To speak to a specialist cancer nurse,
freefone the National Cancer Helpline
1800 200 700
Mon—Thurs 9am—7pm Fri 9am—5pm
Care to Drive
Care to Drive is an Irish Cancer Society service that provides transport for cancer patients to and from their hospital treatments. Patients must be attending one of the hospitals participating in the Care to Drive scheme and must be referred by the hospital. Ask your hospital social worker or nurse for more information.
Call the Care to Drive team on 01 2310 522
If you’re a driver with just two days a month to spare, you can join over 600 other drivers around Ireland. By volunteering for the Irish Cancer Society's Care to Drive programme you can helpo ease the strain of travel on cancer patients.
More than 800 people around Ireland have been clients of Care to Drive since the programme started in 2008. Find out how you can get referred here.
Eleven hospitals around Ireland participate in the Care to Drive programme, with more to come in the near future. Find out the list of participating Care to Drive hospitals.
Care to Drive has featured on RTÉ's Ear to the Ground programme. Watch the YouTube video, which outlines a client's story, here.
Care to Drive came into existence in 2008, and since then, with the help of our Charity of the Year partners Tesco, more than 800 people around Ireland have used the service. Read more about the history of Care to Drive.
If you need to know more about the Irish Cancer Society's Care to Drive programme, check out our Frequently Asked Questions.
