Barretstown offers free therapeutic programmes at our unique specially designed 500 acre campus in Co. Kildare supported by 24/7 medical care and through outreach programmes in hospitals and schools throughout Ireland, for children and their families living with a serious illness. This year Barretstown will serve over 17,000 campers.

When a child is seriously ill, their life becomes about everything they can’t do anymore, and they can stop feeling like a regular child. Even when they physically start to get better, the psychological scars of their illness, or that of their siblings, can remain, eroding confidence, diminishing self-esteem and coping skills.

Barretstown empowers and encourages each child to step out of their comfort zone and re-build their confidence through our medically endorsed therapeutic programmes. They start to discover the magic of being a child again.

Since opening the gates of Barretstown in 1994, Barretstown has served over 85,000 children and family members living with serious illness. Barretstown’s essential therapeutic programmes are a vital part of a child’s illness journey, supported by 24/7 medical care

Your support will help us to continue to provide these life-changing services for children who need them most, and for that we cannot thank you enough.

Childhood stops for seriously ill children.

At Barretstown we Press Play.