Recent Examples of Assistance We Have Provided

An elderly applicant was referred to Roomkeepers by a hospital as the patient had a large electricity bill which they were unable to pay.

We were able to assist with a once-off payment and supply food vouchers to help the person get through a particularly difficult time.

A terminally-ill applicant, unfit for work and living alone, with no entitlement to housing assistance, provided with food vouchers to help tide them over a very rough patch.

Supporting a middle-aged couple, one of whom was struck down with a serious illness.

With reduced income, no benefit entitlements and rapidly mounting bills, they could no longer meet their needs. Food vouchers were provided to help tide them over.

Providing an elderly applicant with complex health needs and living in sub-standard accommodation with the necessary funding (making up a shortfall which State authorities and other charities could not provide) so that pest-extermination, deep-cleaning, and essential furniture and bedding replacement could take place.

Assisting a family who had fallen behind in education-related costs for one of their children, in circumstances where the sole-earner in the family was unexpectedly but temporarily unwell and unable to work. The family has several children, including one with additional needs.

Assisting with essential medical costs for a house-bound applicant with a serious illness and who, for complex domestic reasons, had been unable to access any medical advice or assistance for eight years.

Funding the purchase of specialist sensory toys and educational aids for a child living with an autism spectrum disorder in circumstances where the child and their family (including several sibling) live in crowded accommodation, and the toys and aids assist the child when they are over-stimulated.

Funding the purchase of specialist footwear needed by the applicant due to after-effects of their cancer treatment.

Funding the cost of skip hire to assist with the removal of waste from the de-cluttering  of a house/garden which helped facilitate the return of the family’s children from social care.

Funding the purchase and installation of a home security system for an applicant with complex additional mental health difficulties who had moved into a new home.

Funding the cost of car insurance for a family living in accommodation for the homeless who need to bring their children to a school which is over 20km away. 

Funding the purchase of paint so that a partner charity could repaint the house of an elderly person.  

Funding part of the cost of a specialist wheelchair-accessible ramp to facilitate early discharge from hospital and return to home for a person with incurable cancer.

Funding one year’s fees for a level 7 course of education for a rehabilitated former drug user.

Funding the purchase of an emergency assistance pendant alarm for a person living alone and with multiple health issues, so that they may be able to continue living in their own home with some peace of mind. 

Funding the cost of an occupational health report to facilitate an application for a house adaptation grant for a person with multiple health issues.

Funding counselling services for an older person whose marriage had broken up.

Funding play therapy for a child whose parents had broken up.

Funding arrears of crèche fees for the child of a recently separated single parent.

Funding an autism assessment to allow a child living in homelessness to take up their school place.

Funding a portion of annual apartment management/maintenance fees for an elderly person, where those fees had substantially and unexpectedly increased.

Funding headlice treatment for the teenaged child of a single parent.

Funding locksmith costs for secure doors in the home of an autistic child.

Funding the purchase of a specialised buggy for a child living with a disability.

Funding landscaping work in the garden of a person living with blindness, so as to allow them safe access.

Funding the purchase of necessary baby items for a child due shortly to a pregnant woman currently in the asylum process.

Funding a cognitive assessment for a teenager, which assessment had been recommended by the Child and Adult Mental Health Service (CAMHS).

Funding the cost of a driving assessment for a person with early-onset dementia who needs the use of a car in order to retain their independence.

Funding the cost of security system for a person fleeing domestic abuse.

Funding leisure activities for children who had a suffered a recent trauma in the family.

Funding the cost of installation of a new radiator for person whose Social Welfare income was insufficient to meet both this cost and other essentials.

Funding mental health counselling for a teenager who suffered sexual abuse.

Funding the cost of a new shower for a young mother with early onset dementia.

Funding the cost of school materials for children of single mother in emergency accommodation.

Funding the cost of a recliner/riser chair for widowed person with mobility issues.

Funding the cost of respite care for a person with a terminal illness.

Funding the cost of repair to a floor for a recently bereaved young woman on social welfare.

Funding the purchase of spectacles for a registered blind person relying on Social Welfare.

Funding the purchase of a reading pen for a person with literacy issues and medical problems.