Fréa

We had such an amazing time at our inaugural St Patrick’s Day Ball on Saturday Night 🎉🎉 We raised a whopping £57,280! 💰 This will help us continue our work changing Irish lives across the North of England ☘️ Huge thanks to the 340 guests who attended, bought tickets or advertising space, sponsored auction and raffle prizes and made donations. Guests enjoyed a drinks reception🍾 four-course meal 🍽️  and lively entertainment 🎶 from our headline acts All Folk'd Up, The Skylarks and Sonas Irish Dance, as well as performances by The Long Road and the Fianna Phádraig Pipe Band.  Special thanks to our sponsors: ⭐️ Central Chambers, Manchester ⭐️ Manchester Brick Specialists ⭐️ Bethell Group ⭐️ Maguire Family Law ⭐️ Tracy Lavin Events Thanks also for our fantastic auction prizes, donated by: 🎁 Slack & Andrews 🎁 Katie McGoff 🎁 E&M Brennan Ltd 🎁 Leonard Curtis 🎁 ITV Studios 🎁 Blockaid 🎁 Ben Rock 🎁 Excalon Ltd 🎁 Alan Keegan And for our raffle prizes, kindly donated by: 🎟️ Ireland's Blue Book 🎟️ Breige Cobane Photography 🎟️ Rachel Bates Design 🎟️ Hotel Gotham Manchester 🎟️ The Consulate General of Ireland to the North of England 🎟️ Mr Gordon Clapperton, General Manager of the Park Royal Hotel & Spa, Stretton 🎟️ Maguire Family Law 🎟️ Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel 🎟️ @CASA DE MOOR, Heaton Moor 🎟️ Matthew Kelly 🎟️ YourIrishShop 🎟️ The O’Brien & Cleary families 🎟️ Gemma Donnelly 🎟️ McCauls 🎟️ Tina Mellett 🎟️ Pauline & Darren Brennan 🎟️ GUSTO, Cheadle Hulme 🎟️ Sínead Barry We’re you there? What did you enjoy most about the night? Let us know in the comments 👇👇 Irish Community Care Leeds Irish Health and Homes Irish Community Care Manchester Women of Irish Heritage

What an incredible turn out! Thank you so much Leeds Irish Health and Homes for hosting a #BigIrishBreakfast in aid of Fréa 💚 Held last Thursday at the Montague Burton Centre in Leeds, board members past and present along with LIHH supporters came along. LIHH did a ‘pay as you feel’ for the breakfast. Plus a raffle to raise money for our charity. Christine, the cook, won a very well-deserved bottle of whiskey! 🎉 Your donations are changing the lives of vulnerable #Irish people across the North of England. Want to join in and host your own #BigIrishBreakfast? The campaign is running for the whole of March, so there’s still time. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eYUNZwKj Huge thanks to Peter Rollings Photography for the pictures.

Thanks so much Katherine Jones for supporting us with your #BigIrishBreakfast 💚 We're running this campaign for the whole of March, so there's still time if you're reading this and want to get involved. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eYUNZwKj

🇮🇪 Are you joining us for Fréa’s #BigIrishBreakfast again this year? The campaign - to celebrate Ireland’s national day, St Patrick’s Day, is running for the entire month of March. All the details are in the slides for this post. 👋 JOIN US and host a breakfast for your friends, family, and colleagues! Donate to Fréa by following this link: https://lnkd.in/eYUNZwKj It’s *so* easy to take part. Simply: 😋 Enjoy your breakfast 💷 Donate to Fréa 📢 Spread the word 🍳 + 📸 +📱 + #BigIrishBreakfast It’s a lovely way to connect and celebrate your Irishness, while you support the most vulnerable across our Irish communities in the North of England. Your donations really do save lives. Don’t forget to snap a photo and share it using the #BigIrishBreakfast hashtag so we can see how far Irish generosity is spreading. #FreaBigIrishBreakfast #BigIrishBreakfast #StPatricksDay #StPatricksDay2025

Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh! Happy St Patrick’s Day to Irish people all over the world! 🇮🇪☘️ How are you celebrating today? Let us know in the comments 👇👇

Here are some snaps from our incredible St Patrick’s Day Ball on Saturday night. Did you know we raised a whopping £57,280? So we can keep supporting and changing Irish lives across the North of England 💚 Thank you to all who came, donated, bought advertising space, sponsored us or donated auction or raffle prizes. What was your favourite moment from the night? Let us know in the comments 👇👇 Irish Community Care Leeds Irish Health and Homes Women of Irish Heritage Irish Community Care Manchester

It’s nearly time! We can’t wait to welcome over 340 guests to Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel on Saturday night for our St Patrick’s Day Ball. 💎We’ve got some amazing auction and raffle prizes up for grabs. Like this beautiful solitaire diamond pendant, kindly donated by Slack & Andrews. 🎶 Guests are in for a night of top entertainment from All Folk'd Up, The Skylarks and Sonas Irish Dance. 🥂Drinks reception, four-course meal and photobooth! Watch this space next week for some snaps of the evening 📸 Irish Community Care Leeds Irish Health and Homes Irish Community Care Manchester Women of Irish Heritage

Here’s a sneak peek at one of our headliners for our St Patrick’s Day Ball, The Skylarks! 🎻 They’ll be performing in front of over 350 guests at Manchester Piccadilly Mercure Hotel as we celebrate a St Patrick’s Day like never before! 🎶 Joining them on the bill are our other headline acts, Sonas Irish Dance and All Folk’d Up as well as other bands, a DJ and an MC to keep our guests entertained. 🎁 The evening also features a raffle and an auction with incredible prizes, including weekend breaks, 5-course tasting menus, Billie Eilish tickets and a stunning solitaire diamond pendant! Did you manage to get a ticket? What are you most looking forward to? Let us know in the comments 👇👇 Irish Community Care Leeds Irish Health and Homes Irish Community Care Manchester Ant Hanlon Patrick Morrison Breege McDaid Dorothy Lynch Women of Irish Heritage

Grab your **exclusive** #BigIrishBreakfast cupán tae tea towel before they go! 🫖☕️ Simply email patrick.morrison@frea.org.uk with a few details of your planned #BigIrishBreakfast fundraising event and we’ll get one out in the the post 📩 Thanks to the Irish Community Care team for the photo 📸 Leeds Irish Health and Homes Irish Community Care Manchester Patrick Morrison Ant Hanlon Breege McDaid

🍳 It's almost time for Fréa's #BigIrishBreakfast! 🍳 🇮🇪 Breakfasts are happening all over the UK, Ireland and beyond 1-31 March to raise funds for vulnerable Irish people in the north of England 👋 JOIN US and host one for friends family, and colleagues! It's *so* easy to take part. Simply: 😋 Enjoy your breakfast 💷 Donate to Fréa 📢 Spread the word 🍳 + 📸 +📱 + #BigIrishBreakfast 👀 Look out for our new website coming *VERY* soon with more details (Psst: we've got some exclusive 'cupán tae' tea towels to get your fundraising off to a fantastic start. Hosting a breakfast? Email patrick.morrison@frea.org.uk with a few details of your planned event and we'll get one to you in the post!) Ant Hanlon Patrick Morrison Breege McDaid Dorothy Lynch Kate Daly Laura McDonagh Leeds Irish Health and Homes Irish Community Care Manchester Irish Community Care