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Brain Tumour Awareness Month
Brain Tumour Awareness Month was launched in 2004 by a group of charities that went on to become founding members of Brain Tumour Research.
One in three people know someone affected by this devastating disease. This March, we will once again be leading the way with a programme of activities to raise vital awareness and funds to get closer to our vision of finding a cure for all types of brain tumours.
The month culminates with the return of one of the UK’s most popular annual fundraisers – Wear A Hat Day.
Your support this Brain Tumour Awareness Month will help bring hope to brain tumour patients and their loved ones. Please donate what you can and let’s get closer to a cure together.
Inquiry Report
On the eve of Brain Tumour Awareness Month, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Brain Tumours (APPGBT) launched its inquiry report, Pathway to a Cure – breaking down the barriers, at Westminster. Read more about the report here.
Minute's Silence
On Wednesday 1st March, at 11am, a minute’s silence was observed at each of our Centres of Excellence and a commemorative wreath was laid at the Walls of Hope. We also marked this moment of remembrance at our head office and invited you to observe it wherever you were. Find out more.
#ShineALight
At 7:30pm
on Wednesday 1st March, hundreds of you
helped us #ShineALight for all those affected by brain tumours. Amongst those
who lit a candle and shared a photo on social media were Kelsey Parker and
Sarah Beeny, as well as the families of Amani Liaquat and George Fox who died
from brain tumours last year. Thank you to everyone who took part to help us
raise awareness.
New Research Centre
We are proud to announce The Institute of Cancer Research, located in Sutton, Surrey, as our fourth Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence, bringing us closer to our mission to establish a network of seven dedicated Centres across the UK. Find out more here.
Wear A Hat Day
Get your thinking caps on because Wear A Hat Day is back on Friday 31st March! Join in, look super for science and help make research breakthroughs happen. Register now and help us make Wear A Hat Day 2023 a record-breaking success.
History of Brain Tumour Awareness Month
Brain Tumour Awareness Month was
launched in 2004 as part of the efforts of a group of UK brain tumour charities
working together to raise vital awareness of the lack of funding and to
influence UK governments and larger cancer charities to invest more nationally
in brain tumour research.
In 2009, the national charity Brain Tumour Research was launched to lead the campaigning work and raise the funds needed in order to sustain the vital research that is so desperately needed to find a cure for the disease. Click here to read about some of the key milestones we have reached over the years during Brain Tumour Awareness
Month.