Irish Youth Foundation (2023)
The theme of our 12th ICHAMS conference is “Inspiring the Future of Healthcare”. We have chosen the Irish Youth Foundation as our partnered charity and are honoured to raise funds for such an incredible cause.
The Irish Youth Foundation is a registered charity and grant making foundation in the Republic of Ireland dedicated solely to meeting the needs of children and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. "From grassroots projects to local organisations, homework clubs and national charities: all the programmes we support are proven and evidence-based and have been carefully chosen on their ability to deliver real change where it’s needed, in innovative and exciting ways."
Over the course of the conference, we will be accepting donations through GoFundMe, where 100% of our proceeds raised will be donated to the Irish Youth Foundation’s.
Thank you in advance for your support!
MENTAL HEALTH IRELAND INITIATIVE (2022)
This year, the theme of our 11th ICHAMS conference is Medicine in the Modern Era. We hope to build off of the positive discussions from last year’s conference on Healthcare Inequities to continue identifying and exploring aspects of healthcare that must improve and adapt with the current times. As current and/or future healthcare professionals, mental health awareness and promotion is an essential part of providing quality patient care. It also plays an integral part on an individual level, in our personal lives and in our communities. We are honored to partner with Mental Health Ireland for ICHAMS 2022 and raise funds and awareness for such a wonderful charity organization!
Mental Health Ireland’s (MHI) mission is to promote both mental health and wellbeing and to create a community where everyone is supported and respected especially when facing mental health challenges. MHI promotes positive mental health and wellbeing through training, education, workshops, campaigns and fundraising.
Safetynet ICHAMS 2021
For ICHAM’s tenth anniversary, we decided to focus on the theme of healthcare inequity for our first ever virtual conference. Our organizing committee has selected Safetynet Primary Care as our official charity for the 2021 conference.
Safetynet’s mission is to deliver high-quality healthcare services to the marginalized members of society who would normally not have access to adequate healthcare, in addition to advocating for greater inclusivity in the healthcare system. Safetynet offers many exceptional community health inreach and outreach services, both in Dublin and nationwide. In 2018, they won the HSE Health Service Excellence Award for supporting a healthy community.
Over the course of the conference, we will be accepting donations through GoFundMe, where 100% of our proceeds raised will be donated to Safetynet. The donation link can be found by clicking here.
We thank you ahead of time for your support.
Epilepsy Ireland (2020)
PIETA HOUSE FUNDRAISING (2018)
On October 6, 2018, members of the ICHAMS Organizing Committee hosted a successful bake sale at RCSI. We raised over €250 for Pieta House, a non-profit organization in Ireland. Pieta House provides free professional counselling services to those who are in suicidal crisis or bereaved by suicide. This is a cause near-and-dear to our hearts and we felt the values of Pieta House were well-aligned with ours. Thank you to all who helped to make the bake sale a success!
If you have thoughts of self-harm, you can contact Pieta House 24/7 at 1800 247 247 or text “HELP” to 5144.
DUBLIN AREA CLEAN-UP (2017)
In Fall 2017, our organizing committee braved the cold rain with garbage bags in hand to help make the community surrounding RCSI a little cleaner. Over the course of a few hours, we collected numerous bags of trash from city streets and parks in the area.
