About Daffodil Day

Daffodil Day is the Irish Cancer Society's biggest fundraising event of the year. Your support helps us to provide free services and support to cancer patients and their families across Ireland.

On Daffodil Day we give it our all: to bring hope, to provide support, to drive progress and to stand together against cancer. By Going All In this Daffodil Day you are helping to care for people affected by cancer across Ireland.

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YOUR IMPACT

Your efforts can make a big impact

Your support helps provide expert nurses on our Support Line and in our Daffodil Centres, free counselling, lifts to treatment, ground-breaking cancer research, funding to families facing a childhood cancer diagnosis and so much more. We're all in because you are.

In 2023, your generous support helped us provide...

1,200

Free lifts from our Transport Services

22,000

Counselling sessions those those affected

6,900

nights of Night Nursing at home

28,000

conversations via our Support Line & Daffodil Centres

193

families availed our our Children's Fund

ABOUT THE IRISH CANCER SOCIETY

Did you know?

We provide information on a range of topics, including early detection of cancer, cancer types, treatments, side-effects and coping with cancer, among others. You can also call our Support Line on Freephone or contact your nearest Daffodil Centre for free copies of any of our publications.

The Irish Cancer Society typically receives only 5% of its income from the Government Government so days like Daffodil Day are what allow us to continue to be there for every child and adult affected by cancer in Ireland.

Tara - Daffodil Day ambassador 2025

How your fundraising helps

€30

To get people to treatment

Colm Volunteer Transport Service

€30 can help provide transport for a patient to and from their chemotherapy treatment using the Irish Cancer Society’s Transport Service.

€60

A space to talk

Edel - Cancer Support Line Nurse

€60 will cover the cost of a counselling session to help a person cope with a cancer diagnosis in their life.

€455

For end of life care

Hilary, Night Nurse

€455 will cover the cost of one night of Night Nursing, providing end of life care to a patient in their own home.

Go all in against cancer

Get involved this Daffodil Day

Throughout March, volunteers the length and breadth of the country will be selling daffodils, while hundreds more will be organising events like coffee mornings in communities and workplaces or taking part in the March Steps Challenge to raise vital funds to support people affected by cancer.

Hold your own event

Whether you’re selling cakes, holding a collection online, or doing karaoke – fundraise your way and join us to make a life-changing difference to people affected by cancer.

See all the way you can sign up now and get your personal fundraising page to start raising donations. 

Daffodil Collections

You can volunteer to join our community collections across Ireland on March 28 & 29.

Whether you join one of our fundraising events or do it your own way, we will give you all the help to make your Daffodil Fundraiser a huge success.

Steps Challenge

Join the crew doing our 12,000 Steps a Day Challenge. Join with your workplace, friends or do it yourself. We'll set you up an online fundraising page for you to share your progress and get support!

Hold an event at work

Get your colleagues involved and start a company fundraiser. You could organise a coffee morning, sell pins in your workplace or even take on the 12,000 Steps a Day in March Challenge together which would be a great team building experience.

Are you ready to take part?