Hand in Hand provides practical and emotional support services to families affected by childhood cancer throughout Ireland. Our History Hand in Hand was established in 2006 by a group of volunteers in Galway. They had helped a local family when their two-year-old girl received leukaemia treatment in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Dublin. The founders’ main aim was to help other families with a child diagnosed with cancer in the West of Ireland; who had the added dimension of travelling long distances to Dublin for their primary care and treatment. ‍ Today, Hand in Hand works with families nationwide who are affected by childhood cancer. Our focus has always been to give these children and their families on-the-ground support to minimise the impact that both the diagnosis and frequent long-distance travel for treatment has on family life. ‍ These supports are free of charge and aim to alleviate some of the stress associated with a child’s cancer diagnosis.