Time to meet 23 year old Gemma who was diagnosed with a brain tumour last year. At first Gemma found the news to be really scary and she thought she wouldn’t have anything to look forward to but after a […]
HeadSpace (158 films)
Films made by young people affected by a brain tumour diagnosis.
Sam was just three years old when his parents noticed that he wasn’t feeling well on a family holiday, weeks later he was then diagnosed with Leukaemia and then relapsed when he was six years old. At the time Sam […]
Meet Sam
Time to hear about how Sam’s brain tumour diagnosis impacted on The White Family not only did Sam have to learn how to talk again, he had to also relearn how to walk. The family speaks of the lack of […]
The Last Thing To Come Back Was His Smile
Sam White came home from school one afternoon with a temperature and a headache, few hours later Sam had a seizure and what follows that day will forever stay with The White Family. We hear from Sam’s parents – Pam […]
An hour to live
Natasha was misdiagnosed for nine months and put on numerous tablets for her headaches, sickness, tiredness and dramatic vision changes. Her GP put down her symptoms as stress as 16-year-old Natasha was studying for her GCSE’s at boarding school. After […]
Meet Natasha
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 […]
Not Everyone Is As Lucky As Me
It’s the last day of Teenage Cancer Trust’s The Way Forward – Brain tumour style weekend and it’s time to get back to business and discuss all their experiences throughout their brain tumour journey. After all that talking it’s time […]
The Way Forward : Brain Tumour – Day Three
The HeadSmart – be brain tumour aware campaign was officially launched in London on Wednesday 8th June. HeadSmart is a new joint campaign by the Children’s Brain Tumour Research Centre at the University of Nottingham, the Royal College of Paediatrics […]
HeadSmart launch
Months after her own Mum was diagnosed with cancer, April got the devastating news that she also had cancer after numerous visits to her GP who passed her headaches off as other conditions. April needed a shunt and surgery immediately […]
Meet April
It’s time to see what happened on day two of The Way Forward weekend. Things kick off with the climbing wall where the “brain tumour massive” are donning their safety gear to try and get to the top. The gang […]
The Way Forward : Brain Tumour – Day Two
Billy was just 17 years old when he was diagnosed with a Germinoma a type of brain tumour after suffering with a limp after running and struggling to play certain songs on his guitar. After an MRI scan the diagnosis […]
Meet Billy
Time for another fantastic weekend away with Teenage Cancer Trust’s – The Way Forward project. This time it’s all about the “brain tumour massive” and day one brings a getting to know you session and lots of fun and games […]