Leave a gift in your will

Leaving a gift to Brain Tumour Research in your will is one of the best ways to protect a cause you care about. Not only can your legacy look after your loved ones after you are gone, it could help to transform the future of research into brain tumours.

Why leave a gift to Brain Tumour Research in your will?

Each year, nearly 13,000 are diagnosed with a brain tumour. This devastating disease kills more children and adults under the age of 40 than any other cancer, yet research remains critically underfunded. But you can help change the story.

A gift in your will can transform the future of brain tumour treatments and give hope to generations to come. It can help ensure the sustainability of our future research programmes and enable continuous research which is necessary to make the scientific breakthroughs that will get us closer to a cure. It can help us give brain tumour patients a voice, by supporting our campaigning to increase the national investment in research into brain tumours. And, ultimately, it could help find a cure, bringing hope to the one in three people who knows someone affected by this devastating disease.

Claim your free will today:

We’ve partnered with experts in will writing, Octopus Legacy and the National Free Wills Network service, to make giving a gift in your will to Brain Tumour Research even easier. Or, if you’re not quite ready to claim your free will, you can request our free Gifts in Wills Pack for more information.

If you would prefer to contact our Legacy Officer, you can email Amanda Davies.

Mandy's story

Mandy’s husband, Mark, was 53 when he died of a glioblastoma 18 months after he was diagnosed. After losing her husband, Mandy left a gift in her will to Brain Tumour Research:

“Mark and I were really shocked when we discovered how little funding went into researching brain tumours. Being diagnosed with a glioblastoma is nothing short of a death sentence and the gruelling treatment hasn’t changed for decades. Once you stop responding to that treatment, there are no other options. This must change.“We started fundraising for Brain Tumour Research together and now I’ve left a gift in my will to ensure Mark is never forgotten and to build a legacy in his memory.”

How your legacy could support research into brain tumours 

Hope comes in all shapes and sizes and whatever size gift you can leave, you will help give hope to people affected by brain tumours in the future.

  • A gift of £1,000 could fund a week of MRI scan data analysis, revealing clues about brain tumours

  • A gift of £4,000 could provide a lab with the resources they need to conduct sophisticated microscopy that might lead to new targeted treatments

  • A gift of £10,000 could help fund the comprehensive genetic analysis of two glioblastoma patients’ tumours, identifying genetic changes that could guide future treatments

Are there any other benefits to leaving a gift in my will?

Yes. Charitable legacies are exempt from tax and many people use gifts to charities as a way of lowering the inheritance tax levied on their estate or avoiding the tax altogether.