Susie Long Hospice Fund Supports Cois Nore’s new ‘Extra Care’ programme for people with late-stage cancer.
PRESS RELEASE - 24/02/25
Susie Long Hospice Fund Supports Cois Nore’s new ‘Extra Care’ programme for people with late-stage cancer.
Two Kilkenny charities have come together to provide a specific support programme for people with late-stage cancers, and their families. The Susie Long Hospice Fund will support the programme, which will be delivered by Cois Nore. The service will be provided free of charge.
The programme was developed by Cois Nore in 2024 as a response to an identified need for additional supports for people with late-stage cancer. Cois Nore saw an increase in the number of people approaching the service in the later stages of cancer following the Covid pandemic. The Susie Long Hospice Fund have stepped in to support the programme with funding from 2025 to 2028.
In addition to Cois Nore’s current services a person availing of the Extra Care Programme may have an additional 10 sessions in total of therapy for a person with cancer and/or up to 5 sessions of therapy for a family member. Therapies include counselling and reflexology with group supports also currently being developed.
The Susie Long Hospice Fund Chairperson, Conor MacLiam said,
“We are delighted to partner with Cois Nore to deliver extra cancer support services to those who need it. The type of support to be provided by Cois Nore aligns really well with our own objectives in relation to palliative care and we have agreed that the funding we are providing will be ring-fenced for the Extra Care Programme”.
Bill Cuddihy, Cois Nore Chairperson, commented,
“We appreciate the Susie Long Hospice Fund support for this new initiative. We are responding to an identified need, and our ambition is to continue to develop and deliver our services, and we are gearing up for the development of our new home on the Waterford Road”.
Anyone wishing to find out more, or wishing to help with fundraising for Cois Nore can visit www.coisnore.ie
L-R: Eamon Corcoran (Susie Long Hospice Fund), Bill Cuddihy (Chairperson - Cois Nore Chairperson), Conor Mac Liam (Chairperson - Susie Long Hospice Fund).