In our lifetime, it's predicted that 1 in 2 of us will be diagnosed with the disease. cancer.
But with typically only 5% of their income coming from the Government, the Irish Cancer Society urgently needs
your support to keep going.
On this Daffodil Day, you can join us in standing together against cancer and pushing for a more hopeful future.
You can help fund groundbreaking researchers who are working on better, kinder treatments and innovative
detection methods.
How common is cancer?
Every three minutes, someone in Ireland hears those lifechanging words – ‘you’ve got cancer.' There isn't a
family in Ireland that hasn't felt its devastating impact.
On Daffodil Day, we can turn Ireland yellow in support of everyone affected by cancer.
With your help, the Irish Cancer Society can keep providing vital services to help care for people affected by
cancer in Ireland. That includes free counselling, lifts to treatment and a free support line to lend a listening ear.
They will not stop advocating for the Government to put the needs of cancer patients at the heart of policies that
directly affect their care and their wellbeing during and after cancer.
Your support will also help fund families facing a childhood cancer diagnosis.
The Irish Cancer Society continues to be there for every child and adult affected by cancer in Ireland. They give it
their all to bring hope, to provide support, to drive progress and to stand together against cancer. Will you help
stand against cancer?
Last year with your support, more than 26,000 free lifts were funded to bring cancer patients to and from their
treatment nationwide.
Your support enabled more than 28,000 supportive and comforting conversations with people affected by cancer
through the Irish Cancer Society Support Line and Daffodil Centres nationwide.
You helped fund 6,000 nights of Night Nursing care, to allow cancer patients to die at home, surrounded by their
loved ones.
You allowed over 175 families to avail of the Irish Cancer Society Children’s Fund to help with the cost of a
childhood cancer diagnosis.
Get involved us this Daffodil Day so we can continue to stand against cancer.
You can donate to Daffodil Day here.
