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Firstly, this charity is a very special charity and is very close to our hearts. We Have decided we will walk Snowdon, and this will be in memory of Dean Fulker 💓
The Brain Tumour Charity is a charity close to our hearts, we want to walk Snowdon and raise as much money as we can, to help fund research into cure for such a devastating disease.
Survival rates are just 14% and treatments haven't changed in 40 years, the Brain Tumour Charity has a goal of doubling this survival by 2025, so lets do all that we can to help achieve this!! There are countless reasons why funding for this charity is so significant, visit this link to see why:
https://www.thebraintumourcharity.org/get-involved/donate/why-choose-us/impact-your-money-makes/
The statistics
- Brain tumours are the biggest cancer killer of children and adults under 40
- Almost 11,000 people are diagnosed each year with a primary brain tumour, including 500 children and young people – that's 30 people every day
- Over 5,000 people lose their lives to a brain tumour each year
- At least 102,000 children and adults are estimated to be living with a brain tumour in the UK currently
- Brain tumours reduce life expectancy by on average 20 years – the highest of any cancer
- Just 19% of adults survive for five years after diagnosis
- Brain tumours are the largest cause of preventable or treatable blindness in children
- Research offers the only real hope of dramatic improvements in the management and treatment of brain tumours. Over £500m is spent on cancer research in the UK every year, yet less than 2% is spent on brain tumours
