AOIBHEANN'S PINK TIE

Our mission is to develop, co-ordinate and expand the supports available to families of children battling cancer in Ireland.

Aoibheann’s Pink Tie was set up in 2010 after our friend and Chairperson Jimmy Norman’s daughter, Aoibheann, passed away. During their long battle with cancer, Jimmy met with a lot of parents going through the trauma of having a child with cancer, and more specifically identified with the financial burden that inevitably follows diagnosis. We are registered with the Irish Cancer Society and affiliated with St. John’s Oncology Ward in Crumlin Hospital. Olympic gold medal champion Katie Taylor is our charity ambassador.

So what does Aoibheann’s Pink Tie do? What we do is provide financial and practical help to those families in need of it. This will hopefully allow the families the ability to focus on their child and working through their illness. Families are often lost in the mix when their children go through this battle, but it’s not just the child that gets cancer, it’s the whole family as each is affected and must struggle.

We raise funds through various events and fundraisers that people would like to do for us and we use this to support families who are recommended to us by the senior social worker in St. John’s Ward Crumlin Hospital.