A B O U T - U S | Treatment Bag

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Our ambassadors

Benji Lewis

Benji is a well established West Berkshire based interior designer who adapts to work within a broad spectrum of architectural settings. Recent projects include a 17th century cottage in Oxfordshire, an 18th century chateau, a 1920's Los Angeles bungalow and a Chelsea townhouse. He's a fluent French speaker and lives just outside London with his partner 'our Dave' and two small dogs.

Emma Howarth

Emma is a marketing and advertising consultant working with SMEs and scale-up businesses and an Associate at Dog, Cat & Mouse Advertising. She has 25+ years of experience at leading agencies including Saatchi & Saatchi and HHCL & Partners. In 2009 Emma co-founded the fashion brand ME&EM. She is a mentor with the Creative Mentor Network. Emma lives in south London with her husband, two children and a badly behaved labradoodle called Dylan.

Georgina Jarratt

Georgina is the Head of FinTech and Digitalisation at the International Capital Market Association (ICMA), a non-profit trade body in financial services. Her career began as a Management Consultant at Accenture followed by a move to HSBC. She is a qualified NED with several trustee positions. She became aware of Treatment Bag when she received a bag following her breast cancer diagnosis in 2023.

Jenny Kimber

Jenny has four young children and is married to a dairy farmer in beautiful Somerset. After university she worked in Spain for a fresh produce company before getting the travelling bug and exploring the world! On her return, she studied for her PGCE teaching qualification. She now juggles many roles including a position as a Primary School teacher as well as Administrator for Treatment Bag. In her precious spare time, Jenny enjoys running with her dog Winnie.

Lisa Stubbs

Lisa is Grant Lead at the charity. She is a community-focused creative and founder of Gifted Smile, supporting people going through cancer treatment.
Lisa is actively helping Treatment Bag extend its reach in the North of England. She lives in Yorkshire, working closely with local makers, volunteers and communities to support the delivery of treatment bags and to raise awareness of the charity’s work.

Lucinda Storm

After university, Lucinda spent 15 years as a model, working with renowned photographers and directors. She then moved to the West Country, where working on TV commercials combined well with raising her three children. Lucinda is now an award-winning artist, who regularly shows in London and across the UK. Recently she completed a Master’s degree in English, aided by her devoted dachshund, and continues to study and paint.

Mandy Dicksee

Mandy is a Senior Global Consultant for Aon and has worked in private medical insurance for over 30 years.
She first contacted Treatment Bag in 2018 when a friend was having treatment for secondary incurable breast cancer. She wanted to send her a gift she could use, rather than find a vase for.
Since then she has sent many bags and has been inspired by the impact they have to become more involved with the charity.

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Our Patron

Penny Mountbatten

Penny has been a supporter of Treatment Bag from day one.

With a large network of influential contacts and partners, Penny is a masterful connector, creating meaningful opportunities by putting people and businesses together.

Her work has evolved over 30 years and her light touch and knowledge ensures she is trusted which shows in her work.

She represents the world renowned Royal portrait artist, Ralph Heimans.

As a hands-on Patron of four charities, Penny participates in many fundraising events as well as championing sustainable and organic brands and causes.

She has three grown up daughters and lives in London.

Our Trustees

The trustees are an email away, so please feel free to contact them

Jo Anson

Jo was Treatment Bag’s first volunteer. She has a network of contacts in many sectors which she uses to great effect for the benefit of Treatment Bag, notably in sourcing products to go into the bags. She is a volunteer at Salisbury Hospital, which she visits every month to support patients and staff in the Spinal Injury Unit. She juggles all this with making monthly Treatment Bag deliveries to Southampton Hospital and managing her three children from her Wiltshire home.

Neil Jones

After a decade spent in investment management in the City of London, Neil pursued a career in the charity sector. He spent seven years as Comms Director of Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) and eleven years as Chief Executive of Make-A-Wish Foundation. Now retired, he volunteers for a number of organisations with several roles as Chair and board member. His leisure time is split between Somerset and the Scilly Isles, spending as much time as possible with his dog and three grandchildren.

Maymie White

Maymie founded Scott Williams - a travel business specialising in unique destinations in Europe. Although no longer involved, she still visits Paxos regularly.
She has lived in Madrid working in photography and before that she ran a gallery in London and was also involved in children's publishing.
She actively supports several other charities in her home county of Somerset where she and her husband brought up their four children.

It all began with a bag of apples

Our story began by accident in an NHS chemotherapy unit, where one of our trustees was being treated. All was quiet when in walked a fruit farmer, laden with carrier bags full of apples.

A man of few words, he quietly handed a bag to each patient before settling down for his own treatment.

In that moment our trustee felt seen, loved and cared for and the idea for Treatment Bag was born.

The positivity felt by a patient who receives a bag unexpectedly can make all the difference, mood has a large impact on recovery.

We want every cancer patient in the UK to enjoy this feeling.