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We have recently been getting in the festive spirit in Sheffield and Derbyshire at the various Christmas Markets across the region, spreading awareness and raising a few pounds for brain […]

Know you’re not alone – new brain tumour patient stories live

It can be very lonely battling a brain tumour. We know. This isolation is a big issue and we are battling to solve it for you. We do this through […]

Incredible Christmas Display for brainstrust and brain tumour support

Once again the Shepherd family are lighting up Marlow Bottom in aid of brainstrust and the 55,000+ people living with a brain tumour in the UK.  This is the 13th […]

What a year for Meeting Up with the community!

This year you helped us to run 30 Meet Ups, attended by nearly 1000 brain tumour patients and carers from Southampton to Aberdeen and many places in between. 5 star feedback […]

Help us build a brain tumour support service to help 60,000 people.

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There’s no dressing this up – we really would like you to buy some Christmas cards from brainstrust this year.

We love how our 2013 range of Christmas cards looks (we’re buying them ourselves) and selling Christmas cards is a very efficient way for us to raise funds. Because our […]

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