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This Christmas, please donate to CHECT and help us meet the rising demands for our services. In these challenging times, your support ensures no one facing retinoblastoma is left alone, and we can continue providing vital support, fund research, and raise awareness.

What we do

The Childhood Eye Cancer Trust offers ongoing support to anyone affected by retinoblastoma. We also raise awareness and fund research into prevention and treatment.

About retinoblastoma

Retinoblastoma is a rare form of eye cancer that affects babies and young children, usually under the age of six. Around one child a week is diagnosed in the UK.

Get involved

We’ve been helping families for more than 30 years but we don’t receive any government funding and we rely on public donations to pay for our vital work.

Supporting families affected by retinoblastoma

The Childhood Eye Cancer Trust (CHECT) is the only UK charity solely dedicated to helping families and individuals affected by retinoblastoma, a rare form of eye cancer. We provide support, raise awareness and fund research into prevention and treatment.

Learn the signs and symptoms of retinoblastoma

Symptoms

Retinoblastoma is highly treatable but early diagnosis is vital. The two main symptoms are a white glow and a squint. If your child has these, don’t ignore them.

The white glow

Seeing a white glow in the eye of a child in a photograph or in certain lighting can be really worrying. Find out what causes white eye and what to do if you see it.

Get support

We provide ongoing support and information to anyone affected by retinoblastoma. If you need to talk, get in touch with one of our support workers today.

Become a member of the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust

Becoming a member of the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust (CHECT) is easy, FREE and is open to anyone affected by retinoblastoma, their friends and family, all supporters of CHECT and health professionals.

InFocus Winter 2024 – Plain Text Version

InFocus Winter 2024 – Plain Text Version

We’re pleased to present the latest edition of our CHECT InFocus Winter 2024 Magazine –  full of your stories as well as what we’ve been up to as a charity over the last few months.  This Winter edition of InFocus has been produced in both a digital and print format....

CHECT are on Children in Need!

CHECT are on Children in Need!

Ahead of tonight’s (15 November) BBC Children in Need Appeal Show on BBC One and iPlayer, Girls Aloud members, Nadine Coyle and Kimberley Walsh, visited the Children Eye Cancer Trust at the Royal London Hospital, to learn more about where the money raised by the...

Meet Lucy The Pianist

Meet Lucy The Pianist

We spoke to Candice, the mum of BAFTA-nominated Lucy, who found fame on The Piano about Lucy's experiences with retinoblastoma, and life now as a musician with a newly released album. Can you tell us about Lucy's diagnosis of retinoblastoma, any signs that were...

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