Brief overview and purpose of the role: The Marie Keating Foundation is seeking an experienced and dynamic Manager – Corporate Partnerships & Major Gifts to join our team at an exciting time of growth for the charity. Reporting to the Director of Fundraising, this person will play a pivotal role in helping us to realise […]
Author: Ava Hollingsworth
JOB ALERT: Administration Executive Needed
The Marie Keating Foundation provides cancer information, awareness and support services free of charge to the general public throughout Ireland. As part of its ongoing development, the Foundation wishes to recruit a new Administrative Executive to assist us in our ongoing growth of the Foundation. Role Profile: Administration Executive Reporting to: Finance Manager […]
DOING THIS FOR LAURA – a message from the family of the Late Laura Brennan HPV Advocate campaigner.
The Marie Keating Foundation, alongside fellow members of the HPV Alliance, is proud to support the call of the family of HPV vaccine campaigner, the late Laura Brennan to reinstate the HPV Vaccination Programme in time for September and for a comprehensive catch up programme to cater for those who may have missed out on […]
Noeleen – Thriving after breast cancer
“Cancer takes away your control, but when you start recovery that’s when you start to take that control back. That’s what I found through the Marie Keating Foundation’s Survive and Thrive programme” “I remember sitting with my oncology nurse at my review in October and just telling her how unprepared I was to face […]
Ireland is eating more, drinking more, and smoking more as we cope with unseen impacts of COVID-19 on Cancer Risk
Impact of poor lifestyle choices highlighted by the Marie Keating Foundation, as new campaign ‘Your Health: Your Choice’ is launched to encourage better habits to reduce our risk of future cancers New research shows 1 in 3 people have gained weight since the emergence of COVID-19, with one quarter of adults saying they have gained […]
Message from CEO, Liz Yeates
What a year it has been – definitely one that few of us will ever forget. When returning to the office in January 2020, none of us in our wildest dreams could have envisaged what lay ahead, how we would be challenged to the core, but how we would come out the other side stronger […]
A message from Linda Keating, Director of Fundraising.
“Well when COVID 19 hit our shores here in Ireland in March of this year, I was sure that it was going to bring an end to the Marie Keating Foundation, as we rely so heavily on fundraising events. Just like that, 21 years of heartfelt work done by such a small but mighty team, […]
Free ‘Cough Checker’ Phone-Line Launched To Catch Lung Cancer Out
The Big Check Up! Broadcaster Maia Dunphy calls on people of Ireland to get worrying coughs checked as lung cancer may hide behind Covid-19 and flu this winter Marie Keating Foundation is concerned that lung cancer, Ireland’s biggest cancer killer, is being masked by COVID-19 and flu during the pandemic Despite early detection being crucial […]
New novel “Taking the Pi55 Out of Cancer” shares the realities of a prostate cancer journey with good humour and self-deprecation
Cancer survivor Raymond Poole’s second novel ‘Taking the Pi55 Out of Cancer’ has been launched. Sharing the realities of a prostate cancer journey with ‘Roddy Doyle’ style humour, the novel gives insight into the ups and downs of a prostate cancer diagnosis and the lasting side-effects of treatment. As attention and resources remain tightly focussed […]
New BCAM campaign shows that Breast Cancer Isn’t Just Pink – It Is A Kaleidoscope Of Colour and Emotions
New Marie Keating Foundation campaign challenges the ‘colour of cancer’ and highlights stark reality of breast cancer amid Covid-19 1 in 10 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime with approximately 3,351 cases diagnosed in Ireland each year1 Foundation concerned that Covid-19 pandemic has led to significant fall in attendance at […]