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Alastair’s Story: Part Two – A robot called Stealth
In his second guest blog post, Ali Travis describes coming to terms with his diagnosis and explaining it to his loved ones.
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Alastair’s Story: Part Three – A Battle We’ll Lose
In the third of a four-part series, Ali Travis, who is living with a high-grade glioma, shares his experience of coming to terms with his diagnosis.
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Alastair’s Story: Part Four – Best Year of my Life
In the last of this four-part series, Ali Travis explains how being diagnosed with cancer taught him that “a good life cut short, is still a good life.”
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Three tips to win at gaming and streaming for charity
Follow Alice’s advice to take your charity gaming and streaming skills to the next level!
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“An eye test led to my brain tumour diagnosis.”
Harry, from St Albans, is helping raise awareness during National Eye Health Week.
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“Our world came crashing down when Lizzie was diagnosed with a diffuse midline glioma”
Lizzie Bramall, from Nayland, was just nine when she was diagnosed with a diffuse midline glioma – one of the most aggressive paediatric high-grade gliomas.
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A Journey in Rehab: Anya’s Story
Anya needed 18 months of rehabilitation for an acoustic neuroma. Here’s her account of what happened.
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Madelaine’s Big Bake Memories – Guest post by Madelaine Powell
Inspired by The Big Bake, read Madelaine’s thoughts as she looks back over the last decade of her mum’s brain tumour diagnosis.
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The BRAIN MATRIX study identifies urgent need for improvement in healthcare services
Researchers involved in the Tessa Jowell BRAIN MATRIX study are calling for improvements to speed up the way brain tumours are diagnosed.
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Is palliative care effective enough? We ask for your experiences
One in four people in the UK dies without the care and support they need. We need to change this, but we need your help to do it. Take our palliative care survey and your voice could have an impact.
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“There is nothing more important than saving lives and without research the reality is that lives will be lost.”
Toni O’Callaghan tells us about her son Jay’s glioblastoma diagnosis in 2021 and highlights the importance of funding glioblastoma research.
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Alan’s story – Guest post by Alan Palmer
In this guest post, scientist and entrepreneur Alan Palmer talks about his career studying the human brain and its various disorders along with the value of gifts in Wills.
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Fergus and Fin’s London to Paris Cycle
Friends to cycle 300 miles, from London to Paris, in memory of Fergus’s brother Angus.
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Inspiration and ideas for your Game 34 challenge
Get all the inspiration you need for your Game 34 fundraising with this list of ideas for challenges, milestones, rewards and polls.
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Simple cake recipes from the community
These simple cake recipes from the brain tumour community are great inspiration for your Big Bake this September!
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Potential new paediatric glioma treatment on the horizon
We will be working with NICE as they assess a new paediatric glioma treatment and ensuring the community has its voice heard as part of this process.
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Quest for Cures funding announcement
We are pleased to announce that we have awarded £4.5 million to three new, exciting research initiatives.
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Top tips for sharing your fundraising page
Follow our top tips for sharing your fundraising page to boost your fundraising and take it to the next level.
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Three Peaks Cycle Challenge 2023
Follow Richard and his friend Will as they take on the ultimate Three Peaks Challenge in memory of Richard’s mother, who passed away from a brain tumour in 2019.
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My journey as a Young Ambassador – Guest post by Lauren Nicholls
Lauren, one of our Young Ambassadors has written about her experience of living with a brain tumour and working with The Charity.
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“There needs to be a better roadmap for glioblastoma recurrence”
Laura Smallbone’s husband, Peter, died on 8th July 2022 after his glioblastoma recurred and there were no remaining treatment options available.
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To our 2023 London Marathon team – thank you!
Discover how our 2023 London Marathon team got on, and how their fundraising will help accelerate change for everyone diagnosed with a brain tumour.
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What do we know about brain tumour waiting times in 2023: six months in
We explore NHS England data to find out what it means for brain tumour waiting times in the first six months of 2023.
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Where are the gaps in brain tumour care?
Your responses to our Improving Brain Tumour Care surveys have helped us understand what gaps exist in brain tumour care – here’s how we’re filling those gaps.