When Shaun Skinner was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour, he decided to focus on living, not just to enjoy the time he had left with his family and friends, but to help the thousands of people living with a devastating brain tumour diagnosis in the UK. 

Despite the challenge he faced from his own brain tumour, Shaun helped and supported hundreds of people through their brain tumour journey, online and face to face. 

He also took on various fundraising challenges including a man versus food eating challenge, but nothing comes close to Wear Grey for a Day, an event he set up back in 2011. 

Shaun wanted to tell the world about brain tumours and what living with a brain tumour was really like. Through Wear Grey, he wanted to raise awareness and funds to help people living with a brain tumour to feel less alone and afraid and more in control.  

Since 2011, Wear Grey has helped over one million people understand the impact of brain tumours. Shaun inspired people to raise more than £100,000 for brain tumour support. He became a good friend of brainstrust and the brain tumour community, and we were all saddened when he died of his brain tumour earlier this year.  

That is why this 1st October, we are turning the world grey in memory of Shaun and the thousands of people who have lost their life to a brain tumour. Together we can help the world understand what a brain tumour really means, for each other, and for Shaun. 

For more information visit brainstrust.org.uk/weargrey call 01983 292 405 or email jane@brainstrust.org.uk 

Request a fundraising pack today, click the donate button or text WGRY17 £5 to 70070. 

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