Having lost her Mum to a brain tumour in 2007, Sarah Lambkin embarked on an extreme challenge to raise funds towards finding a cure.

Late diagnosis is common for people diagnosed with a brain tumour. 53% of high grade brain tumours were diagnosed as an emergency in 2013 – more than any other cancer.

Tasha Floyd, one of our first Young Ambassadors, who died at the end of 2015 at the age of 24, donated her brain to medical research. Early in 2015, she took a lead role in launching our five-year strategy, Defeating Brain Tumours.

We are delighted to announce that the way we work has been rated exceptionally highly by McKinsey, one of the world’s leading advisers on organisational effectiveness.

Sean Parker, the billionaire co-founder of Napster, is donating $250 million to create The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, with the ambitious goal of making the disease curable.

Yesterday saw the Petitions Committee report on research funding into brain tumours debated by MP’s in Westminster Hall. Over 40 MPs spoke at the debate, with only standing room left as proceedings began.

A new scanning technique, designed to show more rapidly whether cancer drugs have worked, is being trialed on a cancer patient at Addenbrooke’s hospital, Cambridge.

Construction on the building of one of the UK’s first Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) facilities is well under way at University College London Hospital.

Children with brain tumours will be among those offered a new genetic test that paves the way for young patients to receive personalised cancer treatment.

Fantastic progress has been made last week with over 25,000 HeadSmart symptoms cards distributed to 46 schools across Bournemouth.

A call for government action to prioritise brain tumour awareness and research funding will be debated in the House of Commons on April 18.

Ahead of the national elections in May 2016 we have launched manifestos in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

Last week, the UK Government announced changes to the eligibility criteria for Personal Independence Payments (PIP) as part of the 2016 Budget.

We are delighted to announce our partnership with the Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC), an international group of researchers using cutting-edge science to accelerate the discovery of potential treatments for incurable diseases such as brain tumours.

Cancer patient James McNaught has designed ‘Cancer on board’ badges to help him get a seat on public transport. The 45-year-old civil servant spent three months travelling on the Tube to University College Hospital.

The e-petition calls on larger cancer charities and the government to invest more in research into brain tumours.

Paul Nicholson, has won the Healthcare Volunteer of the Year award for his work and commitment to The Brain Tumour Charity, following his own ongoing battle with a low grade brain tumour.

Dr Paul Brennan explores when is a headache ‘just a headache’ and when could it signal a brain tumour?

We will use every day of March to make our voice heard, on behalf of everyone everywhere whose life has been affected by a brain tumour.

emotive, a science and technology-led healthcare agency, has chosen us out of 24 charities to be their Team Charity for 2016.

On 27 January, a brain tumour patient at Angers hospital wore a Virtual Reality (VR) headset during an awake craniotomy to allow neurosurgeons to ‘map’ his brain tumour as it was being removed.

The report discovered that up to 63% of 111 English hospital trusts have at least one scanner that is a decade old, the point where the technology ideally should be scrapped and replaced with upgraded machines.

This March we’ll be launching manifestos in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland ahead of the devolved nations’ elections in May.

Dr Jem Rashbass, National Director for Disease Registration at Public Health England, has posted a new Public Health England blog about the importance of cancer data.