Our stories
Our members are what we’re all about – and their stories about what Cherry Lodge means to them make our day.
Here are just a few.
Our members are what we’re all about – and their stories about what Cherry Lodge means to them make our day.
Here are just a few.
Nicola Johnson, 59, (pictured on the right, with her sister Louise) tells us about the support she’s found at Cherry Lodge since a recurrence of her breast cancer three years ago. Cherry Lodge came into my life just when I needed it most. I first heard about the charity in October 2022 – my breast … Continued
Poet Dennis Evans, 92, has been a Cherry Lodge member since completing treatment for prostate cancer 15 years ago. The charity has played a hugely important part in my life, and I’ll be eternally grateful. My cancer diagnosis 15 years ago came as a complete shock, and my life was turned upside down. Two years … Continued
Luke Constantinides, 35, (pictured above with wife Mandalena and daughters Ophelia and Alessandra) has been a member since being diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma two years ago. It all started in October 2023, when I came back from holiday with a cough that wouldn’t go away. After various tests, I was diagnosed with stage three Hodgkin … Continued
Our members don’t just talk the talk – sometimes, they walk the walk too! Jane Say (pictured on the right, with her friend Bernadette) walked the 177-mile Camino de Santiago raising almost £4k for Cherry Lodge as a thank you for support she received following her breast cancer diagnosis. In July 2024 I was diagnosed … Continued
Dennis Harris has been a Cherry Lodge member since being diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2018. When I first heard the word ‘cancer’, it felt as though the bottom had dropped out of my world. Everything went dark and I couldn’t even speak – my mind was all over the place, and my partner Carol … Continued
Retired social work manager David Lewis-Burry, has been a Cherry Lodge member since shortly after his prostate cancer diagnosis in 2021. He explains what that has meant to him … My cancer diagnosis came right in the middle of Covid – I found out over the phone on Boxing Day 2021, and was left shocked, … Continued