Governance
“We are extremely proud of what the Mater Hospital Foundation has done for thousands of patients and their families that spend time in the Mater Hospital. We could not do it without the support of you – the people who give with tireless generosity. That’s why we take our governance and transparency very seriously. Below, we outline the steps we take to make sure we’re compliant in every aspect of fundraising, so you know exactly where funds have been invested.”
– Mary Moorhead, Chief Executive, and Aidan O’Connell, Chairperson
Our Supporter Charter
The Mater Hospital Foundation is responsible for ensuring that funds raised for The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital are allocated in a transparent manner, in line with our Supporter Charter.
We are enthusiastic signatories of the Charity Regulators’ Guidelines for Charitable Organisations Fundraising from the Public.
The Mater Hospital Foundation is always committed to treating its supporters with the highest level of care and respect. This charter has been produced to assure supporters of our commitment to honesty, integrity, transparency and accountability. As a Mater Hospital Foundation supporter, you have the right to:
Compliance
The Mater Hospital Foundation takes our responsibilities around transparency and good governance seriously.
We have achieved the ‘triple lock’ standard of transparent reporting, good fundraising and governance, recognised by Charities Institute Ireland.
As a charity seeking donations from the public, the Mater Hospital Foundation complies with the Charities Institute Ireland Triple Lock System, which ensures transparent reporting, good fundraising and governance.
If you would like to discuss any aspect of this charter or other matters concerning fundraising activity at the Mater Hospital Foundation, call us on (01) 830 3482 or email contact@materfoundation.ie.
Our 2021-2025 Strategic Plan lays out our ambitious priorities and has been developed following an in-depth and informative consultative process. This Strategic Plan is rooted in evidence and analysis. It follows on from our previous Strategic plan 2018 to 2020, which set down critical markers for growth that were successfully achieved. The primary aim of this plan is to build an even stronger Foundation for the future. Read the 2021 – 2025 Strategic Plan.
View our Impact Reports and Financial Statements over the past seven years.
The Mater Foundation is fully compliant with the Charity Regulator’s Governance Code for Community, Voluntary and Charitable Organisations and in line with regulation our Board review compliance with the code on an annual basis.
We are committed to putting in place systems and processes to ensure that our charity achieves its charitable objectives with integrity and is managed in an effective, efficient, accountable, and transparent way under the following principles:
- Principle 1: Advancing Charitable purpose
- Principle 2: Behaving with Integrity
- Principle 3: Leading People
- Principle 4: Exercising control
- Principle 5: Working effectively
- Principle 6: Being accountable and transparent
The Mater Hospital Foundation’s financial accounts can be found here.
We are committed to actively safeguarding the welfare and protection of all children who come in contact with the Mater Hospital Foundation. Click here to read our full Child Safeguarding Statement.
Under the General Data Protection Regulation, you are entitled as a data subject to obtain from the Company, confirmation as to whether we are processing personal data concerning you, as well as to request details about the purposes, categories and disclosure of such data.
To make a SARS request please contact our Data Protection Officer at: dataprotection@materfoundation.ie.
We are committed to the highest standard of supporter care and we welcome feedback if we have fallen short of this in your experience. We are treat all complaints with the utmost seriousness and endeavour to respond politely and promptly.
If you would like to submit feedback or a complaint please click here.
