A B O U T - U S | Treatment Bag

A bag of apples

Our story began when one of our trustees was in hospital being treated with chemotherapy. The treatment room was quiet with most patients seemingly lost in thought. In walked a fruit farmer laden with carrier bags full of apples. A man of few words, he walked round the room and silently handed a bag to each patient before settling down for his own treatment.

No one had expected anything good to happen that day and the atmosphere was transformed as everyone felt the support, love and hope from this act of kindness.

We want every patient to feel that, whether they receive a bag at home sent by family, friend or colleague via our website or if they receive one of our NHS bags we donate to hospitals and oncology centres.

Since that day in 2017, we have been lucky enough to amass a group of talented volunteers who work for free - from sourcing products to wrapping gifts, packing bags and making monthly deliveries to hospitals, to creating our financial accounts and helping with PR.

Ambassadors

The role of an ambassador is varied, from raising awareness, to help with fundraising events and more. With their broad range of skills and experience, we're incredibly proud and grateful to call this group ours:

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.

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 the private medical insurance space 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.

Volunteers

Running the charity just wouldn't be possible without the amazing support of all the Treatment Bag volunteers. They really are a special bunch.

Hephzi

Sara

Scarlett

Rosie

Mirran

Sue

Caro

Martha and Grassy

Chloë

Helen

Emma

Milly

Sholto

Eden

Georgia

Fleur, Lytton and Jack

Billy

Emily

Roz

Georgina

Kate

Emily

Caroline

Millie, Lu and Louise

Poppy and Twizzle

Natalie

Hatty

Eve

Frankie

Bundle

Celia

Jane

Nel

Fiona

TOM

Trustees

The dedicated trustees are an email away, and would be thrilled to hear from you, so please don't hesitate to contact them at: trustees@treatmentbag.co.uk

"I can’t begin to tell you how much I LOVED helping out last week with such a fabulous concept and would love to help anytime!!"

- JO, FOUNDER-VOLUNTEER, WILTSHIRE

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.

Lisa Dennis

Founder of brand consultancy Big Fish Design Limited, London, Lisa has experience creating and shaping many successful, UK household brands and managing a full studio of staff. She is now Director in charge of finance for an international sports marketing company whose reach stretches from USA to Australia and Asia. Home is in Dorset, where any spare time is filled with the delightful admin of three (nearly grown-up) children, three dogs and two sheep, plus the inevitable call of the garden - aka tidying-up outside.

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 Isles of Scilly, spending as much time as possible with his dog and three grandchildren.

Maymie White

Maymie is co-founder of Scott Williams Limited - a hugely successful holiday company which specialises in unique holiday destinations in Europe and beyond. Prior to this, having lived and worked in publishing and a photographic studio respectively in London and Madrid, Maymie set up her own London gallery. She actively supports several other charities and is walk leader at The Balsam Centre, her local community centre.