Hi, I'm Beth and in 2016 I had my eyes opened to the effects of living and dying with brain cancer. 

My uncle David-John was diagnosed with a primary stage 4 Glioblastoma brain tumour and he was given less than a year to live, he was 46.
Despite hearing the words 'incurable' we explored as many options as possible to ensure he would live for as long as possible, especially for the birth of his daughter. Surgery, radiation and chemotherapy were not enough to keep the aggressive cancer from spreading and he died shortly after his daughter was born in March 2017.
He had to say goodbye to his 3 beautiful children and a family that loved him with our whole hearts. He was an amazing father and I will always remember him as a pillar of our family. 

Only two years after this, my great uncle David suffered multiple strokes and was then diagnosed in January 2019 with a primary stage 4 glioblastoma and he died only 4 months later in April 2019.
Uncle David was the patriarch of our family and he was taken too soon from us. 

Our family exhausted every option that was available to us and searched for answers that were not there. 

Glioblastoma is a stage 4 tumour and is considered one of the worst types of cancer because of it's unstoppable aggression. 

At the end of 2022 my partners uncle was diagnosed with a secondary brain tumour that had likely sat there un-noticed for some time. After a short battle he died in April 2023. 

Brain tumours kill more children and adults under 40 than any other cancer and yet historically less than 1% of national spend on cancer research has been allocated to this devastating disease. Brain Tumour Research are the only charity campaigning to increase the national investment in brain tumour research to £35 million per year, while fundraising to create a network of seven sustainable Brain Tumour Research Centres of Excellence across the UK. 

This is my why.
I am taking part in the South West Coast 50 Ultra Challenge in August this year to raise money for vital brain tumour research. The 50km (31 miles!!) loop heads over Exmoor with ups & downs with over 3300ft of elevation! 

Thank you to everyone in advance for reading this and all donations however big or small are greatly appreciated and will help towards the research we need so fewer lives will be devastated by this dreadful disease.