FBD Insurance partners with Hooves4Hospice campaign
FBD Insurance has formally partnered with the Hooves4Hospice campaign, which is a fundraising project, established by Lions Clubs in the region, to help raise funds and build awareness for a Level3 Hospice in the Midlands.
The project was launched in January 2020 and actively sought funds to buy calves and found farmers to donate and to rear these animals to support the hospice initiative. Despite the challenges of 2020, currently over 400 young animals are now being reared by volunteer host farms.
The number continues to increase as more and more farm families offer their support. Thanks to the generosity of the farming community, the entire proceeds of the sale of all these animals will go towards the urgent and much needed Midland Regional Hospice Building Fund.
FBD Insurance has, from the outset, been supportive of the project and is now a dedicated partner to help support this fundraising campaign.
Pat Lalor, Chairperson of the Hooves 4Hospice project, welcomed the development, stating: “FBD has shown remarkable empathy with our project and the need for a Regional, Level 3 Hospice in the Midlands.
Like us, they are full of admiration of the generous and practical role which the farming community is playing through raising funds which will greatly help us to achieve our ambition.
“The midlands is the only region in Ireland that does not yet have a Level 3 Hospice. With the support and assistance of FBD, we look forward to that gap being bridged sooner than it might otherwise happen. Despite the continuing restrictions brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, we are optimistic that our fundraising project will continue to prosper and that the ambition of the people of the Midlands to have a Level 3 Hospice in our region will be realised”.
Speaking at the announcement, Chief Commercial Officer with FBD Insurance, John Cahalan said,
“We are privileged to be a partner with the Hooves4Hospice charity. This voluntary, innovative and unique fund raiser is a credit to the farming and wider communities across Laois, Offaly, Westmeath and Longford. Level 3 Hospices are a critical community resource. We would encourage anyone across the midlands who can support or get involved with this initiative to get involved through the many different options available through the Hooves for Hospice initiative.