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
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!
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...
“We spotted our son’s retinoblastoma (eye cancer) the day he took his first steps”
A mum and dad from Bolton are urging other parents to look out for the tell-tale signs of eye cancer for World Retinoblastoma Awareness Week, after their 11-month-old son lost his eye through retinoblastoma, a rare eye cancer that typically affects children under the...