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“Eversheds Sutherland are extremely proud to have Barretstown as our corporate charity partner for almost 20 years.”
Ireland’s largest and most established global law firm, Eversheds Sutherland recently invited Team IMAGE to join them on a Helping Hands Day at Barretstown in Co Kildare. It was lashing rain, in true Irish summer style, but we had a great time planting trees on the estate alongside employees from Eversheds Sutherland – working together to support a cause very dear to all of our hearts.
Barretstown is a wonderful charity that provides specially designed camps and programmes for children, and their families, living with a serious illness – supported behind the scenes by 24-hour on-site medical and nursing care. They are Ireland’s largest provider of medically endorsed therapeutic camps and programmes and a leader in the psychosocial care space, serving children from Ireland, the UK and throughout Europe.
“Our mission is to help as many seriously ill children as possible to rebuild confidence, emotional well-being and independence after the trauma of a childhood illness,” says Dee Ahearn, CEO at Barretstown. “The services we provide are now a strategic part of national health policy and align to the objectives of the National Cancer Strategy to provide for the unmet psychosocial needs of children.”
Barretstown is doing amazing things both on and off their estate and while we were lucky enough to help for a day, our co-planters at Eversheds Sutherland have just marked their 17th year of partnership with Barretstown.
“We are extremely proud to have Barretstown as our corporate charity partner for almost 20 years,” says Alan Connell, Managing Partner and Head of Tax at Eversheds Sutherland. “We began our partnership with Barretstown in 2007, reflecting our purpose and focus as part of a global organisation supporting our local communities. That partnership has gone from strength to strength, and the need for the services provided by Barretstown to people across Ireland, the UK and Europe has never been greater – with higher rates of serious illness diagnosis and, thankfully, improved survival rates among children who face the long road to recovery through treatment.
“Barretstown provided services to 17,676 people in 2023, a 23% increase on the previous year, and have plans to increase this to over 20,000 this year through residential programmes at Barretstown and outreach programmes in hospitals and schools throughout Ireland and the UK.”
