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CHECT is off to Optrafair!
Optrafair is a huge optical exhibition which attracts around 7,000 visitors over three days. It brings together practitioners, suppliers and educators to help eye care professionals expand their knowledge, grow awareness of new products and...
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Adopt a collecting tin to help fight retinoblastoma
We were delighted to have a little visitor in our office last week when Lucy Rodriguez popped in with her family to say hello on their way to a hospital appointment. To her amusement Lucy found plenty to keep her occupied, not least the 200...
read moreSupporting teenagers after retinoblastoma
This week a couple of us had the pleasure of getting out of the office and hospital to spend time on a site visit researching the venue we have chosen for our first ever Teenage Weekend at St Mark's College. Our first foray into the world of...
read moreChallenge of a lifetime … trek the Sahara to help children with eye cancer
Looking for the challenge of a lifetime? Wanting to go the extra mile to help children with eye cancer? Then join Team CHECT on its first ever trek challenge – across the Sahara Desert. The challenge Your CHECT challenge is a four-day hike...
read moreA little help from our friends
As a small charity the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust needs to make every penny count and keep a tight rein on the budget, always using the most competitive suppliers available and taking up any offers of services and skills that may come our way....
read moreSkylah hits the headlines
Brilliant story on CHECT member Skylah Mae in the Express raising awareness of retinoblastoma. Thank you so much to Skylah’s family for sharing their story. You can read the full article HERE.
read moreAngharad Price – my story
The CHECT staff team had the pleasure of spending some time with Angharad Price when she joined us in the office for a week’s work experience in the summer of 2014. She wrote several articles at the time and did a brilliant job helping to plan...
read moreCHECT Champions – Lucy, Tom and George Rodriguez
It was great to see the Bournemouth Echo covered the CHECT Champion awards received by brave Lucy and her two brothers recently. Well done guys! Read the full article HERE.
read moreDive into fundraising
The CHECT staff team are no strangers to fundraising – we are always happy to lead by example, mucking in and joining our supporters whenever we can. Between us we have run, walked, cycled, sumo wrestled, baked and auctioned our way to our...
read moreEthan Carr – my story
Ethan’s story by his mum Josephine. Ethan Carr was diagnosed with Rb in July 2013. He was four. His story started one Friday afternoon on an outing with his nursery; one of the accompanying parents thought she noticed a reflection in his eye....
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Glowing response to Smartphone poster campaign
Just one week after our new retinoblastoma awareness poster launched, the supporting You Tube film received more than 50,000 hits. This is by far the most successful awareness campaign CHECT has run to date. Created by Wunderman a digital...
read moreCHECT Champion – Kate Bravery
Some great coverage from ITV recently about one of our brilliant CHECT Champions, Kate Bravery. See the full story HERE.
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