James Whale 
President

James has presented phone-in programmes on UK radio for several decades and recently hosted shows on the national radio station talkRADIO and London’s LBC. James was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2000 and his experience of tackling the condition spurred him on to become one of the founder members of the charity in 2006. He stepped down as Chairman and Trustee in January 2019. James was married to Melinda from 1970 until her untimely passing in early 2018, he has two sons, James and Peter.