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Grieving sister fundraising to find a cure for brain tumours.
A grieving sister says she will spend the rest of her life raising funds to find a cure for brain tumours after her sister died from the disease just three months after her diagnosis.
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29 cyclists take on 525km in 4 days
A mighty challenge in tribute to much loved father to raise funds for vital research
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More people have walked on the moon!
John Royden is undertaking quite an epic challenge in July to raise vital funds for The Brain Tumour Charity
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Majestic partners with The Brain Tumour Charity as Charity of the Year
Natalie Faulkner, who works in the Majestic Wine Stockport branch, was inspired to nominate the charity after her own brain tumour diagnosis.
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Telomeres- a cancer cell’s fountain of youth
If we can find a way to interrupt a cancer cell’s ability to keep dividing, we may have a key to stopping tumours growing. Researchers, Dr Wong and Dr Voon ,tells us about the discovery they made into a tumour’s ability to continuously divide.
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‘Brain tumour is just part of my life now’ says daughter as she returns to work.
An ambitious young woman has got back to the career she loves having been diagnosed with a brain tumour three years ago.
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No mountain high enough after dad diagnosed with incurable brain tumour.
A daughter whose beloved dad first had symptoms on her wedding day of the incurable brain tumour which took his life has climbed Mount Snowdon for The Brain Tumour Charity.
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Molecular profiles show up clinical trial benefits
Research we funded has added value to a clinical trial that started in 2004. Updated scientific techniques showed that some children with a medulloblastoma can safely be spared harmful treatments.
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‘Losing Dad helped me to be the best person that I can be.’
A daughter has shared how her dad positively inspired her after he was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour a week before their joint 18th and 50th birthdays.
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ACT NOW study update
We hear from two clinical psychologists who are helping young people after their brain tumour treatments through our ACT NOW study.
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Husband and dad turns radiotherapy mask into unique artwork.
A husband and dad-of-three who has a brain tumour turned his radiotherapy mask into a piece of art to commemorate his life changing experiences since his diagnosis.
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Meet the volunteers collaborating with us to accelerate change
This Volunteers’ Week, we hear from three volunteers who are giving their time to propel us closer to a cure
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Stem cells are teaching us about glioblastoma
New research shows that stem cells may be primed to activate. This early stage research could lead us to the reason glioblastomas recur so quickly.
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Sky’s the limit for family fundraising to remember beloved mum
A family is participating in a virtual online balloon race to raise funds to help find a cure for brain tumours after losing their beloved relative, Julie Fisher, to the disease.
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Doctors blamed brain tumour symptoms on too much drink and sunstroke
A much-needed long weekend break for Kelly and Russ Lees turned into a six-week nightmare and being separated from their children after his shock diagnosis.
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“The twinges in my hand were signs of a brain tumour”.
Yvette spent Lockdown having daily radiotherapy for a brain tumour – the symptoms of which had originally been put down to carpel tunnel syndrome.
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A brilliant baking bonanza: The Big Bake 2021
Up and down the country, our community fired up their ovens, held unique bakes and raised vital dough to help us beat brain tumours
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Make losing a loved one count and how we can help
While there’s no escaping the grief caused by losing someone to a brain tumour, our supporters have shared how they made sure those final moments count.
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Mum teaches young son what to do when she has a seizure
A mum who was diagnosed with a brain tumour during Lockdown last year has had to teach her two-year-old son what to do if his mummy has a seizure.
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“One minute we’d welcomed Erin into the world. The next, I was told I had a brain tumour.”
Dominique, mother-of-two, reveals how she was diagnosed with a brain tumour just three weeks after giving birth and the toll this took on her mental health.
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“The Brain Tumour Charity helps me feel that I am not alone.”
Kirstin, a communications professional and mum-of-two, had vivid hallucinations and visual disturbances put down to an ear infection before she was diagnosed with a brain tumour.
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“I had read so much about other cancer types but nothing about brain tumours – that’s not OK and we need to raise their profile more.”
A daughter who lost her beloved dad to the most aggressive form of brain tumour has shared her heartfelt and candid motivation for completing fundraising challenges to support The Brain Tumour Charity.
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Exciting new partnership with Make a Will Online
We’re thrilled to announce our new partnership with Make a Will Online, an easy and convenient way to write your Will for free
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‘Eddie and the Magic Healing Stone’: helping children understand brain tumours
A candid, honest and humorous account of the experiences of a dad-of-one and junior doctor after he was diagnosed with the brain tumour which he lost his life to has been published.