Children’s Mental Health Week, 1-7 February A brain tumour diagnosis affects the whole family whether a child has a brain tumour or an adult. little brainstrust is here to support all [...]

Isolation and impact on family life Hearing difficult news alone The biggest challenge for families is that many hospitals only allow one parent/carer to accompany a child, which means that many [...]

“I was alone when I was told my little boy had a brain tumour” This family’s world was torn apart when their son, Noah, was diagnosed with a brain tumour during the pandemic. The last few [...]

Oliver’s loving family have shared the story of their precious little boy Oliver, who was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Despite the tragedy of his story, Oliver was the smiliest, happiest [...]

Bailey’s a brave boy Through little brainstrust, our dedicated arm for children and families, we’ve supported Bailey and his family over the last few years. He was diagnosed with a [...]

We know that once diagnosed with a brain tumour, children feel scared, and their carers isolated. We know that the diagnosis can have a huge impact on parent and caregiver’s lives, but you [...]

#BeMoreDickenson #BeMoreDickenson In December 2017 Seth, then aged four was diagnosed with a medullablastoma brain tumour, the youngest of four boys, the blow to the whole family was huge. [...]

Pottery painting with new friends In February we organised our first Little brainstrust meet up in Edinburgh. We all enjoyed a laugh and got busy (and a bit messy!) hand painting some pottery [...]

The latest addition to little brainstrust comes in the form of an amazing sleuth of bears, donated by Build-A-Bear. Here at brainstrust, we’re extremely lucky and incredibly grateful for the [...]

We have been busy developing the support that we provide for families affected by a brain tumour. One of the families little brainstrust has been supporting is that of eight year old, [...]