Category: Supporter stories

Meet Simon and Ella and learn about why Ella believes a National Brain Tumour Strategy is a No Brainer!

Peter Buckle is a patient advocate and has worked with several teams, including the ARISTOCRAT team to champion research and clinical trials.

Her children’s book is about the community bus she travelled on daily, having had to surrender her driving licence.

Connor Moir, from Aberdeen, will line up for the HYROX Fitness Race, Glasgow, just 18 months after a brain tumour left him unable to walk.

Five years on, Nikki Saunders shares her experience of both her mum and brother being diagnosed with a glioblastoma.

Come with us as we look back at some of the ways you, the brain tumour community, has given the gift of time in 2023.

Natalie McKenna-Mounty was diagnosed with a glioblastoma in 2020, her tumour returned in June this year, and now she is supporting our new research funding to find better glioblastoma treatments.

Catrin George-Carey was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour in March 2022. Now back at work following successful surgery, she’s highlighting the brain tumour symptoms that she initially brushed off – so that others don’t do so!

Zachery Eckworth, now 11 years and living in Hampshire, was just 14 months old when we was diagnosed with an optic nerve glioma.

Researchers from the University of Sheffield ran the Sheffield 10K on 24th September to raise money for us, a charity close to their hearts.

On September 10th, our team of 140 runners took on the Great North Run for The Brain Tumour Charity. In this post, runners and Charity team members share their thoughts on a memorable day.

He has raised more than £29,000 for The Charity in memory of his sister, Emily.

Layla Mistry, now nine, from Sonning, in Berkshire, was just two when she was diagnosed with medulloblastoma in July 2016.

In this four-part series, Ali Travis, who was diagnosed with a high-grade glioma at just 32, shares his beautifully written and, somehow, positive experience of coming to terms with his diagnosis. 

In his second guest blog post, Ali Travis describes coming to terms with his diagnosis and explaining it to his loved ones. 

In the third of a four-part series, Ali Travis, who is living with a high-grade glioma, shares his experience of coming to terms with his diagnosis. 

In the last of this four-part series, Ali Travis explains how being diagnosed with cancer taught him that “a good life cut short, is still a good life.”

Lizzie Bramall, from Nayland, was just nine when she was diagnosed with a diffuse midline glioma – one of the most aggressive paediatric high-grade gliomas.

Inspired by The Big Bake, read Madelaine’s thoughts as she looks back over the last decade of her mum’s brain tumour diagnosis.

Toni O’Callaghan tells us about her son Jay’s glioblastoma diagnosis in 2021 and highlights the importance of funding glioblastoma research.

Follow Richard and his friend Will as they take on the ultimate Three Peaks Challenge in memory of Richard’s mother, who passed away from a brain tumour in 2019.

Laura Smallbone’s husband, Peter, died on 8th July 2022 after his glioblastoma recurred and there were no remaining treatment options available.

Have you ever thought about taking on an extreme fundraising challenge but was never sure where to start? Take inspiration from some of our incredible community who have gone to the extreme when it comes to accelerating a cure for brain tumours.

Mia Bowater-Wragg, 26, from Sheffield, received a glioblastoma diagnosis in March 2021, having first learned that she had a brain tumour in 2018.