What made you want to feature in the Comic Relief Red Nose Day campaign? As a Caring Matters Now Young Ambassador, I want to raise awareness of CMN as well as strive to increase the the number of individuals with a visible difference in the media. Two years ago I joined Zebedee Talent, the world’s…
Despite 2021 being another difficult year of lockdowns and restrictions, we have been blown away by the fundraising efforts of so many!
At the end of 2021, Jessica’s husband Peter and their two children, Pascale & Jasper, chose a winner and a runner up to receive the 2021 Jessica Ma Award.
We are delighted to announce that our Young Ambassador Elspeth has now completed Level 1 of our Young Ambassadors Programme!
Hi, my name is Abbie. I am 25 years old and live in London. Unlike a lot of the stories featured here to date, this isn’t my story… instead it is a story about my younger brother Luke and my experience of growing up with him! I was 3 years old when Luke was born.…
My name is Georgia, I am 18 years old and I am a Young Ambassador with Caring Matters Now. I am excited to be a part of the team and to be able to help younger people affected by CMN and to gain new skills and confidence. I was born with bathing trunk CMN and…
On Saturday 2nd October, we were delighted to host the first in person Ireland regional gathering since the start of the pandemic. We planned the event early in the year for Dublin Zoo as it was an outside venue, optimistically hoping that any restrictions would be a thing of the past by October, but alas, it was not to be. (Another time, Dublin Zoo!)
In conjunction with Rare Disease Day 2022, Caring Matters Now is partnering with CMN patient support groups across the world to raise global awareness of Congenital Melanocytic Naevus.
Caroline Caroline – Now My name is Caroline, I am 20 years old, from Austria Vienna and was born with a giant heart shaped CMN on my lower back. I never met someone with a CMN and thought for a long time that I am the only one (until I discovered the thing called internet),…
My name is Maddie, I’m 15 and was I was born with CMN. Living with CMN, although it is very challenging at times, has also been a positive experience for me. When I was little my parents always told me that I had ‘special skin’, and this helped me with my confidence around my CMN…
My beautiful daughter Eirinn was born with a bathing trunk nevus that covered most of her back. Only a handful of satellites were present initially, and over the years more appeared over her arms, legs and face. After an MRI ruled out any neurological complications, we were content that thankfully the CMN was cosmetic only,…
