Lord Mayor launches ALONE and Dublin City Council Cold Weather Initiative Dublin, 2nd December 2019  Lord Mayor of Dublin, Paul Mc Auliffe, launched Dublin City Council and ALONE’s cold weather campaign outside Bewley’s Café on Grafton Street today. Dublin City Council’s Community Development Section, in association with ALONE, the Gardaí, […]

“Older people have the most amazing stories to tell”: Marian Keyes joins ALONE in asking the public to reach out and spend some time with older people spending Christmas alone Dublin, 15th November 2019 ALONE, the organisation that supports older people to age at home, has today launched their Christmas […]

Daniel O’Donnell joined the charity as they launched their Donegal services Donegal, 8th July 2019 ALONE, the charity which supports older people to age at home, was joined by Donegal native, Daniel O’Donnell, as they launched support services for older people in the region today. ALONE has merged with existing […]

The units were acquired following a stock transfer from Dublin City Council Dublin, 3rd July 2019  ALONE, the organisation which supports older people, has acquired Jamestown Court in Inchicore from Dublin City Council. ALONE will provide homes for older people and undertake a phased redevelopment of the site. ALONE will […]

The charity which supports older people urging Government to hold home care as ‘key priority’ Dublin, 13th June 2019 ALONE, the charity which supports older people to age at home, is calling for increased funding and improvements in the provision of Home Care services across Ireland. The charity is advocating […]

ALONE hosts BNI ‘Developing a Sustainable Community Sector’ seminar   Dublin, 30th May 2019 ALONE, which supports older people to age at home, held the annual Befriending Network Ireland (BNI) seminar in the Guinness Enterprise Centre in Dublin earlier today. Exploring the theme of ‘Developing a Sustainable Community Sector’, the […]

Friend of ALONE, Vincent Browne, acted as moderator for today’s symposium Dublin, 17th May 2019  ALONE and the Irish Gerontological Society have partnered to lead a discussion on ageing in Ireland. The symposium titled ‘Living Well in Our Community – Opportunities and Challenges’ was moderated by friend of ALONE and […]

PRESS RELEASE ALONE celebrates National Volunteering Week ALONE volunteers make more than 35,000 visits to older people and give countless hours of practical and emotional support each year Dublin, 13th May 2019 ALONE, the charity that supports older people, is celebrating all those who dedicate their time to helping older […]

PRESS RELEASE ALONE encourage public to check in on older neighbours as Munster prepares for orange weather warning Dublin, 26th April 2019 ALONE is urging older people to take extra care following the status orange weather warning issued for all of Munster by Met Éireann in preparation of Storm Hannah. […]

PRESS RELEASE ALONE encourage public to check in on older neighbours as for yellow weather warning issued Dublin, 26th April 2019 ALONE is urging older people to take extra care following the status yellow weather warning issued for Connacht, Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Wexford, Wicklow, Offaly, Donegal, Tipperary and […]

PRESS RELEASE ALONE welcomes announcement of €3M to tackle loneliness The Loneliness Taskforce, established by ALONE and Sen. Keith Swanick, called for investment and responsibility of loneliness allocated to a specific Minister in June 2018 Dublin, 17th April 2019 ALONE, the charity that supports older people to age at home, […]

Friend of ALONE, Vincent Browne, will moderate the symposium on 17th May 2019 Dublin 16th April 2019 ALONE, the charity which supports older people to age at home, has partnered with the Irish Gerontological Society to present a symposium titled ‘Living Well in Our Community – Opportunities and Challenges’. The […]

 The charity will be fundraising across the city throughout the day with the help of Patrick ‘Rala’ O’Reilly   Dublin 26th March 2019   ALONE, the charity which supports older people to age at home, is asking Dubliners to give generously to volunteers fundraising across the city and for supporters nationwide […]

Charity for older people has welcomed the report Dublin, 27th February 2019  ALONE, the charity that supports older people to age at home, has told Minister for Older People, Jim Daly TD, that they have welcomed the policy statement ‘Housing Options for Our Ageing Population’ published today, as he paid […]

The Minister for Older People visited the charity’s head office today Dublin, 27th February 2019 The Minister for Older People, Jim Daly, today visited the office of ALONE, the charity which supports older people to age at home, to meet with the team bringing BConnect assistive technology to older people. […]

The charity has received €169,365 funding under the Dormant Accounts Fund Action Plan Galway, 22nd February 2019  ALONE, the charity which supports older people to age at home, has announced a pilot programme to provide its BConnect supportive technology to 60 older people in Galway, Mayo and Roscommon. The programme […]

PRESS RELEASE Dublin, 29th January 2019   ALONE is urging older people to take extra care following the status yellow weather warning issued nationwide by Met Éireann. Significant accumulations of snow and temperatures as low as -3C are expected as part of the warning, which is in place from Tuesday morning […]

Charity pop up shop sells hundreds of paintings to support older people Dublin, 24th January  ALONE, the charity that supports older people, today closed its Tony Gunning art pop-up shop which raised €11,784 for the charity. The store, located on the third floor of Dublin’s Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre, has […]