Category: Corporate Social Engagement

We are delighted to announce that Tandem’s charity partners for 2025 are The Crann Centre and The Rainbow Club.

Crann:

Crann provide life-long solutions for children, adults and families living with neuro-physical disabilities. These conditions include Spinal Cord Injury, Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Cerebral Palsy, Muscular Dystrophy, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Arthrogryposis, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Spinal Cord Injury, Stroke or Multiple Sclerosis. Crann’s model of care is focussed on six services that provides holistic & comprehensive wraparound care programmes with personalised plans for clients and their families. Services include Psychological Wellbeing, Health & Continence, Education & Career Pathways, Mobility, Independent Living and Social Capital. Crann has a facility in Oven’s, Co. Cork where it provides its services. Crann also has a fully accessible playground, a 20-acre conservation area and an impact hub aimed at assisting members as they transition into the workforce or start their own businesses.

See more here: Crann Centre

The Rainbow Club:

The Rainbow Club Cork Centre for Autism supports children, teens, young adults and their families living with autism by bridging the gap in services and activities so they can reach their full potential. The Rainbow Club supports over 1,050 families through Social Groups, Adapted Sports, their Teen Hub, Sibling Supports, Life Skills and Mentorship, Speech and Language Therapy, Art Therapy, Parent Supports, Counselling, Arts & Crafts, Play, their Regulation Programme and their Gamer Café.  Services are designed to promote inclusivity and provide an opportunity for a brighter future for children and families. They work to remove educational disadvantage and isolation and to build capacity so that people can fully participate in society.

See more here: The Rainbow Club

We look forward to an active year of fundraising and working with our partner charities.

Tandem was delighted to volunteer at @thecranncentre Santa’s visit on Saturday. We were privileged to play a small part in this wonderfully organised, and magical, Christmas event!

The children and their families were welcomed to an activity marquee where they adorned specially made Crann Centre Christmas tree ornaments, decorated ginger-bread men and did some festive colouring.
We then had the joy of guiding families to Santa’s grotto to meet the big man and saw first hand the wonder and excitement that it brought to the children.

The Crann Centre support children and adults living with congenital, progressive, or acquired neuro-physical disabilities, and their family members across Cork and Munster. Donations can be made here: https://cranncentre.ie/donate/

Many thanks to Evelyn Power, Tara O’Donovan, Anne O’Leary and all at the Crann Centre, and thanks also to the Tandem volunteers!

Last Thursday Tandem held a Bake sale in support of our 2024 charity partner, @cranncentre and we are thrilled to announce that we raised an amazing €500!

A huge thank you to our bakers for contributing their delicious treats and to everyone who donated and supported our fundraiser. Your generosity makes a real difference!

Team Tandem was delighted to spend the morning volunteering at the @cranncentre tackling some gardening tasks such as planting, weeding and clearing leaves.

It was a rewarding and fulfilling experience to help maintain the beautiful outdoor space for the families who benefit from the Crann Centre’s incredible services.

Tandem has participated in the Focus Ireland Shine a Light campaign for the fifth year running.

This annual event is hugely impactful in enabling Focus Ireland to undertake its valuable work. Focus Ireland works with people who are homeless or at risk of losing their homes across Ireland.

The event in 2023 resulted in:
📌255, 882 Meals provided.
📌17,526 people provided with advice and advocacy.
📌247 children given support from a child support worker.
📌297 people given access to educational services.

Tandem is delighted to support Focus Ireland and their goal to eradicate homelessness in Ireland. Team Tandem has raised €1,000 by sleeping out for Homelessness on October 11th. Many thanks to the participants and to all our sponsors.

Tandem was delighted to support Focus Ireland’s annual Big Busk event at Liffey Valley Shopping Centre on the 12th April.

Nationwide, buskers volunteered their time to entertain commuters and passers by as well as encouraging them to donate.

For more information on Focus Ireland please see: https://www.focusireland.ie/

Tandem hosted a cake sale in aid of Daffodil Day at their head office in Cork. With support from our team and neighbouring businesses we raised €500 for the Irish Cancer Society.

Daffodil Day is the Irish Cancer Society’s biggest fundraising event of the year. Supporting this event helps the Irish Cancer Society to provide services and support to cancer patients and their families across Ireland. For more information about how to get involved, please see: https://lnkd.in/ewxFD9Nf

Many thanks to those who baked, they did a fantastic job! Thanks too to everyone who contributed to our fundraising.