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Following our previous statement in April 2025, we share the latest update on activity linked to the National Brain Tumour Research Consortium

Explore the supportive relationship and stories of loss behind Helena Traill’s sculpture auction.

Hi, I’m Mel, one of The Brain Tumour Charity’s Young Ambassadors and I wanted to tell you a little bit about our Young Ambassador Big Weekend in July 2025

For the first time, The Brain Tumour Charity has collaborated with the Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust as a funding partner, investing nearly £50,000 into research on paediatric brain tumours.

We’re excited to announce a new partnership with Eva’s Angels to help accelerate cures for children diagnosed with high grade brain tumours. 

This week we hosted a roundtable with representatives from the life sciences sector to begin to understand potential barriers to innovation across the UK.

Future Leader Dr Ángel Álvarez-Prado has discovered that blocking a particular protein can both reduce GBM cells’ ability to multiply and kickstart the immune system.

The Berlin Marathon is one of the six World Major Marathons. This year The Brain Tumour Charity has 37 runners taking part, including Will Snelson from Cheshire, Young Ambassador Catherine Hogan, Nicole Cutler, from Boston, Massachusetts and one of our own team: Matt Beagley.

Dordaviprone offers new hope for treating H3 K27M-Mutated Diffuse Midline Glioma. But, there’s a long way to go before it’s ready for use on the NHS. Find out more about what this means and next steps.

When truck driver Kieran Shingler was diagnosed with a brain tumour, and later lost his mum to lung cancer, his childhood sweetheart – Abbie – supported him every step of the way. 

Eleven years after her diagnosis, Helen will line up at the Brighton and Hove triathlon to mark her milestone birthday – and raise funds.

We explore the upcoming National Cancer Plan targets and their potential impact on survival gaps in cancer treatment.

A mum whose son died in April is calling for greater awareness of early symptoms of brain tumours.

Jake, from Swansea, star of BBC Three’s I Kissed a Boy, the UK’s first gay dating show, was inspired to work with us after losing his grandfather, Kenneth, to a brain tumour in 2018.

Richard Rawcliffe, who lost his son Joe to a brain tumour, gives shares some useful tips and advice on fundraising.

Our free counselling service launched in the summer of 2022 and has been going from strength to strength ever since.

NHS Scotland has published updated referral guidance for suspected cancers – including brain. We share information on some of the key changes that have been made.

We’re excited to announce our investment of nearly £1.2 million into new translational research projects that aim to speed up the journey from lab discoveries to clinical treatment.

When you sign up for the London to Brighton Bike Ride, you’re not just taking on a 55-mile challenge. You’re riding for people like Bill Quaile, and for the thousands of families affected by brain tumours every year.

The Ocean5 crew broke two world records when they rowed across the Pacific – raising vital funds for the Lewis Moody Foundation.

Goodbye Gladys the glioma! Jayne Ashman tells her brain tumour diagnosis story – finding out she’d also had a stroke, and finding comfort in humour thanks to our online support group.

CT scans are very useful for detecting brain tumours. But, can a CT scan miss a brain tumour? Here we discuss this as well as look at how CT scans work.

We’ve broken down what the proposed reforms were, what’s changed, and what it means for our community.

Secondary cancer is cancer that has started in one area of the body and spread somewhere else. But, can a brain tumour be secondary cancer? We explore this here.