The 2012 Collection Day will take place on Friday 27th April - hope you can spare some time to help us again!

Thank You

3000 volunteers took to the streets in over 200 towns throughout Ireland on Special Olympics Ireland Collection Day and helped to make it a huge success.

To each and every one of you who helped us collect, organised entertainment, performed in cities throughout the country, promoted our Collection Day, generously donated or just wished us well on the day, we salute you and thank you.

Together we can change lives!

View more photos & videos from the day on our Facebook and YouTube channels

2011 Collection Day

Thousands of people will take to the roads and streets of Ireland on Friday, 15th April to shake their buckets and raise essential funding for Special Olympics Ireland.

This is the biggest annual fundraising event in aid of Special Olympics and the aim is to raise €1 million in one day.

• Donating to the buckets manned by over 2500 volunteers throughout Ireland on Collection Day

• Text DONATE on 57252 to donate €2 (min. of €1 goes to Special Olympics)  
  Text DONATE on 85122 to donate £1.50 (min. of £0.75 goes to Special Olympics)
  Service provided by Special Olympics Ireland. Helpline +353 1 869 1607

• Donate Online Here

Throughout the country, different performers including musicians, dancers, comedians and circus performers will be out on the streets to show their support for Special Olympics Ireland. The full list of confirmed activities are:

Collection Day Flash Mob, Cork

Challenge 126

Spin 1038 DJ Brian Maher ran from Limerick to Dublin over 5 days, running 1 marathon each day. The total distance of his Challenge was 126 miles or 1 mile for every member of Team Ireland. 
You can still donate to and see videos from the Challenge here