Category: Charity news

Staff and guests marked trustee Neil Dickson’s retirement last week – 27 years after he and his wife Angela founded The Brain Tumour Charity

Angus died of a brain tumour in 1998, aged just five. Now his family have set up The Angus James Gibson Trust to fundraise for research into paediatric brain tumours.

How we worked with ITV soap Emmerdale on its brain tumour storyline.

The Brain Tumour Charity are delighted to announce a new partnership with The Albie Sugden Foundation, an incredible charity whose aims are to support children living with brain tumours and to fund paediatric research to find a cure.

Young Ambassador Lucy is taking on a skydive to raise funds for The Brain Tumour Charity.

How Pearl and Dean is helping to raise awareness of brain tumour symptoms this summer.

We are pleased to announce that we have awarded £3 million to two new, exciting research projects!

Tom has passionately supported us over many years in our drive to raise awareness and much-needed funds for vital research.

As our Community Fundraiser supporting Ravi and his family, Claire was part of Ravi’s Dream Team Choir on Britain’s Got Talent.

This Volunteers’ Week, we’re spotlighting some of our amazing Involvement Volunteers and giving them the opportunity to share what volunteering means to them!

What happened to the £40m of Government funding that was committed to research into brain tumours in 2018?

Our open letter to the Government calling for a National Brain Tumour Strategy has been a huge success – but we’re not slowing down yet!

We pay tribute to The Wanted’s legendary singer, this Brain Tumour Awareness Month

The Brain Tumour Charity are delighted to announce a new partnership with two Family Led Charities that share the same aims of improving outcomes for children diagnosed with high grade brain tumours

Our open letter now has 40,000 signatures. But we’re not done yet! There’s still time to sign it before we close the open letter on 15 April.

On 29 February, we stood outside Westminster alongside 34 members of the brain tumour community to launch our campaign calling for a National Brain Tumour Strategy. Read on to find out why.

Vicki is a much-loved stage and screen actress and we are honoured to have her support

We’re excited to announce that we’ve appointed Dr Simon Newman as our new Chief Scientific Officer.

Neil and Angela Dickson have been awarded OBEs in recognition of their dedication to establishing the world’s largest brain tumour charity

Come with us as we look back at some of the ways you, the brain tumour community, has given the gift of time in 2023.

The Be More Laura Foundation has donated to The Brain Tumour Charity £25,000 to help fund our pioneering ARISTOCRAT clinical trial in memory of Laura Nuttall.

This Black History Month we’re examining ways The Brain Tumour Charity can help work towards making participation in medical research more inclusive.

On September 10th, our team of 140 runners took on the Great North Run for The Brain Tumour Charity. In this post, runners and Charity team members share their thoughts on a memorable day.

He has raised more than £29,000 for The Charity in memory of his sister, Emily.