NEWS | Childhood Eye Cancer Trust

The face of our new “Good Luck” cards revealed

Thank you and a huge well done to everyone who submitted a photo for the design of our next good luck card. All the photos were wonderful in our eyes, but sadly we could only choose one to feature on our card. In the end we decided to go with this adorable smiley...

Vision Express store manager takes on epic squats challenge for charity

11/03/21 | FUNDRAISING, NEWS

Vision Express store manager Dean Alldis has set himself a mammoth challenge in 2021 to raise money for the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust (CHECT) – to complete 50,000 squats within a year. CHECT, a national charity supporting those affected by the rare childhood eye...

Celebrating our CHECT women of science

05/03/21 | NEWS, RESEARCH

For International Women’s Day we’ve highlight some of the brilliant women involved in our CHECT research into the prevention and treatment of retinoblastoma. Professor Jesse Berry Professor Jesse Berry is Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the...

2021 Squats thank you and fundraising total revealed

09/02/21 | NEWS

Let’s be honest, things were pretty bleak for all charities back in March when we entered the first lockdown. At the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust, we were facing a loss of at least half of our income from fundraising events. So we tried something completely new,...

InFocus Digital Edition: Winter 2020

02/12/20 | NEWS

We’re pleased to present the latest edition of our CHECT InFocus Magazine – chock full of your stories as well as what we’ve been up to as a charity over the last few months. This festive edition of InFocus has been produced in a digital format only*. As a...

Research milestone in understanding progression of Rb

01/12/20 | NEWS, RESEARCH

As part of a research project funded by CHECT, Dr Sandy Hung from the Centre for Eye Research Australia talks through her team’s latest breakthrough in understanding the progression of Rb, paving the way for the development of new possible treatments The RB1...