15/10/19 | FUNDRAISING, NEWS
A CHECT Ambassador was recently the guest of honour at a Vision Express store – boldly cutting off the Store Manager’s long locks to raise money for CHECT. Gainsborough Store Manager Mary-Ann Smith had planned to have her waist-length hair cut off for the...
18/09/19 | NEWS, RESEARCH
Armita Abolghasemi, who had bilateral Rb as a child, is a second year genetics student at the University of York. She recently assisted with Professor Ohnuma’s Rb research, funded by CHECT. As a genetics student and an Rb survivor, research into retinoblastoma...
29/07/19 | NEWS, RESEARCH
We’re currently looking for a parent of a child who has had retinoblastoma (Rb) to join us as a lay representative on our Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC). About the role The SAC meets every six months (usually May & November) on a weekday afternoon...
29/07/19 | AWARENESS, NEWS
West Midlands parents James Rushton and Sally Nutt began to notice a strange ‘white glow’ in the right eye of their two-year-old son Oliver, although it only appeared in certain light. James was due to have a routine contact lens check at Specsavers in Wolverhampton,...
23/05/19 | AWARENESS, EVENTS, NEWS
“I joined Childhood Eye Cancer Trust (CHECT) for Retinoblastoma Awareness Week 2019 where I met remarkable parents with remarkable children!” Peter Dowd MP CHECT Information and Research Manager Petra Maxwell recalls our Parliamentary Drop-In Session held during May...
