Support
On this page you can find information and contact details for various charities involved in supporting someone living with a brain tumour, including the Ways Ahead project funder, the Brain Tumour Charity.
The Brain Tumour Charity Support Services
The Brain Tumour Charity offer a wide range of services for everyone affected by a brain tumour. This includes the following, which are all linked to the relevant information page:
- BRIAN - The brain tumour databank where people can monitor their quality of life and learn from others' experiences
The Brain Tumour Charity Information and Support Line
The Brain Tumour Charity offer an information and support line, which provides a way to ask questions or raise concerns about a diagnosis, treatments, how a brain tumour may affect daily life and how partners and family can be supported.
You can access the information and support line through phone, email, or live chat.
The phone lines and live chat are open 09:00-17:00 on Monday to Friday.
Phone: 0808 800 0004
Email: support@thebraintumourcharity.org
Live Chat: Click 'Can we help?'
(bottom right of the support line page)
Additional Sources of Information and Support
For additional information and support, please see the list of sources made available by Maggie's Centres.
Below are links to a selection of charities, including how they help someone living with a brain tumour, and how each charity can be contacted.
They are there to support not just people with brain tumours, but also their families who are dealing day to day with the impact of any type of brain tumour. They aim to design person-centred support, with a support service that is driven by what people with lived experience and families have told them they need.
Support Line: 01454 422701
They are there to help people live life with a brain tumour, providing personalised 24/7 support from the point of diagnosis and building resources that help people with a brain tumour to become stronger.
Support Line: 01983 292405 Email: hello@brainstrust.org.uk
They are there to signpost you to find out what can be done, who can help, and how to cope with a brain tumour, as well as find out more about the latest research in the United Kingdom.
They offer information to help people with organising the practical, work, and financial side of living with a brain tumour, as well as help coping with, and after treatment.
Support Line: 0808 808 00 00
They are there to exclusively support adults in their 20s, 30s, and 40s who have experienced a cancer diagnosis. Their vision is that every young adult in the United Kingdom living with cancer can access the help and support that they need in a way that suits their lifestyle. Also that they are a part of a confident, supportive and empowered community of young adults living with cancer.
Email: hi@shinecancersupport.org
