“You Must Be Feeling Better”
Stop policing our bodies! Having sickle cell means everything you do is weighed up, judged, and observed, to try and come to the conclusion if... Read More
Blogs
Blogs
2021 And We Still Cry: In memory of Evan Smith & Richard Okorogheye
2021 And We Still Cry: In memory of Evan Smith & Richard Okorogheye A Real Lives Blog by Laurel This week has been a sad, shocking... Read More
Living on Autopilot: Sickle Cell and Depression
When I was severely depressed it was like living on autopilot. During my constant hospital admissions I became depressed and it only got worse. My... Read More
Hackney and City Mentoring Programme
As most of you will know, the Sickle Cell Peer Mentoring Programme has been successful in terms of its engagement with children young people and... Read More
Mentoring Programme published on British Journal of Haematology
Sickle Cell Society mentors, June Okochi, Michael Tsiagbe, and Whitney Joseph along with chief executive, John James OBE, have been published in the British Journal of Haematology.... Read More
Mentee: Faith
Faith, aged 16, lives with Sickle Cell SS and joined the mentoring programme in January 2018. On joining, Faith had anxieties over changes to the... Read More
