Amy and Charlotte are fundraising for the Brain Tumour Charity!

A few months ago Charlotte received a message from Amy that started,

Since a seizure on 30 May Amy has been on a roller coaster of inpatient / outpatient hospital tests / admissions including neurosurgery to remove two tumours. She then received a diagnosis of glioblastoma multiforme stage 4 with a GBM4 median term prognosis of 12-18 months. In typical feisty Amy fashion she said, "the prognosis is grim but I’m determined to beat the odds. I’m currently at step one of post surgery treatment of six weeks of radiotherapy and chemotherapy which will be followed by an MRI scan and then 6 months of chemotherapy."

So many of Amy's friends have been at a loss as to what to do to help. Charlotte has decided to dedicate her IronMan Barcelona triathlon to fundraise for Amy's chosen charity.

IronMan Barcelona, 01 October 2023

The IronMan event involves a 3.8km swim followed by a 180km bicycle ride, and finished off with a marathon (42km). All in all that's 140 miles in old money. It will take the best part of a day to complete.

The Brain Tumour Charity is the world's leading brain tumour charity

The Brain Tumour Charity is also the largest dedicated funder of research into brain tumours globally. Committed to saving and improving lives,

Brain tumours – the facts

Brain cancer is classified as a “rare” cancer, yet brain tumours are the biggest cancer killer of children and adults under 40. Of the 20 most common cause of cancer deaths in the UK, brain cancer is the 10th most common for males and females of any age.

Over 11,700 people are diagnosed each year with a primary brain tumour, including 500 children and young people – that’s 32 people every day.

Over 5,000 people lose their lives to a brain tumour each year

Brain tumours reduce life expectancy by on average 20 years – the highest of any cancer

Just 19% of adults survive for five years after diagnosis

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

Research offers the only real hope of dramatic improvements in the management and treatment of brain tumours.  Over £500m is spent on cancer research in the UK every year, yet less than 3% is spent on brain tumours.

The Brain Tumour Charity is committed to saving and improving lives, we're moving further, faster to help every single person affected by a brain tumour. The Charity  receives  no government funding and relies 100% on voluntary donations, so it’s only through the efforts of people like  Charlotte and Amy we can change these shocking statistics in the future and bring hope to the thousands of people who are diagnosed with a brain tumour every year.