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World Sight Day – get involved!

World Sight Day – get involved!

World Sight Day will take place on the 14th October this year, with a theme that you should #LoveYourEyes. Loving your eyes can come in many forms –  for instance – attending all your eye appointments, or looking after your eyes by wearing sunglasses. At...
Setting Sail: Max’s day out!

Setting Sail: Max’s day out!

Max Macara, 11, recently attended a Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust day. The Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust run sailing trips for children and young people who have, or have had, cancer.  Max reports what he got up to during the trip I woke up in the morning, ready for an...
Potential Paralympian Jacob’s Judo success

Potential Paralympian Jacob’s Judo success

Jacob Wright was 12 weeks old when he was diagnosed with bilateral retinoblastoma (eye cancer). He lost his right eye at diagnosis and has since lost most of the vision in his left eye. Now aged 8, Jacob is making huge strides in the world of judo – with hopes...
Meet our London Marathon Runners

Meet our London Marathon Runners

Good luck to all our wonderful #TeamCHECT London Marathon runners! After last year’s public race was postponed, the event has been rescheduled for 3rd October 2021. Many of our runners are able to join in via the Virtual London Marathon, meaning we have a record...
What are your child’s priorities for future research?

What are your child’s priorities for future research?

The Children’s Cancer Priority Setting Partnership wants to know what children who have experienced childhood cancer think should be priorities for future research… If your child (aged 15 or under) has had cancer, or has a sibling or friend who has cancer, they are...
Charlie meets his ‘rugby twin’

Charlie meets his ‘rugby twin’

In the latest issue of InFocus magazine and for a video for our social media channels, we interviewed rugby star Will Jubb, who was diagnosed with retinoblastoma (Rb) at two years old and had his right eye enucleated. However, playing with one eye has not held him...