Wear A Hat Day 2026
Since its launch in 2010, Wear A Hat day has raised more than £2.2 million to help fund the fight to find a cure for all types of brain tumours.
So, whether you favour a fedora, sport a sombrero or pop on a Panama, by wearing your finest headgear and holding a fundraising event, you will help bring hope to the one in three people who knows someone affected by a brain tumour.
You can make an even bigger impact by inviting other people to get involved too. Hold a Wear A Hat Day event in your community, at your workplace or in your school and spread the fun, as well as important awareness of our cause.
What is Wear A Hat Day?
Wear A Hat Day is one of the UK’s biggest and best-loved brain tumour awareness and fundraising days, bringing people together across the nation as they put on their favourite hats and make a donation, or attend a fundraising hat-themed event.
Since the inception of Wear A Hat Day, Brain Tumour Research has become synonymous with hats and hatting. A bespoke pink silk top hat created for us by Lock & Co. – the world’s oldest hat shop – has been our emblem and is an instantly recognisable part of Wear A Hat Day every year. Wearing a hat reminds us of those who have been personally affected by this devastating disease and helps spread awareness of our cause.