NEW brainstrust Meet Up – Winchester
Come to our next Meet Up – Cream Teas in Winchester, 22nd August, from 16.30. This should be good! For our next Meet Up there’s a gang of us, with […]
Advances in brain tumour treatment at the Christie, Salford Royal.
A treatment system called the Novalis® Tx™ has gone into service today in the Christie at Salford Royal. The new technology will benefit 120 brain tumour patients in its first […]
New – the launch of the South England Brain Tumour Alliance (SEBTA)
We’re always going on about how important collaboration is; it’s our raison d’être, our ethos, our DNA. We do this because we know we can achieve far more by working […]
The Gadd family’s ‘Help for Heads’ Campaign teas off with a vintage party.
After Southampton man Bob Gadd was diagnosed with a brain tumour, the Gadd family pulled together to support brainstrust and our work with brain tumour patients and their carers. Driven […]
Summer Serenade is back!
Now in its fifth year, Summer Serenade is back with an exciting selection of talented young musicians. So far, the concert series has raised over £13,000 for Brainstrust, the Meg […]
Says WHO? What does WHO say?
There have been 100s of headlines that have been in the ether since the WHO’s announcement about a possible link between phones and brain cancer. Announcement of what I am […]
Evening with Rory Bremner at Winchester Cathedral raises £5500 for people with brain cancer
So you can have a laugh and support a serious cause! Our second ever ‘An evening with…’ event, this time featuring Rory Bremner has been a huge success, attracting 200 […]
brainstrust ‘Logbook’ – our annual newsletter available to view online
Once a year we send out a printed newsletter to our supporters. This Logbook newsletter serves to offer an update on everything we’ve achieved with our brain tumour support, brain […]
An interview with Jem Rashbass, Director of the National Brain Tumour Registry
For a while now our patients, carers and supporters, usually with a hint of desperation in their voices, have been asking ‘why don’t clinicians know more about my brain tumour?’ […]
brainstrust publishes ‘The Snaggle Tooth Splat’ – an illustrated book to support children suffering with brain cancer
brainstrust, the Meg Jones brain cancer charity, has just published The Snaqgle Tooth Splat, an illustrated children’s story book designed to explain to children who have just been diagnosed with […]