Tag: fundraising

St Andrew’s Fashion Show (FS) has raised over £28,000 for The Brain Tumour Charity in a bid to fund research in to vital treatments to tackle the disease.

12-year-old Ollie Gardiner is set to become one of the first patients in the world to receive a treatment being trialled for childhood brain tumour patients after an astonishing fundraising campaign launched by his family.

St Andrews Fashion Show (FS) has announced it is partnering with The Brain Tumour Charity for the 2017 event in a bid to raise vital funds for treatments to tackle the disease.

Get involved with our Bandanas for Brain Tumours campaign this year. By joining us and wearing it out, you can raise awareness of brain tumours and vital funds for research into early diagnosis.

We’re aiming to tackle the issue of late diagnosis of brain tumours. For this to happen we’ve enlisted the support of researchers, GPs and our community, to drive awareness and effect change to diagnosis times. Spearheading this Christmas Campaign is Sophie O’Hagan.

“Keep going because I promise you, you will succeed. Any dream you have, just smash it.”

Chris White, MP for Warwick and Leamington, joined hundreds of supporters for our Warwick Twilight Walk last Sunday, writing about it on his website.

Our ten year old supporter Amelia Gebruers won a Pride of Britain award for her fundraising achievements.

Last week, many people were talking about remembering charities in Wills. We invited Tim Clarke, who has lived with a brain tumour for five years, to share his thoughts.

The Brain Tumour Charity has been shortlisted to the final stages of the Masonic Samaritan Fund Silver Jubilee Research Fund vote, for a chance to be awarded a grant of £100,000 to fund our Centre of Excellence at University College London.

Should donors and fundraisers have more choice over where their money is spent? It’s an ongoing debate among charities not just in the UK, but all over the world.