Ellie's Fund

There are lots of ways you can help Ellie's Fund Brain Tumour Trust to raise brain tumour awareness - and lots of them won't cost you anything!

Ways to help:

Number 1 : Write to your MP

16,000 people each year in the UK are diagnosed with a brain tumour
20% of all cancers now spread to the brain
More men under the age of 45 and women under the age of 35 die from a brain tumour than any other cancer
While the five-year survival rate for many cancers is over 50% - for brain tumours, the five year survival rate is only 14%
Brain tumours are the most common tumour found in children and have overtaken leukaemia as the biggest cancer killer of children in the UK
Brain tumour research receives less than 1% (0.7%) of cancer research spending in the UK
The amount the government has spent on cancer research related to brain tumours in 2007-8 is half the 'official' figure of £970,000 from the Medical Research Council
Our MP's need to be told this, until they start to listen.

Please download a template letter that you can send to your MP by clicking here

If you live in the Scarborough and Whitby area then your local MP is Robert Goodwill. You can visit his website for contact details and send him your letter by email.

Number 2 : Join Our Campaign Group on Facebook!

Strength in numbers is what we need to help us get our message across - just click here to find our group on facebook.

Number 3 : Support one of our events

See our events page for more details - click here
There are all sorts of events planned. We need people to help out as well as to donate.

Number 4 : Visit Our Online Shop!

Ok, so this one might cost you a bit! Please have a look at our shop page by clicking here. Show your support by wearing one of our wristbands

Number 5 : Give As You Live!

This is easy - click on the icon to your left, and it will take you to download the application that is needed to literally 'give as you live'. It doesn't cost you a penny more but Ellie's Fund BTT receives a percentage of your shop - AND it adds gift aid on to any donations that you might make automatically!

Number 6 : Organise an event!

There are lots of event ideas out there. We've gathered some of them together and created a quick 'how to' guide on our new page - Organise an event