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A team brainstrust hero – Andy Fancourt raises £4000 for brain tumour support

Andy Fancourt ran the London Marathon to fundraise for our work, in memory of Bob Gadd. Andy has raised an incredible £4,000 for the Help for Heads fund. Help for Head […]

Isle of Wight charity walkers raise over £2,700 for brain tumour support

Once again, long-standing brainstrust supporter Clive Wooster has taken on a circumnavigation of the Isle of Wight, by foot, for our work to help people facing a brain tumour diagnosis. Clive […]

The challenge of a lifetime for brain tumour support

You may have read and been inspired by Lorna Keen and Jacqui Thake’s 300 mile cycle ride through Rajastan that appeared in the Mirror newspaper on the 12th April. If […]

Our work to help brain tumour patients in Scotland

We know how important a community is to people battling a brain tumour. Having people to talk makes big problems smaller, and the feelings of isolation and loneliness that are […]

Help Sheffield researchers gain a better understanding of the emotional impact of cancer

The emotional impact of a brain tumour can be tough for patients. Receiving the news of the diagnosis, undergoing those complex treatments, managing the associated side effects, and adjusting to […]

Sally Prior goes quiet for brain tumour support

Sally Prior is doing a sponsored silence over the Mother’s Day weekend in memory of her Mum, Joan Tees, who died last year after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. […]

We need you to help shape the future of UK brain tumour research.

In partnership with the clinical and research community, we are looking for your questions about living with a brain tumour to help direct areas of research that are important for […]

First #TEAFEST fundraising event report just in!

Kayleigh Street is one of brainstrust’s superstar patients who we are helping to get back on top of things following a brain tumour diagnosis. Kayleigh held her own #TEAFEST event […]

brain tumour support ‘gets official’ in Scotland – brainstrust secures registration with the OSCR

Great news for our community in Scotland, and a sign of our enduring commitment to helping brain tumour patients, their carers and our supporters North of the broder, today we can […]

Lorna and Jacqui to take on India by bike for brain tumour support

Lorna Keen and Jacqui Thake are cycling 500km across Rajasthan in India to raise funds for our work to help brain tumour patient, all in memory of Jacqui’s friend Elaine […]

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