Charities

The Brain Tumour Charity

The Brain Tumour Charity

The Brain Tumour Charity is the leading brain tumour charity in the UK. They fund scientific and clinical research into brain tumours and offer information and support to those affected, whilst raising awareness and influencing policy. Their aim is to improve the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of brain tumours.

www.thebraintumourcharity.org
Head Smart

HeadSmart

HeadSmart is a UK-wide campaign to reduce diagnosis times of childhood brain tumours, reducing long term disabilities and ultimately saving lives. The campaign was developed by The Brain Tumour Charity in collaboration with the Children's Brain Tumour Research Centre at The University of Nottingham and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. Research has shown that the average diagnosis time in the UK has been reduced from 13 weeks to 7.5 weeks in the first year since the HeadSmart launch in 2011, and the campaign was recently shortlisted for a British Medical Journal Improving Health Award.

www.headsmart.org.uk
Brains Trust

brainstrust

brainstrust is a charity that offers a unique support service to people who are coping with brain cancer. They provide pragmatic support and advice from the point of diagnosis, through a unique network of advisors and supporters in the medical, scientific and nursing communities. This resource translates into real, improved clinical outcomes for their patients.

www.brainstrust.org.uk
Brain Tumour Research

Brain Tumour Research

Brain Tumour Research represents the united campaign voice of the Brain Tumour Research group of charities. Established in 2008, Brain Tumour Research was launched specifically to raise substantial funds for brain tumour research and operates as a separate entity to the member charities. Today there are sixteen UK brain tumour charities represented within the Brain Tumour Research group, giving the charity nationwide coverage. In 2008 these charities jointly raised over £1 million.

www.braintumourresearch.org
Mind

Mind

Mind is the leading mental health charity for England and Wales. Every year, one in four people will experience a mental health problem. But hundreds of thousands are still struggling to get the support they need. Still unable to access the service that could change their life. Still facing prejudice and misunderstanding. Mind believes no-one should have to face a mental health problem alone. Whether you’re stressed, depressed or in crisis, they listen, give support and advice and fight your corner.

www.mind.org.uk
MS Society

MS Society

MS Society is the UK charity fighting to improve treatment and care to help people with MS take control of their lives. 100,000 people live with multiple sclerosis in the UK. Every one of them shares the uncertainty of life with MS. MS attacks at random and many of the symptoms are invisible to others. MS can get steadily worse, or remain unpredictable throughout your life – one day you can be fine, the next you might lose your sight or be unable to move. MS Society is a world-leading funder of MS research; they’ve already made important breakthroughs, and are now at the start of a generation of MS research that holds incredible promise.

www.mssociety.org.uk/
Breast Cancer Now

Breast Cancer Now

Breast Cancer Now is the UK’s largest breast cancer charity, dedicated to funding ground-breaking research into the disease. Created by the merger of Breast Cancer Campaign and Breakthrough Breast Cancer in 2015, their ambition is that by 2050, everyone who develops breast cancer will live. To make this a reality, they are funding around £23 million worth of ground-breaking research projects, supporting nearly 450 of the world’s brightest researchers at more than 30 institutions across the UK and Ireland. Together, they’re working to discover how to prevent breast cancer, how to detect it earlier and how to treat it effectively at every stage to stop the disease taking lives.

www.breastcancernow.org
WWF

WWF

WWF's ultimate goal has always been “people living in harmony with nature”. They believe in respecting and valuing the natural world and finding ways to share the Earth’s resources fairly.

www.wwf.org.uk