Fundraising Event

Trick or Treat

for Sick Children

We’re getting ready for Trick or Treat 2024. Will you host a little monster’s party in your home, workplace, school, creche or community and raise vital funds for sick children?

Trick or Treat

Thursday 31st October, 2024

Trick or Treat

Trick or Treat is celebrating a monstrous 24 years in 2024, proudly supported by MiWadi! Our wonderful supporters have been donating to help sick children by doing something they love – dressing up and having a spooktacular party.

Join in the Little Monster Mash and host a Halloween party. Whether in your crèche or school, your home, or even in your workplace, you can raise funds for the sick children in Children’s Health Ireland hospitals and urgent care centres at Crumlin, Temple Street, Tallaght and Connolly. Wherever you host it, you can have some frightful fun that will change the lives of children like Méabh.

Will you join us?

Do you have what it takes to host a spooktacular sensational Halloween Party?

Just fill out the form on this page and we will send you a pack for a terror-ific Halloween celebration. If you have any questions, contact the Trick or Treat team on 01 709 1700 or

Pam at campaigns@childrenshealth.ie

What you’ll get…

Our famous party pack has everything that you need to host your Monster Mash including stickers, how-to tips, posters, collection box and much more. We will also have lots of downloads to make your own decorations along with some games to keep your guests entertained.

Returning your funds!

Hi There Trick or Treaters!

Here are the ways you can return your funds:

1. Online Banking:

Please use the IBAN number below:

IE04AIBK93207817990145

2. Online – through our website:

Donate your funds online – please ensure to select “We took part in Trick or Treat” and then insert your name or the name of your company/school/creche/etc.

3. Phone:

Donate by credit/debit card over the phone on 01 709 1700

4. Post:

Return your cheque or postal order with the form that is included in your pack. Please make the cheque payable to “Children’s Health Foundation”.

*Please remember to include your dedicated Supporter Number so we can thank you. (you can find this number on the materials in your pack, if not email us and we can send it to you straight away)*

Email us at campaigns@childrenshealth.ie

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Make a Donation

2024 means that our Ghoulish Trick or Treat campaign will be 24 years old this year and will once again be proudly supported by MiWadi. Imagine, all those years, our wonderful supporters have been donating to help sick children by doing something they love – dressing up and having a party.

Plan your party

If you haven’t signed up yet – don’t forget to do so here.

If you have, thank you. Your support means the world to all the seriously ill children and teams in Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin, Temple Street Tallaght and Connolly.

Now is the time to get planning for your Monstrous Meet-up to ensure that you AND your guests have a marvellously fun time! For lots of people who host a Trick or Treat party, the planning is definitely the most exciting bit. We will share lots of tips and ideas as well as ghoulish games and recipes for tasty treats so do keep an eye on our website and social pages for regular updates. But to get you started, here are our top tips to get your party hopping this year!

Sign up for your exclusive party pack!

Get your date in the diary – Halloween is a busy time of year. Schools and creches might like to have their party on the last day of term while Halloween itself might suit homes and communities better. Just make sure that you let everyone know when the best Halloween party is happening and how they can get involved.

Everything is easier when you have a team to help. Be sure to involve your friends, family and colleagues in the party planning process.

Make sure you keep your eyes peeled for our Downloadable Monster Mash including our party invites and so much more. If you don’t have a printer, ask a friend to help you out.

Trick or Treat is about having fun, but it’s also about raising funds to help purchase life-saving equipment and supports for all our sick children who may not be able to have such fun. Please make sure that you encourage all your Monster Gathering to add their donation to your collection box or online fundraising page. However you do it, please just share the link.

Upload your photos, tag our social pages and don't forget to hashtag #TrickorTreat24. Please make sure you have the permission of everyone in the photo. Remember, some people don’t like to share images of themselves or their children on social media so be respectful.
Finally, enjoy yourself! You are doing a wonderful thing for all our little heroes in Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin, Temple Street, Tallaght and Connolly, so we want you to make sure that you have a wonderful time.

Meet Méabh

Méabh was a perfectly healthy little girl. She met all her milestones, was very active, and never complained of a pain or an ache. However, she did have a bump on the top of her head that didn’t feel right to touch. The bump was first noticed when she was a year old, and her doctors initially felt that it was just the shape of her head and nothing to worry about.

However, her parents had a gut feeling that it didn’t feel right. During a routine developmental check for her little brother, Séan, and little sister, Sadhbh, an X-ray revealed something abnormal.