Ellen Arthur – 2024 London Marathon Fundraising raises over £4,500. Congratulations Ellen on completing the London Marathon on 21st April 2024. Not only a huge personal achievement, but Ellen has raised over £4,500 towards the NICU Roof garden at St. George’s Hospital. 'London really was an incredible experience with amazing crowds’, quotes [...]
Centurion Club Golf Day Golf Day April 2024 raises over £32,000. What an amazing day! Thank you to all who attended our annual John King Brain Tumour Foundation Golf Day at the 18 Hole Golf Course at Centurion Club, St Albans in Hertfordshire. Not only a tremendous day without rain, playing on [...]
2023 Hampstead Heath Autumn Walk Raises in Excess of £4,000 - On Saturday, November 4th, the Neuro team from St. George’s Hospital united for an 8-mile, heart-warming walk through the scenic Hampstead Heath Park, marking their 3rd annual walk. They managed to complete their walk, but unfortunately, due to the weather, they had last-minute cancellations, resulting [...]
Yasmin Stoneman’s fundraiser on behalf of John King Brain Tumour Foundation. Congratulations Yasmin on completing The National 3 Peaks Challenge, which was an outstanding achievement. In Yasmine’s own words, we share her experience. “We did Nevis in 6 hours. The weather was fine but very cold at the top. Ben Nevis was a [...]
The John King Brain Tumour Foundation are delighted to be able to donate bespoke garden furniture to the Rose Centre, Cancer Department at St. George's Hospital. In 2023, John Greco, Head Gardener at St George’s, and his team were able to create a new garden for staff in the Rose Centre to take [...]
We have received an incredibly generous legacy gift from my closest friend, Debbi Barker. Debbi was diagnosed with oral cancer in 2019 and after surgery to remove part of her tongue, she went into remission. However, in March 2020, she was diagnosed with stage 4 head and neck cancer and sadly passed [...]
Cycle to Bilbao for Brain Tumour Research and Princess Alice Hospice Congratulations to Andrew Burton for finishing the 2023 1,100 km ride to Bilbao in Northern Spain. As planned it was an 8-day cycling trip, that covered 661 miles or 1064 kilometres and was completed on his bamboo bike. The cyclists saw [...]
Imelda's Story - We would like to share this moving story from our dear friend Imelda. For 18 years, Imelda experienced various signs of a brain tumour. She suffered from debilitating headaches, memory loss, extreme fatigue, personality changes, sleep apnea, weight gain, pituitary gland issues, 40% hearing loss and more. She sought [...]
2023 Charity Tapas Evening Raises £13,000 - On Thursday 29th June, we were delighted to welcome over 100 guests to the wonderful José Pizarro at The Swan Inn, Esher, for tapas, paella and an evening of fundraising organised by project21forlife in support of the John King Brain Tumour Foundation. We are pleased [...]
Creating the John King Brain Tumour Foundation Hospital Garden - The roof garden outside McKissock Ward at Atkinson Morley Wing has been an invaluable space for not only neurosurgical patients, families, and visitors but staff too and became a peaceful haven for the staff during the COVID 19 pandemic where they could [...]
