Tag: fundraising
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It’s time for the brain tumour community to get creative!
To celebrate Brain Tumour Awareness Month and empower our community to become voices for change, we’re launching our new browser-based design service – Create!
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On the path to wellness: how walking helps you and others!
Wellness is currently a buzzword in the world of health. But what does it actually mean?
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Hal Cruttenden treks the Sahara for charity!
Internationally renowned comedian, Hal Cruttenden, takes on the 100 km Sahara Trek in aid of The Brain Tumour Charity
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Amazing in-memory fundraising by the Christian White Memorial Fund
Christian’s family and friends have been tireless in their efforts to raise money for glioblastoma research in his memory
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Will’s Walk smashes fundraising target!
Will, an 11-year-old boy from Dorset, has doubled his fundraising target as he learns to walk again following a brain tumour diagnosis.
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Mum diagnosed with brain tumour is putting her best foot forward.
A mum who was diagnosed with a brain tumour is taking on a fun run with her family to help find a cure for the disease.
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Fundraising success for university student supporting his friends with brain tumours.
A Dundee University student has been spearheading a series of fundraising events to support The Brain Tumour Charity after two of his close friends were diagnosed with the condition.
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Mum recognised signs of her brain tumour on ‘First Dates’.
A mum says her brain tumour went undiagnosed and blamed on anxiety until she saw someone with the same symptoms on Channel 4’s ‘First Dates’.
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August fundraising round up
Our supporters, fundraisers and partners are a truly inspirational bunch! From the corporate world to comedy and more, read about just some of the ways our community are raising funds and awareness – as well as challenging themselves to go further, faster for a cure.
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MotorMouth hosts racing superstars for charity karting event
On Tuesday 10 August at Whilton Mill Karting Track, the motorsport community will unite for The Brain Tumour Charity
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Grieving sister fundraising to find a cure for brain tumours.
A grieving sister says she will spend the rest of her life raising funds to find a cure for brain tumours after her sister died from the disease just three months after her diagnosis.
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29 cyclists take on 525km in 4 days
A mighty challenge in tribute to much loved father to raise funds for vital research
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More people have walked on the moon!
John Royden is undertaking quite an epic challenge in July to raise vital funds for The Brain Tumour Charity
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‘Brain tumour is just part of my life now’ says daughter as she returns to work.
An ambitious young woman has got back to the career she loves having been diagnosed with a brain tumour three years ago.
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No mountain high enough after dad diagnosed with incurable brain tumour.
A daughter whose beloved dad first had symptoms on her wedding day of the incurable brain tumour which took his life has climbed Mount Snowdon for The Brain Tumour Charity.
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Sky’s the limit for family fundraising to remember beloved mum
A family is participating in a virtual online balloon race to raise funds to help find a cure for brain tumours after losing their beloved relative, Julie Fisher, to the disease.
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“The twinges in my hand were signs of a brain tumour”.
Yvette spent Lockdown having daily radiotherapy for a brain tumour – the symptoms of which had originally been put down to carpel tunnel syndrome.
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A brilliant baking bonanza: The Big Bake 2021
Up and down the country, our community fired up their ovens, held unique bakes and raised vital dough to help us beat brain tumours
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“I was training to be a nurse so I knew exactly how important it was to listen to the patient. But I felt that no one was listening to me!”
A nurse who almost lost the vision in her right eye due to an undiagnosed brain tumour and had her symptoms blamed on peri menopause has been putting her best foot forward to raise money for The Brain Tumour Charity.
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Fundraising during lockdown: Andy’s story
A dedicated fundraiser who lost his wife to a brain tumour has completed a virtual walk from John O’Groat’s to Lands End and back to support The Brain Tumour Charity.
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Four fab recipes to try for The Big Bake 2021
The Big Bake 2021 is in full swing, with bakers up and down the country connecting over cake for our annual excuse to spread the love for a good cause. And the great news is, it’s not too late to join them!
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This week we are participating in The Big Give Christmas Challenge
It is the UK’s largest matched funding campaign and through the campaign any donation made here until 12pm on Tuesday 8th December is eligible to be doubled.
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Taking strides this October!
Each year, our inspiring supporters unite to take part in The Twilight Walk. And this year is no different.
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Julie’s story
Julie’s daughter, Billie-Rae, was diagnosed with a brain tumour in October 2014 at the age of 22. In 2015, Julie took part in The Twilight Walk for the first time and has been walking with hundreds of others every year since.