On the 8th March 2026 members and visitors to ESSENTIAL STRENGTH GYM in Liverpool will be taking part in a challenge to lift *18204.2kg* between them- this is the estimated collective weight of all the brains that will be diagnosed with a brain tumour within a year.

Brain Tumour Support charity offers specialist counselling to people who are defected by brain tumours, whether this be being diagnosed themselves or a friend or family member.

In June 2024, we lost my mum to a brain tumour that she had been living with for 8 years. Then in November 2024, my sister Hannah was diagnosed with her own brain tumour, following a seizure (and an excellent parallel park, which you can read about here in her story: https://www.braintumoursupport.co.uk/story/hannah-cargill-story/?srsltid=AfmBOopjTMKlF3ebDNccZzh6SM9BHFZWQAHZSHSHekNBZ2HMDpf2B7Y1)

Since then, Hannah has received support and been involved in raising awareness for the Brain Tumour Support charity, which she credits with helping keep her sane, so it is a charity very close to our hearts.