact a cancer diagnosis and its treatment can have on the whole family, and that beyond the essential medical care, there is a family life that needs to be rebuilt.
Cancer Fund for Children’s aim is to empower, connect and strengthen families, so they feel equipped to deal with whatever cancer throws at them. We do this by providing emotional and social support to families impacted by childhood cancer in their homes, communities and at our therapeutic short break centre.
Our therapeutic short break centre, Daisy Lodge, in Newcastle Co. Down, offers a haven for families where they can escape from gruelling hospital visits and spend time together. We invite families to step away from the tiresome journey of cancer and renew their inner resources, helping to strengthen their wellbeing and ensure they do not face this journey alone.
The need for another therapeutic short break centre is massive. Currently, we can only provide one in seven families from across the Island of Ireland with a therapeutic short break. At any one time there is a waiting list of over 137 families waiting to come to Daisy Lodge.
It is our aim to build and open a second therapeutic short break centre for children with cancer and their families from across the island in Co. Mayo. We are pleased to have secured a site on the beautiful shores of Lough Corrib near Cong which will offer more families the opportunity to spend quality time together in a safe and supportive environment.
Construction on our second Daisy Lodge is due to commence in 2024 and will allow us to increase the number of children and parents in Ireland we support each year from 1,800 to 4,000. Find out more about how we support children across the island of Ireland here
Children's Health Foundation
Children’s Health Foundation is the new name for CMRF Crumlin and Temple Street Foundation, which came together in January 2019 to become one foundation supporting all CHI sites to ensure every sick child has the very best chance.
CHI are committed to supporting the little patients and families who attend Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) hospitals and urgent care centres in Crumlin, Temple Street, Tallaght and Connolly.
Smyths Toys is the exclusive retailer for the Children's Health Foundation's Official Christmas Wish-List, a brand-new initiative for 2021. Created in collaboration with CHI play specialists, the Official Christmas Wish-List aims to bring joy, happiness and the magic of Christmas to sick children and their families in CHI hospitals.
This December, Smyths Toys customers will be able to donate items from the list, or gift cards at designated drop-off sites in Smyths Toys Jervis Street, Swords and Blanchardstown.
In addition to the donation of €60,000, Smyths Toys Superstores will also donate gaming consoles, chairs and other gaming accessories during October to support the work of play departments across CHI's hospitals and urgent care centres.
If you would like to find out more about how you can support sick children and their families in CHI, simply visit www.childrenshealth.ie or call 01 709 1700. Registered Charity Number: 20042462
Oscar's Kids
Oscar’s Kids was created in honour of Oscar Keogh who faced cancer at just 3 years old. Oscar’s Kid’s mission as a charity is guided by the immense joy with which he lived life, his endless bravery and the magic he injected into every day, even the hardest ones.
Oscar’s Kids mission is to fund cutting edge global research into pediatric cancers as well as offering support to families and a sprinkling of magic and joy for the amazing kids who undertake this journey.
No life should be defined by cancer, especially a child’s. Through Oscar’s Kids, we hope to help families live brightly, even on the darkest days. Just as Oscar did.
Ronald McDonald House Charities
The Ronald McDonald House provides accommodation and a caring, supportive environment for families whose children are seriously ill, hospitalised or undergoing medical treatment at Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin.
Our mission is to Keep Families Close© and to alleviate the practical and financial burdens placed on parent’s shoulders to allow them to spend as much quality time with their sick child and to focus of what really matters - family.
Smyths Toys were one of the first companies to come forward to support the building of the new 52-bedroom Ronald McDonald House at the New Children’s Hospital. The House will provide a home for families with seriously ill children who will be in patient at the Hospital.
Smyths Toys very kindly agreed to sponsor three bedrooms at a total value of €75,000 which will make such an incredible impact as we look to start building works in Q1 2023.
“This extraordinary gift from Smyths Toys will help us provide family-centered care and spaces for families so they can be together during a critical time in their lives. We are so grateful for their recognition and support of our mission to Keep Families Close” said Joe Kenny, CEO, Ronald McDonald House Charities Ireland.