Galway Hospice Sunflower Days

What to Expect

Sunflower Days is Galway Hospice Foundation’s dedicated fundraising day, listed on the charity’s own events calendar for Sunday 13 September 2026. The sunflower has long been used by hospice and palliative care charities in Ireland as a symbol of hope and remembrance, and Sunflower Days gives supporters across Galway city and county a focal date to back the Foundation’s work funding in-patient and community hospice care. As with the charity’s other flagship days, the format typically leans on volunteers giving their time in towns and villages throughout the county, with local businesses, schools and community groups also encouraged to get involved in whatever way suits them, whether that is a collection, a workplace event, or a simple donation.

Galway Hospice provides specialist palliative care to patients and families across the city and county, both through its in-patient unit and through community-based homecare teams who support people in their own homes. Fundraising days like Sunflower Days sit alongside the Foundation’s better-known Bewley’s Coffee Morning as one of the main ways the public are asked to contribute directly, since hospice services rely heavily on voluntary donations to run alongside state funding. For many supporters the day has become an annual fixture, whether that means buying a sunflower pin on the street, organising a collection at work, or simply making a donation online on the day itself.

Good to Know

• Date: Sunday 13 September 2026
• Timing and specific collection points vary by location and are confirmed closer to the day
• No fixed admission cost, the day runs on donations
• Open to volunteers, local businesses and the general public who want to get involved
• Full details and sign-up information are published on Galway Hospice Foundation’s events page
• All funds raised go directly to Galway Hospice’s in-patient and community services

Getting There

Because Sunflower Days runs across multiple towns and venues in Galway city and county rather than a single site, there is no one meeting point. Supporters interested in taking part or hosting a local collection should check the Galway Hospice Foundation website or contact the Foundation office for the locations confirmed for their area.