Welcome teenagers! This group looks enthusiastic as humanely possible as they arrive for their Teenage Youth Group session and find the numbers are a little on the sparse side…think granny, not great. Nothing that a nice cup of tea and […]
Films Tagged: Family (113 films)
Here we are introduced to twelve year old Persia Honar, who is being treated for Ewings Sarcoma at The Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh. With more X-Boxes to play with than a gaming shop, Persia gives us a […]
Persia: video blog 1
In Part 4 of Shannon’s blog, we follow her daily routine, having just completed her last session of chemo. Amongst playing with little brother Ross, who gets the party started with a highly impressive dance display (involving spinning round in […]
Shannon MacKenzie: Video Blog 4
Part 2 of Shannon’s blog sees her move to a new ward and of course, a tour around is essential! As she receives her treatment, Shannon talks us through her daily happenings, including lots of DVD watching, Sims playing and […]
Shannon MacKenzie: Video Blog 2
Diagnosed with Leukemia on Christmas Eve 2008, Shannon explains the series of symptoms and complaints that led to her diagnosis. We follow Shannon’s day-to-day routine as she receives treatment, causing her to experience a range of side effects including high […]
Shannon MacKenzie: Video Blog 1
In this highly insightful film, charting the lives of cancer patients Brad and Tania, we hear how their contrasting experiences with the disease have dramatically changed their lives. Describing the build up to each diagnosis, both very different situations, Brad […]
Mapping the Scars
As a tribute to David Neylon, who sadly passed away in February 2009, his friends and family are out in force for the David Neylon Memorial Cup, an event that will take place every year, in his memory. With Dave’s […]
David Neylon Memorial Cup 2009
An honest, heart-warming and at times funny insight into Alex and Pat’s unique relationship as brothers, twins and not forgetting, friends. Talking about how Alex’s diagnosis changed both their lives, but also brought them closer together, both brothers explain, from […]
Alex and Pat: Part 1
Part 2 of Laura’s video diary sees her explaining how her family and friends dealt with her diagnosis, as she takes time to read out some of the many letters and cards sent to her in the beginning. As Laura […]
Laura Dean: Part 2
In part 1 of Emma’s blog, we hear how tiredness is affecting her as she feels the results of her last lot of chemo, and follow her as she has a Pulmonary Function Test, a measure of how well the […]
Emma Hargreaves: video blog part 1
As Gemma finishes her last radiotherapy session, she talks us through her maintenance program plan and also demonstrates how she is going to put her mask to good use now that she is finished with it…watch out on Halloween! Gemma […]
Gemma: Moving On
After finishing treatment, Anthony and his brother thought it would be a good idea to take a Christmas trip to Switzerland…and here’s what happened! First stop, a hot meal and a cold beer, unpacking can wait until later…. Nicely refreshed […]