Year of Compassion
This year, we’re making compassion visible – in every conversation, every decision, every action. Inspired by our founder’s legacy and our mission, compassion is not simply something we feel, it is something we do. It’s how we recognise dignity and step forward with courage and care.
With more than 4,200 staff and 700 volunteers supporting over 50,000 people, compassion is the thread that connects us all.
Every person. Every role. Every service.
Our action-based compassion is:
Noticing
Being present enough to see people, their needs, their strengths, their struggles, their potential.
Responding
Choosing to act with care, even when it requires effort, patience, or courage.
Empowering
Creating the conditions where people feel safe, valued and supported.
Practicing
A kind word, a shared laugh, a listening ear, a gesture of support, a little extra time. Small acts, repeated often, change cultures.
Extending
Showing Compassion beyond those we care for in our services to colleagues, to families and communities. And to ourselves.
Resources
This year, we’re making compassion visible in everything we do. These posters, flyers and resources for team meetings are designed to spark conversation, inspire action, and remind us all that compassion isn’t just something we feel – it’s something we do.
Posters
Download these posters to display in your team spaces, staff rooms, and offices.
Flyers and Resources
Use them to open meetings, start conversations, or simply as daily reminders of the small acts that change cultures.
Print them. Share them. Let them be a visible part of how we live our mission together.
For more information contact: pj.sexton@sjog.ie