Stephen & Martin going for a spin

February is charity month in DoneDeal. This month we support Ard Aoibhinn. They do fantastic work for families and people with intellectual disabilities.

The photo on right shows Stephen & Martin going for a spin on the centre’s bicycles. The new bikes are a great way to get around town in the fresh air, instead of always using the bus.

The centre is run by 80 professional staff ranging from student nurses, social care students, speech therapists, physiotherapists, psychologists, and many more.

The team in Ard Aoibhinn provide pre-school activities, residential services, respit services, activation, and much more.

December’s charity month was in aid of The Irish Heart Foundation when  30 cent from each new ad placed on the site was donated to the Foundation, raising a total of €26,235.10 thanks to all you DoneDealers.

Heart disease is Ireland’s No. 1 killer and The Irish Heart Foundation is the national charity fighting stroke and heart disease.  It is a great idea to have your blood pressure and cholestorel checked and with that in mind, The Irish Heart Foundation have come to the office to give us all a quick heart health check and answer any of the questions we have about heart health.

You can see some of their very useful leaflets on their website.  You can also read about their Heart Attack Awareness Campaign which hopes to raise awareness about the importance of not ignoring warning signs because you think you are causing a fuss.

Make that 999 call if you think you may possibly be having a heart attack. The Heart Foundation’s national helpline is 1890 432 787 if you have any worries about heart attack or stroke problems.  Have a happy Heart!

We were just looking at the Charity months that we’ve run over the past 2 years and we’re absolutely astounded with the result so far!

Since we launched our bi-monthly Charity month, DoneDeal have donated a whopping €246,780.90 to charity, just under a 1/4 million euro!

We’ve chosen a different cause for each Charity month and so far, with YOUR help, we have donated to:

Simon
MS Ireland
Niall Mellon Township Trust
Aware
Carers Association
St Vincent de Paul
Safe Ireland
Friends of St. Luke
A Little Lifetime Foundation
Irish Cancer Society
Cystic Fibrosis Association
Irish Heart Foundation

We’d like to thank each and every one of our DoneDealers for your part in this.  Your help in growing DoneDeal to become Irelands largest classifieds site has made it possible for us to make these donations to the various charities.

With your continued support and DoneDealing, we will be able to help lots more charities in our future Charity months so…..

Keep on DoneDealing!

December is charity month here at DoneDeal and this month is in aid of The Irish Heart Foundation.  For each ad placed on the site we give 30 cent to the Foundation to assist in the raising of much needed funds.

Heart disease is Ireland’s No. 1 killer and The Irish Heart Foundation is the national charity fighting stroke and heart disease, over 90% funded by public and corporate donations.  They provide information on heart health, support patients who are managing heart disease and stroke, provide heart health programmes in schools and workplaces, and support research, education and development in the medical profession to improve the patient treatment and services available in Ireland.  Worried about heart or stroke problems?  Call the national helpline on 1890 432 787.

They are working very hard and we couldn’t even begin to list what they are striving to achieve but hopefully, with your help, the DoneDealers will be able to help them out.  Also, if you’re feeling very energetic, you could always take part in their Santa Dash on December 11^th which looks like great fun.

The ISPCA have launched their Hay Drive to help malnurished Horses this winter.  For just €3 you can donate a bail of hay to help the ISPCA fill their haybarn and help these deserving creatures.

We wanted tohelp the ISPCA raise as much awareness as possible for this campaign, so we’ve donated banner ads on our site to help them do this.  DoneDealers can click through from the banner ads to the ISPCA website and see how they can donate.

With over 190,000 DoneDealers browsing our site every day, and over 2 Million unique visitors every month,  you’re a very powerful lot that could make an enormous difference.

You can donate on their website,

or by texting “Hay” to 57802.

So please, please, take a moment DoneDealers to send the TEXT to give a bail of hay today!