What Matters Most - The support you need when you need it

We provide compassionate, professional and creative support for children and families and we have a special interest in bereavement care.

Services

We provide personalised Child, Family and Parenting supports. We specialise in Bereavement Care, Marte Meo Therapy.

Support Us

Sadly, in Ireland today many children and their families are left with no support when facing heart-breaking life and death situations. Can you please help us to change this.

Resources

We have developed some free child and family resources. We have included useful links to information, frameworks of care and professional standards of practice.

Project Stone Mad

A creative invitation by What Matters Most to reach out and acknowledge the immense loss many children and families have faced.

About Us

What Matters Most CLG is a not-for-profit social enterprise founded in 2021 by Tara Smith and Paula Walsh.

What people are saying…

“These are fabulous, such a great idea, you are offering a beautiful resource, fantastic work”.

Dr Kathryn Mannix. Author. Palliative Care Physician.

“Thank you Tara I thought you were wonderful and just what we needed at this time”.

Sophie and Conail Hart

“Having Tara to turn to was priceless for us and something we will never forget”.

Sandra Hession

“Tara has really touched the lives of the families she supports; she truly cares for those she works with”.

Suzanne Mc Cabe, Social Worker

“Tara works tirelessly to raise awareness of what we can all do to make a difference”.

Orla Keegan, Irish Hospice Foundation

“The support that I have had with Tara is amazing. She made me feel like a better parent”.

Janet Kelly

“Tara is totally child centred. For such an experienced practitioner she still speaks in plain language to children and their families”.

Julie Cahill, Social Worker