Recovery Haven Kerry Cancer Support House

Recovery Haven Kerry is a cancer support charity which offers free support services to cancer patients, their carers and families across Kerry, West Limerick and North Cork.

Our services include:
– Phone & drop-in support – One to One counselling – Child and adolescent counselling & Play Therapy – Men’s & Women’s Support Groups – Bereavement Support – Survivorship programmes such as Cancer Thrive & Survive Programme – Building Better Caregivers Self -Management Course – Grief, Loss & Change Bereavement Programme – Manual Lymph Drainage – Craniosacral Therapy -Hydrotherapy classes – Pilates – Reflexology – Yoga – Mindfulness – Look Good Feel Better Course – Community based outreach service in Killorglin (twice monthly) – Survivorship training in outreach areas such as Castleisland, Dingle and Listowel – Evidence-based groupwork programmes for children, including CLIMB Programme (Childrens Lives have moments of Bravery) and CUBS Programme (Children United in Bereavement).

We also facilitate a Wig Clinic & HSE Bra & Prosthesis fitting service.

As a registered charity providing free support services, a minimum of €200,000 – or 50% – of our annual operating costs must be sourced through fundraising activities. Without this fundraising income, including the support of the Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle, we simply could not continue to maintain our services or develop new initiatives to meet the changing and evolving needs of our clients.

To the end of October 2023, we have had 331 new clients registered. This represents a 32% increase on last year and we predict that at least 400 new clients will have registered with our service by the end of 2023- an overall increase of 32%, with an average of 32 new clients registering per month.