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This list represents a range of support groups for patients and families affected by brain tumours. We thought you'd like to know where they are and how you can contact them. Please note, this list is only as effective as information we've been given at the time of adding it.*
Sadly, diagnoses of brain tumours are increasing so there is always going to be a need for more support groups. If you have a group but it is not shown in our list, please send your details to info@braintumourresearch.org so we can include it.
Location | Meeting Times | More Information |
Bath St John's Foundation 4-5 Chapel Court BA1 1SQ | Usually 1st Monday of the month 6pm - 7:30pm | Run by Brain Tumour Support Contact Sarah Erskine - sarah@braintumoursupport.co.uk |
Belfast | Monthly Second Wednesday of each month except July, August and December. 7:30pm - 9:30pm | Run by Brainwaves 02893 372595 Key co-ordinator: Kate Ferguson |
Birmingham | Monthly Last Tuersday each month 2pm - 3:30pm | Run by Brain Tumour Support |
Bristol | First Wednesday of month | Run by Brain Tumour Support |
Cambridge The Acoustic Neuroma and Meningioma Network (AMNET) | Quarterly meeting | For patients diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma or vestibular schwannoma brain tumour |
Cheltenham Maggie's Centre College Baths Road GL53 7QB | Monthly Second Tuesday every month 1:30pm - 3pm | Run by Brain Tumour Support |
Cork | Contact : | |
Cornwall | Bi-monthly - Second Tuesday of month | Run by Brain Tumour Support |
Cornwall | Monthly Second Tuesday each month | Run by Brain Tumour Support |
Coventry | Monthly | Open to all patients diagnosed with a brain tumour, and families, friends. |
Coventry | Third Monday of every month | Run by Brain Tumour Support and Brainwaves |
Devon | Monthly First Friday of each month | Run by Brain Tumour Support Contact David Haq - david@braintumoursupport.co.uk |
Devon Plymouth Central Library 167-171 Armada Way PL1 1HZ | Monthly Last Friday each month 11am - 12:30pm | Run by Brain Tumour Support Contact David Haq - david@braintumoursupport.co.uk |
Dorset | Monthly First Tuesday each month | Run by Brain Tumour Support |
Dorset | Bi-monthly - First Wednesday of month | Run by Brain Tumour Support |
Dublin | Contact: | |
Edinburgh | Monthly | Contact Alice MacGregor |
Galway | Contact: | |
Glasgow | Monthly | Contact Sheena Muir |
Gloucester Great Western Road GL1 3ND | Second Tuesday of every month | Run by Brain Tumour Support |
Guildford | Monthly | Contact Anne Wittle |
Haywards Heath | Monthly | Please contact either Jill Collins 01444 243492 or Charlotte Tripp 01273 412519 (after 7pm) to confirm your attendance and where to meet. |
Hereford | Monthly 11am-12:30pm | Run by Brain Tumour Support |
Leeds | 6:30pm, 1st Thursday in the month | Run by Brain Tumour Research and Support across Yorkshire (BTRS) for adult brain tumour patients and carers. Free car parking and refreshments. Contact Sam Wilson on 07539 457239 for more information or www.btrs.org.uk |
Leeds | Monthly | Run by Neuro Oncology Leeds Teaching Hospitals 01943 870770 |
Lincolnshire | Dates vary, check website for details | The group is open to anyone diagnosed with a Primary Brain Tumour either benign or malignant and their partners and carers. Patients should be resident in Lincolnshire and/or treated at United Lincolnshire Hospital Trust (ULHT) |
London | Monthly | Contact Barbara - 0207 188 5918. |
London | Monthly | Support group for low-grade glioma patients, family and friends. Contact Emma Townsley or Orla McKee, Neuro-Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialists, on 0207 3918833 |
Lymington The Coates Centre Lower Pennington Lane SO41 8ZZ | Monthly Third Thursday every month, 3pm - 4:30pm | Run by Brain Tumour Support Contact Tessa Murphy - tessa@braintumoursupport.co.uk |
Manchester Northern Tennis Club 119 Palatine Road M20 3YA | Monthly First Monday each month 11am - 12:30pm | Run by Brain Tumour Support |
Norfolk Big C Support & Information Centre Colney Lane NR4 7UY | Monthly First Thursday each month 1:30pm - 3:30pm | Contact Big C Centre - 01603 286112 or the Oncology Nurse Specialist - 01603 286171 |
Oxford | Quarterly meetings for children with a brain or spinal tumour and their families. (Information day, Fun Day, Pantomine, Adolescent weekend) | Run by Friends of Oscar |
Shrewsbury | Monthly Secondly Monday each month 11am-12:30pm | Run by Brain Tumour Support |
Somerset | Monthly 10:30am - 12pm | Run by Brain Tumour Support |
Southampton Greenways Chandlers Ford SO53 2LE | Monthly 1.30pm – 3.00pm. | Run by Brain Tumour Support |
Staffordshire | Monthly 1:30pm - 3:30pm | Run by Brain Tumour Support |
Stratford The Shakespeare Hospice Church Lane CV37 9UL | Bi-Monthly First Tuesday (February, April, June, September, November) 3pm - 4:30pm | Run by Brain Tumour Support |
Sutton, Surrey | Monthly | Two support groups: one for carers and one for those diagnosed with a brain tumour |
Portsmouth Rowan's Living Well Centre Purbrook Heath Road PO7 5RU | Monthly Second Thursday every month 1:30pm - 3pm | Run by Brain Tumour Support Contact Tessa Murphy - tessa@braintumoursupport.co.uk |
Tamworth | Monthly | Poppy Fields Special Mummies and Daddies. Call Lisa Guilder on 07830 302622 or email lisa.guilder@homecall.co.uk. |
Walsall | Monthly | Run by Brain Tumour Support |
Wolverhampton | Monthly 1pm - 2:30pm | Run by Brain Tumour Support |
Worcestershire Woodland Room | Bi-Monthly First Friday of the month (March, May, July, September, November) 10.30am – 12 noon | Run by Brain Tumour Support Contact Louise Tully - louise@braintumoursupport.co.uk |
Other helpful organisations where you can receive specific support
Low-grade gliomas
Astro Fund raises money for research into low-grade gliomas and provides support to everyone whose lives are touched by this tumour type through their online support group. For general enquiries telephone: 01485 572767 www.astrofund.org.uk
Meningioma UK
Offers support and information to anyone who has this kind of primary brain and spine tumour, and raises awareness of its often life-changing effects. www.meningiomauk.org
Pituitary Tumours
Over 40 support groups across the UK run by the Pituitary Foundation www.pituitary.org.uk
*We do not take responsibility for checking the ongoing accuracy of information provided on this page.