During Brain Tumour Awareness Month, we visited Westminster and met with MPs to campaign for faster diagnosis of brain tumours.

Jerome van Leeuwen, age 42, originally from The Netherlands and now living in Fife, Scotland was first diagnosed with a pilocytic astrocytoma brain tumour when he was just two years old, it later returned in his 30s.

We visited Scottish Parliament during Brain Tumour Awareness Month to promote Better Safe Than Tumour – our awareness campaign!

We want to say a huge thank you and congratulations to everyone who was a part of The Twilight Walk 2023 this March.

Last night was our Celebrating You 2023 awards ceremony and we wanted to let the world know who took home an award.

The Charity is supporting innovative research at the University of Sheffield, many years on from funding its very first research project there.

Today marks the launch of our new report explaining the urgent need for faster diagnosis of brain tumours and how policymakers can help make this happen.

On the anniversary of Tom Parker passing from his brain tumour we stand united with the whole community in paying tribute

Learn more about why, together with brainstrust, we’re advocating for changing the narrative from early diagnosis to faster diagnosis.

Now he is training for his first race after diagnosis – the Bournemouth Bay Run

Are you running the London Marathon, a different marathon, or running for fun? Whatever the case, our charity running gear will make sure you look great, stay comfy, and help out a fantastic cause!

We’re proud to announce the latest recipients of our Future Leaders grants that’ve been awarded for their innovative new research projects.

Tom, from London, will stride out across the UK this year to raise funds and awareness of brain tumours. His next walk is Kielder Water, Northumberland, this weekend.

Karen Bucknall, 52, from Gloucestershire was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2021 after she sought an explanation for the headaches she was experiencing throughout her chemotherapy treatment for stage 3 bowel cancer.

Earlier this Brain Tumour Awareness Month we caught up with one of our Trustees, Hayley Conroy, to learn more about the devastating diagnosis experience that her granddaughter, Lily, and family went through. Ahead of the launch of our faster diagnosis report in just two weeks’ time, we are talking about how important a quick, well-supported, and earlier brain tumour diagnosis process is. You can read our previous blog about why we are campaigning on this here.

To celebrate Brain Tumour Awareness Month and empower our community to become voices for change, we’re launching our new browser-based design service – Create!

Conservative MP Nickie Aiken has opened up for the first time about her own experience of being diagnosed with a brain tumour to support Brain Tumour Awareness Month (BTAM)

Home improvement retailer Wickes is proud to announce The Brain Tumour Charity as its new charity partner

Yesterday the APPGBT launched their report ‘Pathway to a Cure – Breaking Down the Barriers’ looking at how the government can best support research into brain tumours.

In a survey of 1,000 people in the UK, nearly 3 in 4 are unable to name a single symptom of a brain tumour, The Brain Tumour Charity finds.

To mark their five year anniversary, The Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission has published a report highlighting the variations in care across NHS brain cancer services in the UK

Experts at The Everest Centre are delivering a cutting-edge program of scientific research to develop pioneering new treatments for children diagnosed with low-grade brain tumours, following major new funding from The Brain Tumour Charity.

Ramona Read was just nine-years-old when she was diagnosed with a low-grade pilocytic astrocytoma in 2021. Her mum, Vicky, shares their story ahead of their appearance on Channel 4’s The Dog House – where families are matched with dogs who hope to find their forever home.

Find out more about the benefits of faster diagnosis and what you can do to help us create meaningful, lasting change for people affected by a brain tumour.