Thank you to everyone who has donated to our Gift of Hope appeal. We have been overwhelmed by the response and so many heartfelt messages. The messages of hope we’ve received can be read below – we will continue to update this and pass them all on to our researchers in the new year. Thank you!
| Karen & Paul Alderton | Our daughter, Josie, diagnosed in 2004 has presented us with a lovely granddaughter this year – a real miracle. |
| ALISON | I HAVE ALSO HAD A BRAIN TUMOUR…REMOVED LAST YEAR…JUST FINISHED 9 MONTHS OF TREATMENT….GOOD LUCK TO BOTH OF US AND ALL OTHER SUFFERERS |
| Arthur Train | The solution is out there. Keep searching. |
| Richard | Good luck in your work and thank you for all you have done. It will be beaten! |
| Joy Whittingham | In memory of my late husband Gerald Whittingham |
| Mrs L. A Williams | Please keep on this work so that a cure can be found |
| Madeleine Dringle | In appreciation of your dedication to this successful, cutting edge research. Thank you! |
| Thelma Fry | Keep up the good work. My husband was diagnosed November 2010 and still undergoing chemotherapy, always very tired! We always donate in your boxes. Thank you. |
| Anonymous | Keep it up!!! |
| David | We pray that your research may help our youngest son, given three to five years on average. |
| Anonymous | I hope this gift will help another mother with the tragedy of losing a daughter |
| Ben Davidson | You are trying to find a cure and I truly believe one day you will. It’s a devastating disease that I’ve witnessed first hand and with your hard work, one day others don’t have to. |
| A Harbour | Find a cure as soon as possible to help the world. |
| Mary Rear | Our 8 year old grandson in Australia was diagnosed with a brain tumour 2 months ago. He was operated on immediately and, thankfully the tumour was found to be benign. At the end of December he will undergo6-8 weeks of radiotherapy. He was operated on at the Monash Medical Centre in Melbourne and will have his radiotherapy at the Peter Mac Cancer Hospital which has links to a unit in America. The outlook at present is positive. It was only when I searched online to find a charity in the UK I could support that I realised how underfunded the research was. |
| Sally Robinson | My lovely son John died from a brain tumour aged 41. He was the best, I miss him everyday. |
| A Bowman | Thank you for your work – it means so much to so many! |
| Julie | Good luck & loving wishes to brave young Hannah! And thank you so much to Neil & Angela and everyone at SDBTT – you give me hope that one day a treatment may be found for my type of brain tumour (diagnosed 2008) |
| Ray Keane | Keep up the hard work |
| Olwen M Jones | Pray and hope for a cure soon after losing my beloved daughter three years ago aged 51. |
| Linda Henshall | Carry on with your good work |
| Anonymous | In memory of Edward Dyson, wishing you every success in your research in 2012 |
| Anna Barr | In memory of my brother who died two years ago on Xmas Eve:- Norman McCorquodale. Your valuable work gives the gift of hope, not only to those with a brain tumour, but to their family and friends. |
| Audrey Howell | Our grandaughter diagnosed at 12 years has just celebrated her 18th birthday. We live in hope of a cure. |
| Amanda Block | My mother died of a brain tumour 7 years ago at the age of 68. I hope a cure is found very soon for the sake of Hannah and all sufferers. Best wishes and thank you for caring. |
| Anonymous | Congratulations on the wonderful work you are doing. We look forward to more interesting and new research in the year ahead – getting us closer to finding a cure. |
| Jennie Tipper | I plan to survive until your work can help me. |
| Mrs B Costain | You are doing marvellous work, I lost my husband to GBM Feb 2010 (I miss him so much). 45 years married. |
| Valda Grimaldi | I lost my beloved husband last year to glioblastoma multiforme. The worst thing was knowing there was no help for him and watching him struggle with everyday things and now knowing why (he did not want to know the prognosis). Please keep up the good work and try to find a cure for this terrible disease. |
| Caroline Good | Go for it! Alastair always did. |
| Myra Baxter | Thank you. My son Michael was a registrar at UCL 1977-1979. |
| Angela Black | Keep up the good work. I still have my Samantha in good health. |
| Julie | Good luck & loving wishes to brave young Hannah! And thank you so much to Neil & Angela and everyone at SDBTT – you give me hope that one day a treatment may be found for my type of brain tumour (diagnosed 2008) |
| Teddington Girls | Two friends who are gone from us but not forgotten. |
| Sylvia | Having nursed my late husband with a brain tumour, I really hope you can find a cure so no other family has to endure what we did. |
| M McCarthy | With your help, we can win. Thank you. |
| J Symes | You are doing a wonderful job. I do hope a breakthrough will come soon. |
| Di Dawson | Just keep going! Have a lovely Christmas. |
| Jeff | Keep up the wonderful work and one day let’s hope we can find a lasting cure. |
| Jane Spinks | Hoping you find a cure for this illness. Thank you for all your work and sympathy. |
| George and Gilly Armstrong | How wonderful the endless work you all do. Any work we can do, just say the word. |
| Mandy Younger | Thank goodness for the SDBTT. Pioneers of research into brain cancer. |
| Hilary Bagguley | My daughter Rebekah is fighting this illness and there will be more more fundraising to come. |
| Patricia Pascal | Your hard work and dedication is greatly appreciated. |
| Dorothee Muller | Thank you for the amazing work you do – keep working harder for the people whose lives would be transformed! |
| Donald Reid | The best of luck in your research. |
