As a long established company in Healthcare ICT in Ireland, Helix Health believes strongly in the importance of sponsorship and investment in research, innovation and education in the healthcare community. Being a responsible company not only complements our long-term business objectives but also strengthens our reputation and creates vital links with the communities in which we operate.

An essential component of our corporate social responsibility (CSR) is to improve people's lives, in particular through technology, and is integral to our vision to create an integrated, more efficient and patient-centric health system in Ireland. 

Our  CSR programme for 2012/2013 includes:

IRFU Charitable Trust Fund Partnership

In 2013 Helix Health announced our decision to support the IRFU Charitable Trust Fund in their care of seriously injured rugby players.The Irish Rugby Football Union Charitable Trust was formed in 1978 to assist severely injured rugby players in their everyday lives, and help to restore their confidence and independence. The support provided by the Trust takes many forms and includes financial assistance for medical, nursing and caring expenses, home alterations, education and training costs, provision of wheelchairs and specialised equipment together with motor vehicles and vehicle conversion costs. Read More.

(Above: Johnny Sexton, rugby union player with Howard Beggs, CEO, Helix Health) 

Irish Autism Ireland

Helix Health staff took part in the Dublin Staff Relay in the Phoenix Park on 23rd May 2013 in aid of Irish Autism Action. Three Helix Health teams undertook the 5 x 5km relay run challenge alongside over 150 Dublin Companies.

(Left: The Helix Health teams pictured having completed the race). 

Student Sponsorship 

Annual Donation to Barretstown 

Barretstown is a specially designed camp, providing a programme of adventure, activities and fun - backed by the medical world - which helps children with serious illness regain their confidence and self-esteem. We have been donating to Barretstown every year since 2006.

Helix Health Pharmacist Awards 

Hailed as the "highlight of the pharmacy calendar", the Awards aim to provide an occasion that recognises the contribution of the profession to healthcare in general, as well as to celebrate and reward pharmacists and their teams. Helix Health has acted as the title sponsor of the Pharmacist Awards, in aid of the Pharmacy Benevolent Fund, since its inception in 2005. The Awards play a vital role in the support of the Pharmacy Benevolent Fund and has raised over €100,000 in the past three years.

For further information on the 2013 Helix Health Pharmacist Awards please click here.  

(Right: Crevan O'Malley, Sales Director, Helix Health, Aisling Reast, Pharmacy Benevolent Fund President, Fintan Moore, Pharmacist Awards Organising Committee Chairperson.)

Camara

Helix Health now donates all of the company's used laptops, desktops (with their hard drives securely removed and destroyed) and other IT equipment to the charity Camara. Camara is a registered Irish charity, founded in 2005, which uses Irish technological resources to equip schools in Africa with refurbished computers, educational software and IT training.