Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 29 May 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Challenges Facing Community-based Cancer Support Services: Discussion
Mr. John Conroy:
Yes. Certainly our centre is well supported with fundraising but we have seen a drop-off. Since Covid there has been a marked change in fundraising and the types of fundraisers that are being done for us. Previously a lot of clients would have come in, availed of the free services and then would have wanted to give back and asked what they could do. We are seeing less of that. With our centre, the model of fundraising is very difficult because there could be periods where there would be no fundraisers for about six to eight months and we would be looking at the bank balance reducing. Then some big fundraisers might come in. Absolutely we are seeing a drop in fundraising.
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