A total of 10 online Community events were hosted between October 2023 and March 2024, including 3 Gaming events! This group was attended by a group of young people with CMN and siblings, between the ages of 9-13 years, getting together for an hour of gaming each month! The group are well accustomed to Fortnite,…
Level 2 of the programme offers the unique opportunity to complete the prestigious Dale Carnegie Course. Designed to equip you with the communication and human relation skills required to be successful in any setting, this world famous programme of self-development helps the leaders of tomorrow leverage their skills so they can strengthen relationships between colleagues,…
Alongside funding the groundbreaking CMN research carried out by Professor Kinsler and the research team at UCL GOS Institute of Child Health and The Francis Crick Institute, as a charity, we also work hard at supporting our members who participate in the CMN research projects, such as those who’ve give skin biopsies and those trialling…
We are proud to announce that Caring Matters Now have become part of the alliance with Face Equality International (FEI) just in time for Face Equality Week 2024.
Caring Matters Now is delighted to share a publication from Jodi Whitehouse (Caring Matters Now CEO), Professor Veroinca Kinsler, Morgan B Zolkwer and Saskia C. Sanderson focused on the incredible impact from our ‘how do you C Me Now?’ photographic exhibition series in the Paediatric Dermatology medical journal. BACKGROUND: The importance of photographs in social…
When a picture is worth a thousand words! For those who have been involved in the life of Caring Matters Now from the very beginning, you will understand the significance this photograph is to the life of our charity. Jodi (middle) was born with CMN in 1980. For the first 15 years Jodi and her…
In December 2014, one of our founding trustees, Jessica Ma, sadly lost her battle with cancer. In memory of Jessica’s dedication and contribution to Caring Matters Now, the Board of Trustees along with Jessica’s family introduced the Jessica Ma Award.
We have recently studied Vitamin D levels in 40 children with CMN. This study showed us that 40% of the group had low Vitamin D levels and should therefore take a supplement.
Hi, my name is Amy, and I was born with giant bathing trunk CMN along with hundreds of satellite moles. I’m now 32 but back when I was born in Adelaide, Australia my condition was very unknown, and it was difficult for my parents to find out much information about it. I spent the first…
My names Jack, Dad to a beautiful, happy one year-old girl called Emily. Emily was born with CMN affecting a large area of her scalp and many smaller naevi around her torso and legs. Minutes after Emily was born, she was placed on my wife’s chest, and I spotted that she had a dark red…
