Author: Helen Rogers

Kirsty, from Kinross, was studying for a nursing degree when a brain tumour diagnosis changed everything. Six years later, she’s using her crafting skills – and love of pigs! – to raise funds.

Newly-weds Jeremy and Lottie Daubeny are shunning sun loungers in favour of saddles on an epic bike ride from Australia back to the UK.

Rhiannon, from Staffordshire, is helping raise awareness in Eye Health Week.

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

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.

Adam, from Broxbourne, alongside friend Laura, is taking on a huge endurance challenge – his toughest yet – in memory of his little girl, Orla, who died from a rare brain tumour in 2023.

To remember her and raise funds, Trefor, Glynwen’s husband, and Brenda, her former work colleague, walked 127 miles in May, along the pilgrimage trail from Twywn to Aberdaron in North Wales.

Dan Schneider, from Hampshire, is aiming to be the first ever to hike up, then bike down, the UK’s three peaks.

Anna and Chris are taking a big leap on “Skydive Weekend” to mark World Brain Tumour Day.

Chris, family and friends walked 131 miles in March, a mile for each known brain tumour type.

Georgie Maynard, from Oxfordshire, was diagnosed with a glioblastoma brain tumour in May 2023, after experiencing a sudden seizure at home.

Harry, 14, took on a special challenge to raise funds in memory of his sister Emily.

Meet some of the brave people running this year’s London Marathon in support of The Brain Tumour Charity.

Annabelle Holloway is a semi-retired GP from North Devon. But after a seizure, which arrived out of the blue on July 8th last year, she unexpectedly became the patient.

Melissa Skinner, from the Wirral, is one of our Involvement Champions. Her husband Matt is living with two brain tumours.

As well as the Twilight Walk London on March 22nd, hundreds of Twilight Walk Own Walks are happening this month! Here, Roger and Bev, and James and Ell, tell why they are walking the Twilight Walk their way in March.

On April 6th, 238 runners will take on the iconic half marathon for The Brain Tumour Charity – our biggest team yet! Here, two of them tell their stories.

Every person facing cancer has their own unique story to share. On #WorldCancerDay this year, the slogan is “United by Unique” – and the call is for a more “people-centred” approach to cancer care.

Meet Mayuko, who challenged herself to learn the new skill after her diagnosis, and now plans to use it to fundraise for us.

Is a long distance walk one of your New Year resolutions? Take inspiration from Paul, who walked the South West Coast Path in 47 days, in tribute to his dad Alan.

Our junior fundraisers found exciting ways to raise money and awareness in 2024.

Alison used the mantra “strive for progress, not perfection” as she trained to walk further and further.

Involvement volunteer Baljit Ahluwalia lost her mother, Harbans Kaur Walia, to glioblastoma in 2020.