In June 2025, I was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer. I won't pretend that didn't shake me - suddenly everything felt out of control, and I found myself facing a disease I knew virtually nothing about.

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But something remarkable happened as I began to navigate this journey. I discovered that cancer treatment isn't standing still. Researchers around the world are pushing boundaries every single day, developing new and innovative approaches that are genuinely transforming outcomes for patients. The progress is real, and it's genuinely moving. We're inching towards a world without cancer, and that's something worth believing in.

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What also struck me - perhaps even more profoundly - was realising just how many people in my own community are touched by this disease. Whether facing it themselves or supporting someone who is, cancer affects us all in some way.

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I wanted to do something about it. Not out of some grand gesture, but because I genuinely believe that supporting cancer research matters. So I thought: what if we could raise funds for research in a way that's bold, honest, and unapologetically human?

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That's where this project came from. Taking inspiration from The Calendar Girls - their courage, their cheekiness, their refusal to let cancer define them. I wanted to create something that celebrates the people and places in Marlow. Something that faces cancer head on, without looking away, but with dignity and a bit of humour. Something that says: we're still here, and we're fighting back.

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The Community Against Cancer Calendar was born from that simple desire to make a real difference, one photo at a time. 

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Chris