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?
One in three people in the UK knows someone affected by a brain tumour. This disease is indiscriminate; it can affect anyone at any age. What’s more, brain tumours continue to kill more children and adults under the age of 40 than any other cancer yet, to date, just 1% of the national spend on cancer research has been allocated to this devastating disease since records began in 2002.
As the only national charity in the UK dedicated to raising funds for continuous and sustainable scientific research into brain tumours, Brain Tumour Research is also the leading voice of the UK brain tumour community, calling for greater support and action for research into what scientists are calling the last battleground against cancer.
What difference could a gift in my will make?
With each day of research costing just £2,740, leaving a gift in your will 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.
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.
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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.”