The Noel Sweeney Foundation Awards £2,000 Grant To Support Families Facing Childhood Cancer

The Side by Side Childhood Cancer Foundation has received an incredible £2,000 grant from The Noel Sweeney Foundation, helping us continue to provide direct financial support to families affected by childhood cancer.

For a growing charity like ours, support of this size makes a genuine difference.

SideBySide was created with a simple purpose: to help working families cope with the financial impact that can come with a child's cancer diagnosis.

From travelling to hospital and paying for parking to increased food and household costs, reduced working hours and lost income, the financial pressure can quickly build at a time when a family's attention should be focused on their child.

Thanks to the generosity of The Noel Sweeney Foundation, we can help ease some of that pressure.

£2,000 That Will Go to Work

The grant will support SideBySide's work providing financial assistance to families navigating childhood cancer treatment.

For us, every grant we receive represents another opportunity to help a family when they need it.

We're still at the beginning of our journey, so receiving the backing of organisations such as The Noel Sweeney Foundation means an enormous amount to us.

It isn't only the financial contribution. It's also a vote of confidence in what we're trying to achieve.

Tom Down, founder of The Side by Side Childhood Cancer Foundation, said:

“We're incredibly grateful to The Noel Sweeney Foundation for awarding us this £2,000 grant.

“Side by Side was created because we've experienced first-hand just how quickly life can change when your child is diagnosed with cancer, and how the financial impact can become another worry on top of everything else.

“For a charity at our stage, £2,000 is a significant amount of money. It allows us to provide meaningful support to families going through an incredibly difficult time.

“We're hugely thankful that The Noel Sweeney Foundation has chosen to support what we're building.”

Growing Side by Side

The grant comes during an exciting period of growth for SideBySide, as more individuals, businesses and organisations get behind our mission.

But our focus remains the same.

We want families affected by childhood cancer to know that they don't have to face the financial impact alone.

Every donation, fundraiser and grant helps us reach another family and build a charity capable of supporting many more in the future.

We'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone at The Noel Sweeney Foundation for believing in our mission and helping us stand Side by Side with families affected by childhood cancer. 💜💛