Charity Partners

Make-A-Wish Ireland has one simple aim – to grant the wishes of children living with critical medical conditions to bring hope, strength and happiness. Since 1992, Make-A-Wish Ireland has granted wishes for more than 3,350 brave children across the country and, as a family-run business, The Sandymount Hotel feels proud to support a charity that places family at the epicentre of its incredible work.

As long-term neighbours of the original Lansdowne Road Stadium (that went onto  become the Aviva Stadium), Irish rugby runs through the very foundations of The Sandymount Hotel and we are passionate about helping those who have given so much to the game. As a  ‘Corporate Trust Friend’ of IRFU: The Irish Rugby Football Union Charitable Trust, the hotel supports the Trust’s incredible work assisting severely injured rugby players in their everyday lives, and help to restore their confidence and independence.

There are currently 36 seriously injured players in the IRFU’s care most of whom are wheelchair-bound and have some form of permanent paralysis. The Trust helps these players and their families with everyday needs such as medical care, wheelchairs, physical therapy and education, transport including vehicle adaptations, home alterations, and just being there for them when they need someone.  It also invests in award winning research in to spinal injury treatments with RCSI, involving their seriously injured players directly in the research.