Fundraising

Rebecca O’Connor

In May 2022, Rebecca O’Connor organised a mini-marathon in aid of AdVIC in Limerick. We are immensely thankful to Rebecca, everyone who helped her organise this event, and all the generous people who supported our cause. Thank You!  

Michael Guinee

Michael Guinee and E.I. Ltd for years have been very generous to us. On behalf of AdVIC and all those impacted by homicide, thank you for your support!

Courtney Mullally

A massive thank you to Courtney Mullally for doing a skydive in aid of AdVIC. We cannot praise enough Courtney’s courage and generosity. Well done and thank you!

Sharon Mitchel

Special thanks to Sharon Mitchel and her family for their continued support. Whether through direct donations or a fundraiser for AdVIC in memory of her beloved son Jamie, Sharon and her family have supported AdVIC for years, and we cannot express how grateful we are.  

Due to Covid  19 we have not been able to hold our usual fundraising appeals, so we would like to pay thanks to some of the major donors who have been instrumental in allowing our services to continue helping families and friends bereaved by homicide:

FNI (Fingal Network Initiative)

Gilbert Family

Richard Cahill

John O’Keeffe

City Colleges

Jamie Murray Memorial Cup

And to all of you that have sent in donations, we would like to extend a huge thank you for your support.
Every little bit helps those in need.

S.O.S (Suicide or Survive)

We would also like to mention S.O.S who have very generously offered free wellness webinars to all our members.  These webinars are crucial to helping us get through these very trying times, not only our bereavements but with the pandemic this year.  S.O.S have been a wonderful support to AdVIC in the last couple of years. 

A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to our 2019 Memorial Service:

St Anne’s Cathedral

Service Kissane Candles – Joe Kissane for  Advic Memorial Candles

The Orchard Garden Centre – Bulbs for gifts at our Memorial Service

Style Night 

A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to a Style Night in September 2019. Joan Deane and Joan Cashman for organising the event this fun and informative evening; The Jackson Court Hotel, for providing the venue and supplying all with drinks and snacks supplied and everyone who found time to attend. Thank you all so much!

8th Annual Golf Day 2019 

Claire Nolan who managed to get AdVIC involved in the 8th Annual Golf  Day 2019. A big thank you to Fingal Network Initiative for including AdVIC in this event, Malahide Golf Course who hosted this great day, and last but not least all of the teams that participated on the day:

Darragh Lynch- Architect

Clodagh Hegarty- Healthways

Darren Fin- FinPrint

Des Forde- Computers

Gerry Sinnot- Retail expert

Peter Ryan- Hubmedia

Peter Mulvaney- loss assessor

Cathal Coates- Financial Advisor BRM

Kevin Grant- The Green Office

Michael Corrigan- Commercial Hygiene Products

SOLACE Photographic Exhibition

A massive thank you to Moira Lawson, Claire and Pat Nolan who held a photographic exhibition to raise Funds for AdVIC. All proceeds from the sales of their pictures were donated to AdVIC counselling services. Special thanks to:

House, Leeson street for hosting this wonderful event

Brent Pope (guest speaker)

Lord Mayor of Dublin Niall Ring

Senator Marie-Louise O’Donnell

John O’Keeffe

Brendan Courtney

The Brook Singers

and The Astral Strings

We would also like to thank all the businesses and individuals that donated prizes for the draw.

Awareness Video

We want to extend a huge thank you to those who took part in this awareness video.

Brid and Andy Hynes
Ger Guinee
Moira Lawson
Claire and Pat Nolan

Without your stories, we would not have been able to produce this powerful piece.

We cannot thank the Production team and Film Crew enough for offering their services to us voluntarily. We are honoured to have multi-award-winning Director and Editor Emer Reynolds piece together these heartbreaking stories in such a passionate and respectful manner, along with an incredible production team:

Emer Reynolds – Director
Producer – Moira Lawson
Cinematographer – Ronan Fox
Sound Technician – Kieran Horgan
Editor – Eoin McDonagh
Music Score – Ray Harman
Grading – Eugene McCrystal
Production Coordinator – Una Reynolds
Assistant Camera – Shane Caffrey

Thank you!

Paula Whyte

For raising funds for AdVIC with the sales of her beautiful crochet baby clothes. Thank you.

Many thanks to Annie Mulvaney for running a house clearance sale and for her kind donation of €1,235.00 to AdVIC

Christchurch Waterford Fundraiser

In Christchurch Cathedral in Waterford, in April this year, a beautiful fundraising evening of music and singing was enjoyed by all present. A big thank you to John Whelan and all the performers on the night, especially Marian Ingoldsby and colleagues of the Department of Creative and Performing Arts in Waterford Institute of Technology.

HANDBAGS FOR LAURA

Our grateful thanks to the Carthy family who recently donated €1000 to AdVIC.  This sum was raised by Handbags for Laura in memory of the late Laura Carthy.

Moynihan Family

Many thanks to the Moynihan family for organising every year since 2013 the Adrian Moynihan Golf Tournament in Cork. This year they even braved the winter weather to do a fundraising by taking part in the Cork Christmas morning swim.

Winnie Fox Baking For AdVIC

A big gourmet thank you to Winnie Fox for baking all those cakes for AdVIC over the years, not only are they so DELICIOUS, they are a great way of fundraising and always prove so popular.

Nolan Family

Many Members of the Nolan Family have supported AdVIC in many ways over the years. A big thank you for all your effort and help.

Sharon Mitchell

Thank you to Sharon Mitchell and family for all their help over the years and who have been organising many fundraising events for AdVIC since 2013.

Brook Singers

A big thank you to the Brook Singers who have supported AdVIC to so many events from singing carols in Steven Green shopping centre for the last 3 years, to performing in Waterford, and singing to our quizzes and social events. You are always a great success.

The Greene Family and Friends

Thank you to Aidan Green, his family and friends for organising the David Greene Memorial Golf Cup in September 2014 and 2015.

Young Family

In March 2015, the Young family donated to AdVIC following the Alan Young Memorial Football tournament The Young family have been a great supporter of AdVIC since 2010.

Guinee Family

A big thank you to the Guinee Family for their continuous yearly donation over many years, and for great ideas, like this memorial 10th Anniversary candle, which was a great success.

John O’Keefe

Last, but not least to the AdVIC star fundraiser John O’Keeffe who has organised and contributed in so many ways ( MC, Singer to name only two) to numerous AdVIC fundraising events over so many long years.