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All of the money raised will be split 50/50 between The Brain Tumour Charity and The Royal Marsden. 

“There have been so many charities and NHS bodies that have helped us throughout this journey. All of which have offered the most exceptional care and support for Ella and us as a family. We wanted to focus on the research element of brain tumours as this is so woefully underfunded, but we also wanted to support a charity that had given us frontline care whilst also pioneering cancer research.”

Rob, Ella’s Dad

The Brain
tumour
charity

The Brain Tumour Charity is the world's leading brain tumour charity and the largest dedicated funder of research into brain tumours globally.

Committed to saving and improving lives, they’re moving further, faster to help every single person affected by a brain tumour. They’re set on finding new treatments, offering the highest level of support and driving urgent change. 

Some facts about brain tumours:

  • Brain tumours are the biggest cancer killer of the under 40s.
  • Unlike other cancers, survival rates have not improved over the last 40 years. Survival rates are just 11%
  • 102,000 people are currently living with a brain tumour and 11,000 are diagnosed every year.
  • The impact of living with or being treated for a brain tumour can be devastating.
  • Research into brain tumours is woefully underfunded. Only 2%, of £500m cancer research is spent on brain tumours.
  • Brain tumours are the largest cause of preventable or treatable blindness in children. Childhood brain tumour survivors are 10 times more likely to suffer long term disability than well children. This accounts for 20,000 additional disabled life years for all the children who are diagnosed each year.

The Brain Tumour Charity’s goal is to double survival by 2025!

They have also launched a new campaign called HeadSmart which is focused on tackling diagnosis times and since its launch it has already managed to reduce the average time from 13 to 6.5 weeks.

Find out more

The Brain Tumour Charity 2020. Registered Charity no. 1150054

The Royal
Marsden Cancer
Charity

The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity raises money solely to support The Royal Marsden, a world-leading cancer centre. 

They ensure their nurses, doctors and research teams can provide the very best care and develop life-saving treatments, which are used across the UK and around the world.

From funding state-of-the-art equipment and groundbreaking research, to creating the very best patient environments, they will never stop looking for ways to improve the lives of people affected by cancer.

The funding goes to:

  • Support life-saving research - including funding clinical trials that give patients at the hospital, across the UK and around the world access to the latest breakthrough drugs.
  • Offer patients world-leading treatment and care - delivering tailored and personalised treatment, which cares for the whole person, not just their illness.
  • Invest in state-of-the-art equipment - from the latest in robotic surgery, to improved cancer imaging to ensure more effective and efficient diagnosis and treatment.
  • Fund modern patient environments - allowing the hospital to build new facilities and refurbish existing ones, so that patients are cared for in the most welcoming, dignified and peaceful environments.

The Oak Centre for Children and Young People (OCCYP) opened in Sutton in 2011 and has been changing the way The Royal Marsden treats children with cancer ever since. The OCCYP was funded entirely through generous donations by supporters of The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity including a lead gift from the Oak Foundation.

The OCCYP is also home to one of the largest drug development programmes for childhood cancer. Often for the first time worldwide, young patients are offered early access to trials of new cancer drugs that have been developed by experts in The Royal Marsden’s own laboratories. The Royal Marsden is now one of Europe’s leading centres for Phase I and II drug trials for children. 

The centre also includes a playroom, therapy rooms, chill-out zones, school and study rooms, parent areas, and an outdoor roof terrace.

Find out more

The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity. Registered Charity no. 1095197