Lisa became the Ambassador of the Charity in September 2018 following her involvement in the filming of the team for the National Lottery Awards. The ‘Something To Look Forward To’ team struck up an instant rapport with Lisa and they also felt that her own personal experience of how cancer can affect families and loved ones meant that she had an immediate affinity with the charity. Lisa said that having something to look forward to becomes so important at such a difficult time, and spending time with loved ones becomes the most important thing.

Lisa has established herself as a leading actress starring in numerous high profile TV dramas. In 2010 Lisa won BBC 1′s Celebrity MasterChef and has since gone on a remarkable food journey. In 2017 Lisa accepted the role of Fi Browning in Eastenders, leaving the soap in dramatic fashion at the beginning of 2018. In 2012 Lisa’s first cookery book was published, Recipes From My Mother For My Daughter and became an instant bestseller, reaching number one in The Times non-fiction list. Lisa’s second cookbook The Way I Cook was published in September 2013. Her third book, Tea and Cake was published in February 2015 also becoming a bestseller. Lisa’s latest cookery book From Mother to Mother was published in Spring 2017. In the early summer of 2019 Lisa Faulkner’s 5th and first non cookery title will be published by Ebury. Meant To Be tells Lisa’s personal story and discoveries to motherhood via IVF and ultimately adoption.

Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP is the Member of Parliament for Tooting, South West London and the Shadow Minister for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Dr Allin-Khan studied Medicine at Cambridge University; then worked at the Royal London and Hommerton Hospitals post qualification. She went on to complete a Master’s degree in Public Health specialising in Global Health and Emergency Humanitarian Assistance. Following this, she spent many years working as a Humanitarian Aid Doctor in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. She also worked in rural Australia as an emergency flying doctor. Prior to her election, she worked as a junior doctor in the Accident and Emergency Department at St Georges Hospital in Tooting.

Dr Allin-Khan regards the work of ‘Something To Look Forward To’ as vital in improving outcomes for families affected by cancer poverty in the UK and was honoured to become our Patron in October 2017.

Dr Allin-Khan supports us in publicising the issue of cancer poverty and the importance of improved emotional health amongst cancer patients and their families. She also donates private tours of the Houses or Parliament – a once in a lifetime experience! We are honoured to have her as the Patron of our charity.