CHARITIES & COMMUNITY

Childhood Cancer Ireland is a charity founded and led by parents and survivors of childhood cancer. They work to ease the burden of a cancer diagnosis on children, adolescents, and their families by providing emotional and practical supports at every stage of the journey – from diagnosis through treatment and beyond. Goodbody is proud to support Childhood Cancer Ireland through tailored financial planning services for families, as well as through volunteer efforts and fundraising initiatives. Together, we are working to ensure that families facing childhood cancer are not alone, and have access to the right support, at the right time, by the right expertise.

Goodbody is supporting the Green Ocean Foundation’s Dublin Bay Oyster Project by sponsoring 3,000 oysters to be re-introduced into Dublin Bay. Oysters are a fantastic nature-based solution against the risk of climate change. They improve water clarity by filtering seawater as they feed on nutrients, algae and phytoplankton. Sunlight can then penetrate the water to the seafloor, allowing more seagrass and seaweed beds to grow. Seagrass, a powerful carbon sink, sequesters atmospheric CO2 at a rate up to 35 times faster than the rainforest. Over the next 10-20 years these oysters will spread and form clumps which develop into reefs. These reefs help stabilise the seafloor, providing a natural barrier against storm surge and coastal erosion, two major consequences of climate change.

Vita Impact is 36-year-old Irish development organisation delivering climate justice, social impact and gender equality in Ethiopia and Eritrea through innovative, community-driven programmes that deliver unprecedented scale and cost-effectiveness. The organisation’s programmes include access to clean and safe water through repair of community waterpoints, fuel-efficient cooking, community forest restoration and climate smart climate in Ethiopia and Eritrea. Centred on the woman in her home, we partner with communities to build sustainable futures together. Goodbody is proud to support Vita’s sustainability work and social change initiatives.