Up the Hill for Jack & Jill in Ballylickey, Co.Cork on Sunday 7th October

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The Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation supported by Bank of Ireland have launched the ‘Up the Hill for Jack & Jill’ which runs from 7th to 14th October. Seán O’Brien, Leinster and Ireland rugby player got behind the Jack & Jill team in asking people throughout Ireland to climb a hill to raise money for home nursing and respite care for sick children. This endorsement from Seán is shining a light on the important work the charity does in local communities and the hill that Jack & Jill families climb every day in caring for their sick child. Registration is now open for ‘Up the Hill for Jack & Jill’ at www.jackandjill.ie/upthehill at a cost of €16 which funds 1 hour of home nursing care for a sick child.
The fundraising campaign involves 6 organised hill walking events taking place on Sunday 7th October in Cork, Donegal, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Westmeath and Wexford.
People can also register to create their own local ‘Up the Hill’ mini event during the first week in October. The Do It Yourself (DIY) option is open for people to identify their own hill or challenge. That could be organising a group of family and friends to walk up a big or small hill locally, getting on the treadmill in the gym or undertaking whatever hill is meaningful to them.
Ballylickey, Co.Cork walk
Coorycommane Loop Walk
Distance: 4.8km
Meeting place: Coomhola Bridge
Parking: Sign posted locally
Point of contact: Patricia Tooher 0868580708
Description: The walk starts in a pine forest, steep accent out onto open hillside, with beautiful views of Bantry Bay, Whiddy Island , The Sheeps Head and the Bera Peninsula’s, decending into another forest onto a small country road that takes you back to Coomhola Bridge, Water proof shoes are needed, Warm Clothing Required.


Jack & Jill currently looks after 38 families in Cork and has supported 276 families in the county since the charity was established in 1997. The money raised through this walk will support children aged from birth to 5 years old who suffer severe developmental.

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Venue

Coomhola Bridge
Mill Little
Co.cork

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Dates

The event runs from 12:00 to 14:00 on the following dates.
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