Your Finest Hour for Marymount Hospice

Your Finest Hour for Marymount Hospice 

Together For Hospice, The National Hospice Movement represents 24 hospices nationwide and is introducing Your Finest Hour for Hospice for the first time in April 2025 to support local hospices to raise funds and support patients in our care.
 
We’re asking you to bring the whole office together for just one wonderful hour to raise funds to support patients in Marymount University Hospital and Hospice this April.
  
The concept is simple, employers are asked to give an hour of time to employees, on a date of your choosing throughout the month of April 2025. In exchange, employees are asked to donate an hour of their salary to Marymount University Hospital and Hospice.
 
Your Finest Hour For Hospice allows both businesses and employees to support Marymount University Hospital and Hospice by simply donating an hour of your time. It’s an opportunity to take an hour out of our busy workdays to reflect and acknowledge what just 1 hour can do for your local hospice, whilst also appreciating the value and gift of time for yourself.
 
The hour your organisation gives to employees could look like gathering everyone in the canteen for a pizza, or an hour of yoga – it’s up to you! Your event can be as simple as you like, the most important thing is that employees are treated to something special by the company in exchange for donating an hour of their salary to hospice.
 
Marymount Hospice needs to raise approximately €3m each year. By participating in Your Finest Hour For Hospice, you will be taking part in a wonderful cycle of giving from employer to employee to hospice, that will go on to provide vital support for hospice patients and their families all over Cork and Kerry.
 
Anyone who has experienced hospice services, whether in a hospice, or in their own home knows that it is truly special. By taking part in Your Finest Hour For Hospice and donating just 1 hour of your time this April, you will be giving the gift of compassion, kindness and dignity to those that need it most at a time they need it most.
 
In doing so you will ensure that Marymount Hospice can continue to provide our essential palliative care services to the people of and beyond. 
 
As a company you can sign up today and ask your colleagues to join you. Upon registering we will provide you with a digital pack containing;

  • Event Ideas

  • Email template to communicate your involvement with staff internally

  • Social Media assets and suggested post content for communicating your involvement externally on platforms such as Linked-in.  

  • Etag for staff to promote your organisations involvement in the campaign

  • Of Note: when employees make a donation at www.finesthour.ie they will receive a personalized Your Finest Hour For Hospice donation badge that can be shared online.

 
We have also included some simple event ideas here on how your organisation might engage employees in Your Finest Hour For Hospice;
 
Afternoon Treat

  • Get your teams favourite takeaway delivered for everyone in the office.

 
Morning Coffees

  • Get coffee and pastries in for the staff & take an hour to chat with your colleagues over a cuppa.

 
Get Creative & Host a balloon raffle!

  • Give each employee a ticket with a number on it. Each ticket corresponds with a number written on a balloon. Each balloon has a treat inside such as; an extra annual leave day, an afternoon off work, a movie or concert tickets or a free Monday morning coffee!

 
Well-being hour

  • Host a meditation or yoga session.

  • Offer employees some flexi-time to finish work an hour early or arrive at the office an hour later

  • Simply give people an hour off to do something important to them such as spend time with family or friends or do an activity they enjoy.

 
 
Remember! Your event can be as simple as you like and can be organised in line your resources. The most important thing is that employees are being treated to something special in exchange for donating an hour of their salary to hospice.  
 
Why get involved?

        1. Support Hospice Patients

You can make a positive difference to our patients and their families at a very difficult time.

       2. Support your company’s CSR goals

  • Opportunity for employees to engage in a hour of down time and connection with their colleagues, as well as the feel-good factor of giving an hour of their salary to charity. ?

-Supporting worthy causes has proven to increase customer loyalty and enhance your brand values and awareness.

  • Employee fundraising is a fantastic way to help to boost morale and team spirit. It can help with employee attraction, engagement and retention.

 

       3. Impact

-The Impact of your support is measurable. We will provide each organisation with a tally of  the total funds raised to support hospice patients by your organisation.

      4. We’ve got you!

We will support you every step of the way with a dedicated team at Marymount Hospice.
 
Are you ready to sign up? Here’s how;

  • Register your company at www.finesthour.ie and select the hospice your organisation wishes to support. (NB: If your organisation has multiple branches, please specify branch location when signing up)

  • Download your digital pack containing ways your company can participate and engage employees in the event.

  • Choose a date in April 2025 for your company to give an hour of time to employees.

  • Communicate your event details internally with employees using our email template.

  • Employees are asked to donate an hour of their salary at www.finesthour.ie  using our online wage calculator*.

*Please note that no information is stored in the wage calculator, this is a tool for illustrative purposes only.

 
Your time is a precious gift that will make a huge difference to hospice patients in our care.