Cork ARC Cancer Support House’s annual West Cork Flag Day collections are set to take place in Bandon on Friday 21st April and in Castletownbere, Bantry, Ballylickey, Skibbereen, Clonakilty, Kinsale and Macroom on Thursday 27th April, 2017.
Hilary Sullivan, Head of Fundraising / Corporate Affairs at Cork ARC Cancer Support House says: “Please remember on our annual Flag Day collection that all our collectors are volunteers, giving their time freely to raise funds and increase awareness about our cancer support services at our West Cork centre.” Acknowledging the ethos of volunteering being the driving force behind the charity’s work in the community, Hilary also says, “As all of the services at Cork ARC Cancer Support House in West Cork are supported by a large volunteer base, we hope that our volunteer collectors’ generosity of spirit will be rewarded by a warm reception from the public despite the difficult financial conditions experienced by so many people.”
Since 2015, with the assistance of Bantry Hospice, Cork ARC Cancer Support House have been providing cancer patients and their families in the communities of West Cork and South Kerry with support, information and practical advice, free of charge at their centre near Bantry. Cork ARC West Cork is open every Tuesday and Thursday from 10am to 4pm, and welcome anyone affected by cancer (patient or family member) to drop in or telephone without an appointment, to talk in confidence with a trained volunteer listener. Their West Cork centre also offers therapeutic massage, reflexology and counselling as well as a drop-in guided ‘Hour of Calm’ each Tuesday at 11:00am.
Cork ARC Cancer Support House also offer those affected by a cancer diagnosis tranquil, safe spaces in non-clinical environments from their centre at Cliffdale, 5 O'Donovan Rossa Road in Cork city as well as drop in open mornings at the NICHE Community Health Project on Harbour View Road in Cork every Friday. This May, they will also open a cancer support centre in Youghal to serve the communities of East Cork and West Waterford this May.
