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Megan’s Golden Prosthetic Eye

Megan’s Golden Prosthetic Eye

Megan shares with us her retinoblastoma story, and how why she decided she wanted to have a golden prosthetic eye. I was diagnosed with retinoblastoma at three-months-old, by the time I was one I had gone through six rounds of chemotherapy and cryotherapy, two blood...
John Hungerford’s Memorial

John Hungerford’s Memorial

The Hungerford family would like to extend a warm thank you to everybody who sent in memoirs and left kind messages in regards to the late John Hungerford – you can read our tribute here. A memorial service celebrating the professional life and legacy of John...
InFocus – Summer 2022 Plain Text Version

InFocus – Summer 2022 Plain Text Version

 We’re pleased to present the latest edition of our CHECT InFocus Magazine –  full of your stories as well as what we’ve been up to as a charity over the last few months.  This Summer edition of InFocus has been produced in both a digital and print format. View the...
InFocus – Summer 2022 Plain Text Version

InFocus Summer 2022

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

A Tribute to Audrey Allen

We are saddened to inform our members of the passing of former chair, social worker and newsletter editor Audrey Allen.  Audrey was chair of CHECT when it was known as The Retinoblastoma Society some thirty years ago. She also worked as a social worker at GOSH before...
Meet Finn the buddy dog!

Meet Finn the buddy dog!

Harvey, who was diagnosed with retinoblastoma just as he turned 4, has written about his buddy dog, Finn. This is Finn he is 2 years old, he is a labradoodle, I am Harvey and I am 7. I wanted a guide dog because of my eyes, but we ended up with Finn who is a buddy...