| Anthony Frank | As a 61 year old, diagnosed in 6/2003, I still hope you can come up with better treatments. Good luck. |
| Ray Barnes | Never ever give up. |
| Peter Buckle | My lovely wife Wendy died from a glioblastoma aged just 54. I hope my gift will give hope to others. |
| David and Pippa | Thank you |
| Elizabeth Moss | My gift is in memory of my partner Bernie Ellenberg who died in 2009 of two brain tumours after only eight weeks of illness. Nothing could be done. |
| Marjorie Watson | Keep up the good work, Merry Christmas. |
| Anonymous | Thank you for your tireless efforts to find at least a control of this shocking disease. |
| Geraldine Armstrong | Through your work, you wonderful people will give the gift of hope to sufferers and their loved ones. Thank you. |
| Mary and Sandy | This represents a birthday gift to our dearest son in law, Edward Dyson, on the 24th December Christmas eve and comes with all our love and hopes to you all to ‘win the race’ for him and all the others who couldn’t make it but gave it their best. |
| Rebecca Maclachlan | May this small donation help you to make a big difference. |
| Margaret Davies | You are the light at the end of the tunnel |
| Anonymous | Your work is very important |
| Harriet Veevers | Keep up the good work |
| Beth Watterson | My daughter aged 27 died from a glioblastoma multiforme. Please keep up the good work in her memory. |
| Nick & Clare Hickman | On behalf of our son, Alec (1991-2004) diagnosed with glioma. Sending our best wishes for future success in your research projects. |
| Julia Rowland | In memory of Belinda Crawley. For others I wish you every success. |
| S Hammill | Keep up the good work and hope my donation helps, and a Merry Christmas to you all. |
| Heidi Norton | We know you will do your very best to save lives. Merry Xmas. |
| Rita Pike | Keep up the good work. |
| Jean Bayliss | You are doing a good job for all of us. |
| Cordelia Bromwich | Continue the wonderful work, I only wish we could have saved my wonderful husband. |
| Daphne Nuttall | Thank you for all your hard work |
| Joan Williams | My husband Mick lost his battle against a glioblastoma brain tumour after two years on the 24th October 2011. |
| Gina Blake | I lost my mum to a brain tumour on 24/6/05. My mum Nicolina, had a grade 4 tumour and suffered a long illness. |
| Jayne Parlett | Keep up the excellent work and hopefully improve the survival rate for my daughter and all the other people, old and young, who have brain tumours. |
| Maureen Kishtauii | Keep up the good work. |
| Gillian Hewitt | Thank you for your hard work and dedication to help fight this. |
| Alan Price | Thanks for your effort. |
| Sue Burdess | Thank you for all your hard work saving people’s lives through your research. I survived when my first tumour was removed but after second tumour removed need radiotherapy. So keep working hard – you are greatly appreciated. |
| Eunice Page | My dear husband Roy died 6 years ago from glioblastoma multiforme. Please continue your research into this dreadful disease. |
| Helen | My prayer is for encouragement and success in your work. |
| Thomas | Like Chip said, I too wish Andrew a full recovery |
| Jo | In memory of my sister Millie who passed away of a brainstem glioma in October. She fought a brave battle for over 7 years. To those fighting the battle now have courage and live your life to the fullest, as she did |
| Liv | I lost my lovely husband in may of last year due to multiple brain tumours I watched him go from a intelligent man to someone who couldn’t do anything at all remembering this is so heartbreaking i hope this small amount will help in some way x |
| John Evans | In lieu of sending Christmas Cards I am making this donation in memory of Roman Hrynak. A dearly missed friend. |
| Sarah Newman | My cousin Phil has a challenging year ahead of him as he undergoes treatment for his brain tumour. I am thinking of him and hope that he has a peaceful Christmas with his young family. X Sarah |
| Amy Billson | Thank you for the work you are doing. May God bless you mightily and turn hope into reality. |
| Cecily Mercer | Although nothing could be done for my dear daughter, she always said maybe – one day! |
| Liza Coombs | Over a nine year period, our beautiful 16 year old daughter has had life saving operations at G.O.S.H for an astrocytoma. In the middle of it my dad died from a glioblastoma. These deadly tumours are scary and devastating. We are so grateful for your studies, hard work and commitment. |
| Ivy Neal | In memory of my husband |
| Anne O’Connor | Our grateful thanks for your valuable work. You give hope and help sufferers focus on a future. In memory of Clare Kemlo. |
| Leannie and David Langham | In memory of our 2 year old daughter, Amelie, who we lost nearly 3 years ago |
| June A.L Nunn | Continue your brilliant work at all times. Best Christmas wishes |
| Lucy Walker | Please find a cure so other families don’t have to suffer like we do. We lost our beautiful little girl just before her third birthday. |
| Mrs Compton | In memory of Myson Matt Compton who died 23/3/06 after 6 years from diagnosis. |
| Rachael Saxton | You do a great job. Well done. |
| Grace Connell | Thank you. The work you do means that perhaps my parents won’t have to go through what Neil and Angela have…at least not for a while yet anyway. Gives me hope. |
| Gerard Walton | Keep up the good work. Fortunately my wife is one who has survived a malignant brain tumour. |
| Angela Pocock | Good wishes for your research. |
| Mr and Mrs Burrows | In memory of Harriet Compton – Nan and Grandad |
| Norma Faulkner | “Kalell has a tumour on his brain” – words spoken about our grandson at age 1 year, 10 months, 26 days. At the age of 3 years and 4 days this foul disease took his life. Only hope now is you. |