COPE Galway

COPE Galway is delighted to receive funding from The Ireland Funds Heart of the Community Fund, which will enable us to provide essential clothing, food and social supports to children in our homeless families service this Christmas. #ThankYou so much.💙

🏊♀️As some of you swimmers and dippers take on your #COPEGalwayChristmasSwim where you are this week in the lead up to Christmas, here is some safety advice from Aisling Lynch of #IntotheBlueAquaticWellbeing, to ensure your swim is as safe and enjoyable as possible as you #BravetheCold for COPE Galway Homeless, Domestic Abuse and Senior Support Services. ➡For full swim safety guidelines visit swim.copegalway.ie/safety This year’s event is very kindly #sponsored by Stewart Construction. Sponsoring the Christmas Swim allows funds raised to have a bigger impact across our services.💙

We applaud the bravery of #GiselePelicot and the action of the French judiciary that handed out the maximum sentences for those guilty of rape and sexual assault in this case. This was domestic violence of the most inexcusable kind, and we are heartened that the justice system’s ruling reflected that same understanding. We stand with all victims of Domestic, Sexual, Gender, Sexuality Based Violence and are encouraged by the message on consent that this case has sent. All women deserve to be safe at home and everywhere else, and to equally enjoy and equally participate in society, free from violence and fear. If you are concerned about your safety, or the safety of someone you know, please call our 24/7 confidential #DomesticAbuseService helpline. 📞 091 565 985. If you are in immediate danger, call the Gardaí. 📞 999 or 112.

We are so grateful to be one of the beneficiaries of #TheGalwayGivingTree again this year. Florinda and all her elves collected 2,223 gifts, donated by 45 host businesses across Galway. The gifts COPE Galway received are making their way to the children and adults we support across our services, bringing some Christmas cheer at a time which our clients may find more difficult than most. An incredible amount of work goes into organising this initiative every year. We'd like to say congratulations and a big #THANKYOU to Florinda Green, Ronan Healy and the entire The Galway Giving Tree team, and to each and every one of the businesses and their staff that so kindly donated gifts for this year's event. 🎄The Galway Giving Tree is the true meaning of Christmas in action: #community and #goodwill. Thank you.🎄

This year marks the 35th year of COPE Galway's annual Christmas Day Swim 🏊❤️ Will you be taking part? Join hundreds of Galwegians (and supporters elsewhere in the country and abroad!) who will be braving the winter waters to raise vital funds for COPE Galway's essential services. Head down to Galway Bay on Christmas morning, 25th December, from 9am to 1pm, at Blackrock Pier, Salthill, or swim wherever you are over the Christmas period! Registration costs €20 and all funds raised will go towards supporting COPE Galway's Homeless, Domestic Abuse and Senior Support Services. This is Galway's own Ado Lyons will be taking a dip this year to raise money for COPE. If you'd like to support him, please give as much or as little as you can: https://lnkd.in/e-W2yET7 To register yourself, or your team, visit https://lnkd.in/eWiMRXRm

Prizes are for pooches...not just for people!🐶 Band(ana) your furry friends together this Christmas to be in with a chance to win a €50 Pet World voucher. Here's how: - Take a photo of your dog wearing the dog bandana (link below) and post it to your Instagram grid or Facebook timeline - Tag COPE Galway and use #COPEGalwayDoggyPaddle and #COPEGalwayChristmasSwim - Suggested post wording: “[your dog’s name] and I are supporting COPE Galway this Christmas! You can too at swim.copegalway.ie/donate” 🐾Enter before Thurs 27 Dec, when the winning pup will be randomly selected and announced – best of luck! 🔗Get your COPE Galway Swim Dog Bandana at https://lnkd.in/eHAyRZqZ

COPE Galway would like to express our deepest sympathies to the family, friends and the wider Aughrim and Ballinasloe community following the tragic death of Searon Naughton on Friday. Please know our thoughts are with all of you at this incredibly distressing time.💙 📞Anyone with information is asked to contact Ballinasloe Garda Station at 090 963 1890, the Garda Confidential Line at 1800 666 111, or any Garda station.

✨Whether it's your first year taking part like Claire, or your fifth year, register today for the COPE Galway Christmas Swim to experience one of the west's most cherished Christmas traditions, all while making a difference for people accessing our services. Swim or dip with us on Christmas Day at Blackrock in Salthill (between 9am and 1pm) or swim anywhere, anytime during Christmas week, raising vital funds for our Homeless, Domestic Abuse and Senior Support Services across Galway. 🌊Register today at copegalway.ie/swim and #BravetheCold so others don’t have to. #COPEGalwayChristmasSwim #MakeADifference === This year’s event is very kindly #sponsored by Stewart Construction. Sponsoring the Christmas Swim allows funds raised to have a bigger impact across our services.💙

✨Immerse yourself in the true meaning of Christmas by volunteering at the COPE Galway Christmas Swim! By volunteering an hour or two of your time in Salthill on Christmas Day, you will get to experience the sense of community and goodwill that comes with being part of the COPE Galway Christmas Swim – one of the most festive traditions the west has to offer! ➡Sign up at https://lnkd.in/e8NKd8FQ …and, of course, we won’t see you without a cup of hot chocolate, tea or coffee on the day!☕ #BravetheCold #COPEGalwayChristmasSwim #MakeADifference If you have any questions, please reach out to [email protected] - thank you!😊 === This year's event is very kindly sponsored by Stewart Construction. Sponsoring the Christmas Swim allows funds raised to have a bigger impact across our services.

Thank you to everyone who came out to support the annual COPE Galway Resettlement Service Christmas Fundraiser on Thursday 5th December, raising over €1380. These funds will have a real and positive impact across our Homeless, Domestic Abuse and Senior Support Services. A huge thank you to our musicians who braved the wind and rain to provide fabulous music, to #TigChóilí pub for providing much needed shelter from the elements, and a huge thank you to former #Resettlement employees Mick Brown and Bill Heaney for organising the event. The annual Christmas sing-song is a 15 year strong tradition and remains a special day in the Resettlement Service calendar for staff past and present. #Thankyou to all the generous shoppers who took the time to stop and donate – on behalf of all the people we support we say a heartful thank you and wish you all a Happy Christmas!