Research
SDBTT is the largest dedicated funder of brain tumour research in the UK, spending around £1 million per year funding top quality scientific and clinical research into childhood and adult brain tumours. We are currently funding 20 leading scientists at 10 institutions across the UK, as well as the Samantha Dickson Brain Cancer Unit at UCL Cancer Institute.
Support
We offer a range of information and support services. We run a dedicated national helpline providing compassionate, confidential and accurate support and information for anyone living with, or affected by, brain tumours. This work is supported by a range of free practical information sheets and resources, a national programme of free-to-attend information and support days across the UK and family days.
Campaigning and awareness raising
We work to raise awareness of brain tumours and campaigns for better outcomes for everyone affected by a brain tumour. Our current campaign is HeadSmart: be brain tumour aware, which promotes awareness of the signs and symptoms of childhood brain tumours among parents, GPs and other health professionals to make earlier diagnosis of brain tumours a reality for many more of the children and young people who experience them.
The HeadSmart campaign is the result of a partnership between Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust (SDBTT), The Health Foundation, the Children’s Brain Tumour Research Centre at Nottingham (CBTRC) and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH). It is supported by the Royal College of GPs.
Raising funds
We do not receive any government or statutory funding and rely 100% on voluntary donations to fund our work. We are extremely grateful to everyone who supports our work and raises funds for us. From running events and challenges to tea parties and sky dives during Brain Tumour Awareness Month in March, find out how to get involved and support us.
Our amazing supporter groups raise thousands of pounds for us each year. They are set up to raise money in the name of a loved one under the umbrella of SDBTT. Find out more about them and their personal stories.
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