Downloads & Resources
Here are all the brainstrust resources, designed to help you feel less alone and more in control, in one place for you to download.
The brain tumour patient guide
The brain tumour patient guide is freely available to brain tumour patients and doctors and nurses working in relevant specialties.
Find out more and download the guides
The brain box
The brainstrust brain box – the ‘must have’ support toolkit for people with a new brain tumour diagnosis and their carers.
So to assist brain tumour patients, we’ve launched this unique invaluable aid to keeping on top of things.
If you are a brain tumour patient, or if you are looking after someone who has a brain tumour, the box won’t cost you a penny. We just need to know a little bit more information about you before we send you your box. Please complete to the short form below to request your brain box:
Find out more and get your box
Who’s Who in Your Clinical Team
Many patients find that they are left to manage their care pathway for themselves. brainstrust has developed this resource with the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, to help you navigate your journey.
My Radiotherapy Book
We know how confusing a brain tumour diagnosis is and the follow treatments can be. This resource will help you understand, and take control.
The Fatigue Toolkit
This resource is really important as it enables patients and caregivers living with a brain tumour to understand what is meant by fatigue and to self-manage brain cancer related fatigue.
The Little White Book
A comprehensive, easy to navigate compendium of UK brain tumour support resources. You can access an online copy through our online catalogue with www.issuu.com/brainstrust.
We also produce regional editions of ‘The Little White Book’, signposting all of the best support available to you, wherever you might live. Click below to download your relevant guide.
- Sheffield Little White Book
- Merseyside Little White Book
- Greater London Little White Book
- South East Scotland Little White Book
- Glasgow Little White Book
- Greater Manchester Little White Book
- Tees Valley and surrounding areas Little White Book
- North West Children’s Little White Book
- Aberdeen, the Highlands and Surrounding areas Little White Book

How to Have a Difficult Conversation Guide
We know how hard it is, explaining brain cancer, and having to hold those difficult conversations.
This guide helps families with approaching these moments. It features tips that will help you can get your thoughts together and clarify how you feel about what it is you’re facing, so that you can hold better conversations and feel more in control.