During the awareness month, the Bar hosted a coffee and cake morning to welcome its members back to the new legal year, raising £700 in only a few short hours.

The Bar also supported Blues on the Barge, a blues music evening held on the Belfast Barge at Lanyon Place, where members met fellow Boom Foundation supporters and enjoyed drinks and music.

Members can now look ahead to the Annual Charity Black Tie Ball on Saturday 26th November in the Culloden Hotel which aims to raise as much as possible for the Boom Foundation.

While the Boom Foundation works with all age groups, Childhood Cancer Awareness Month gives the charity an opportunity to spotlight the efforts it makes specifically for young people and their families.

Leona Rankin, director of the Boom Foundation, said: “We want to provide our patients with practical help and support which will make a difference to their lives at a very difficult time.

“The week before she lost her battle to sarcoma in August 2016 Katherine Neill (18) received her A-level results and achieved an A and an A* grade, despite spending the last year in and out of hospital.

“Katherine was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma in July 2015. Whilst she was too unwell to study at school, with the help of the Boom Foundation, she was tutored at home and was able to sit two A-levels in Maths and Psychology in June 2015.”