ABOUT Us
Helping The Children of Inishowen
Buncrana's Children's Charity was founded in 2016 by Adrian Mc Myler.
It was originally set up to help children in the Buncrana area. However there was a huge demand for our services and we were delighted to be able to expand and cater to the whole of Inishowen. Our aim is to help sick children and their families who are suffering from long term medical illnesses. We also help children who are going through a difficult time including children who have for example. broken limbs, suffered a bereavement etc.
"Help Us, Help Them."
We offer three different services for children and their families:
Our main service is Financial support.
This service helps families with expenses from the child being sick - i.e. petrol/hotel costs for hospital runs, cover work costs from parents needing unpaid leave etc.
Our second service is Hospital/Smile Bags.
If a child from Inishowen is in hospital or going through a difficult time you can nominate them to receive a goodie bag to try put a smile back on their face.
Our third service is a 'Smile for a Child Wish'.
A sick child can make a wish and we will try our best to make it come true. For example, we sent a family to Tayto Park because they were unfortunately forced to cancel their holiday abroad due to the child's illness.
We do not receive Government funding of any sort. We rely solely on donations, fundraising and through funds raised through our Charity Shop to continue our work.
We are extremely lucky to have a great community which supports their own local charities with extreme generosity and we truly appreciate each donation. Thank you for helping us, help them.
If you know a child in Inishowen who is ill or could benefit from any of our services, please NOMINATE them or CONTACT US for more information and we will do our best to help.
(Please note: permission must be given by the nominated childs parents to proceed with nomination.)