We love reading about what our members are up to. Here, William, who is in Year 5, has written about his school life after retinoblastoma: “My name is William. I study in Year 5 in West London. At school I play football, basketball, the game ‘it’ and...
The Great North Run event will be respectfully modified to reflect the intense sadness which is being felt across the county – allowing brilliant runners to still raise incredible donations for charities such as ours, while remembering the devastating loss of Her...
Simon Hill, who represented Team Gb in the Beijing Paralympics, talks to CHECT about the highs and lows of living without sight. If you are affected by the issues raised in Simon’s piece, please contact our support team on support@chect.org.uk – we are...
A mum and dad from Westgate are urging other parents to look out for the tell-tale signs of eye cancer as part of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, after their two-year-old daughter lost her eye due to retinoblastoma, a rare eye cancer that typically affects children...
Ocularist John Pacey-Lowrie, who you may remember from our last blog on prosthetic eyes, discusses his own journey with a different eye condition, and his training of a man who had retinoblastoma. Being born with RIGHT sided microphthalmia and coloboma has had its...
Actor and artist Bruce Horak, who is currently playing Hemmer in Star Trek, was diagnosed with retinoblastoma (Rb) at just one-years-old. Bruce has just 9% vision but has made a name for himself as an incredible artist and actor. Here, Bruce discusses his experience...
