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jimmyteens.tv and ex-brain tumour patient Peter Wilkinson sets out on a year long journey to find out how things can improve when it comes to brain tumours.

Peter investigates the need for more research, how vital it is for early diagnosis and how lobbying your local MP could actually help make a change and make more people aware of the devastating impact of brain tumours.

It’s a big day for Sam White and Peter Wilkinson as they head to Brussels to talk at the rare cancers event which is being held at the European Parliament.

Sam and Peter highlight the issues they have experienced when being told they had cancer and how more research is needed to ensure a better quality of life after treatment

The HeadSmart – be brain tumour aware campaign was officially launched in London on Wednesday 8th June 2011.

HeadSmart is a new joint campaign by the Children’s Brain Tumour Research Centre at the University of Nottingham, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust that aims to help parents and health professionals spot the signs of brain tumours in children and young people and raise awareness of brain tumour symptoms, to help speed up diagnosis rates. 

Here is the full presentation of the launch which were attended by healthcare professionals, researchers, charities and ex-patients.

For more inforamtion please visit:  www.headsmart.org.uk

Professor David Walker joined the live debate originally broadcast on 19th April 2011.  Presented by ex-brain tumour patient Peter Wilkinson discusses the key points of the Brain Tumour manifesto which highlights a need for early diagnosis, better quality of treatment and need for more research. In the audience discussing these issues are professionals, charity workers, ex-patients and their families.

On 12th November 2010, our patient Sam White spoke at "More Than A Spoonful of Sugar" conference and talked about the difficulties in returning to school during/after treatment. 

Professor David Walker was interviewed and talked about the work at CBTRC in the video "Beating the Odds". This video was shown in the Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust Charity Ball on 13th November 2010 at The Dorchester Hotel in London.  The event was a huge success and £110,000 was raised on the night.

A highly informative and insightful film covering all there is to know about The Developing Brain in Neuro-Oncology conference, which took place back in April 2008 at St. John’s College, Cambridge. Looking closely at the needs of teenagers and young adults with brain tumours, Professor David Walker talks about the main aims of the conference and how ultimately this will help aid future patients and give them the best chance of survival and recovery. With a highly diverse team of both medical and non-medical professionals at hand to identify some of the main issues surrounding teenage brain tumours, a wide range of clinical problems and scenarios are highlighted. Bringing together the experiences of former patients and their examples of treatment, rehabilitation and recovery, a host of factors are raised, analysed and discussed with members present at the conference.

Our patient Matt attends the Children’s Brain Tumour Family Open Day, where he finds out everything there is to know about situations just like his own. Matt also learns lots of interesting new facts with the help of some of the professionals on hand to talk to him, which soon results in the modelling of a pair of very fetching pink goggles! It’s not all about learning however; Matt also tries his hand at plate spinning, with mixed success!