Author: Piers Townley
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The Brain Tumour Charity responds to the news of Tom Parker’s glioblastoma diagnosis
There was a huge outpouring of support for Tom Parker and his family, following his announcement across social media platforms on Monday of his brain tumour diagnosis.
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Nobel Prize-winning technique used in research into brain tumours
The Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2020 has just been awarded to two female scientists, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna, for their work on developing the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technique.
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Box of Hugs becomes our most recent corporate partner
The three sisters launched their company inspired by their mum’s brain tumour diagnosis
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The Everest Centre lead researcher running virtual London Marathon
This Sunday, Dr David Jones will be swapping his lab coat for a charity running vest and taking on the virtual Virgin Money London Marathon
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Supporting awareness during National Eye Health Week
Our supporter, Caroline Smyth, is helping us raise vital awareness during National Eye Health Week 21-27 September
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Our trustee Berrie and her husband Graham, are taking part in The Twilight Walk in October
Berrie and Graham lost their son Michael to an aggressive brain tumour in 2000, aged just 14 years old.
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The Brain Tumour Charity nominated for a raft of Third Sector Awards
The prestigious nominations include Volunteer Team–Young Ambassadors, and our Chair of Trustees, Jack Morris
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Raising awareness of DIPGs in Westminster
We are working with Kirsten Oswald, MP for East Renfrewshire & SNP Westminster Deputy Leader
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BRIAN nominated for prestigious Third Sector Award
It was announced on Friday that BRIAN has been nominated for the ‘Breakthrough of the Year’ award
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Launching The Twilight Walk – this year it’s virtual!
We’re encouraging everyone in our community to ‘walk it your way’ this October to mark the month of our annual flagship fundraising event – The Twilight Walk.
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Less Survivable Cancer Taskforce report calls for urgent action on faster diagnosis
The Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce (LSCT) is calling for focus, prioritisation and investment in order to speed up the detection and diagnosis of the UK’s deadliest cancers.
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Launching our ‘Restart Research’ appeal as part of The Big Give
For one week only, from midday on Tuesday 18 August, your donations can be doubled – meaning your gift will have twice the impact on our efforts to get research in the lab back on track.
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Raising the profile of brain tumours with the Scottish Government
As a key member of the LSCT, we met with the Scottish Government’s Cancer Policy Team for a virtual roundtable on Monday 6 July
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Get your chemotherapy questions answered at our virtual Q&A
The Q&A will be held in BRIAN, our online app for people affected by a brain tumour. It’s free to attend and easy to sign up.
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Pressure for government response to funding research into brain tumours gathers momentum
Several high profile stories and a grandmother’s petition reaches this week’s PMQs and brain tumours are scheduled for a parliamentary debate
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Grab those controllers, it’s Game Over for Brain Tumours
Today we launch our virtual gaming fundraising campaign
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The Brain Tumour Charity and Meningioma UK are to merge
Accelerated by the impact of COVID-19 which has seen demand for support services soar, the merger is the latest move towards consolidation in a sector historically populated with small charities, many of them founder-led.
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Covid-19: How has it impacted our community and what our support services are doing to help
The ongoing pandemic has hit our community of people affected by a brain tumour diagnosis hard.
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Announcing our new multi-million pound investment into research
Many things are uncertain right now, but our commitment to research isn’t one of them.
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Improving patient experience is our priority
The recent National Cancer Patient Experience Survey highlighted, once again, that those diagnosed with a brain tumour have one of the worst experiences of all cancer patients.
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Grandmother’s petition for research reaches milestone 100,000
Fiona started the petition to call the Government to tackle hard to treat childhood cancers after her grandson died from a brain tumour.
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Get your free bandana on…but not as you know it
We’ve a limited stock of our iconic bandanas up for grabs to repurpose into COVID-19 facemasks.
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Our free research webinars bring the research community together in lockdown.
The Brain Tumour Charity is curating and facilitating a series of 60-minute webinars for researchers. The webinars feature experts in the brain tumour field speaking on a wide range of current topics.
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Preparing for the roundtable with the Scottish Government’s Cancer Policy Team
Last Monday we met with our partners in the Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce (LSCT), in preparation for a virtual roundtable with the Scottish Government’s Cancer Policy team next week.