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Alan Johnstone, who lost his wife Anneka to a brain tumour, is representing The Charity in the Boston Marathon on 15 April.

Inspired by their own brain tumour experiences, the pair hope to build a team of 50 to walk the 25km route in September.

On #WorldCancerDay this year, we’ll be joining the call to #CloseTheCareGap so that people like Matthew from South Wales, can live longer and better following a brain cancer diagnosis.

Dawn Michelin is running 10 miles a day for 100 days. Daughter Chantelle is walking 5km a day to fund research into brain tumours.

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Thorngrove School in Berkshire chose to support The Brain Tumour Charity after pupil, Ned, was diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Five year old Mercy is battling an incurable brain tumour. Her family are crowdfunding for £100,000 for medication from abroad.

“On most of our walks, we met people who have been affected by brain tumours.”

The Northern Joe Cup is now in its third year and this year the event is even bigger and better with a full week of squash-related activities and fundraising.

“I’m very much expecting this to be a brutal challenge both physically and mentally.”

“I am determined to complete my dream of climbing this rather large hill and show my son, Spencer, that however tough times can feel, you must stay strong, keep fighting and never give up.”

This Sunday October 8th, our team of 66 runners will line up for this year’s Royal Parks Half Marathon. In this post, three of them share their motivations to take part.

Meet the “Marvellous Marshians”, a group of friends from Kent who are taking on their third 20 mile fundraising walk for The Charity.

Anya needed 18 months of rehabilitation for an acoustic neuroma. Here’s her account of what happened.

Siobhan and family turned a group headshave into a Family Fun Day and raised nearly £12k!

Adrian Conoboy MBE is the Founder and Director of We Can Kick It, a charity that harnesses the power of football to help children cope with cancer. In this post, he explains how his own brain tumour diagnosis inspired We Can Kick It.

Warwick Ashburner, from Preston, swam 13.2 miles in Coniston Water – to raise funds and awareness of brain tumours