The Worman Foundation channels donations and corporate sponsorship into the UK's leading brain cancer charities — backing research, earlier diagnosis, and the people living with a diagnosis today.
Retold by AIThe Brain Tumour Charity
Brian Whiting's family believed his persistent drooling was a dental problem. After seven dentist visits, an A&E scan revealed an aggressive brain tumour. His daughter is now raising awareness of the symptom.
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Neurolase has received £50,000 to develop a device that uses AI and lasers to make brain tumour surgery safer. The technology aims to help surgeons more accurately distinguish tumour cells from healthy tissue, improving patient outcomes.
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Thirteen cancer charities have called for urgent reform of Personal Independence Payment (PIP). They told a government review that the current system is complex, slow, and often unfair for people with serious health conditions.
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The Brain Tumour Charity is urging the new Scottish government to improve outcomes for patients. Currently, 73% of brain cancer patients in Scotland are diagnosed in an emergency, highlighting the need for a national strategy.
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A survey found just 12% of brain tumour patients join trials. To tackle this, a new service called ACT-BT will help doctors match patients with suitable studies across the UK, making access to research easier.
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A £6.9 million programme, EPIC-GB, will offer new treatment options for people with recurrent glioblastoma. The trials will test if drugs given before surgery can reach the tumour and are likely to be effective.
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We don't run our own research programmes. We don't duplicate patient services. We do something narrower and, we think, useful: we raise money from individuals and corporate sponsors, then distribute it to the UK charities already doing this work well.
Funding for the UK research charities working on better treatments, earlier diagnostics, and ultimately cures.
Survival rates collapse the later a brain tumour is found. We back the awareness and diagnostic work that shortens that window.
Funding for the charities that help people living with a diagnosis today — and the families and carers around them.
Funds raised by The Worman Foundation are distributed to UK-registered charities working on brain cancer. Our current beneficiary partners:
Research · Support · Awareness
The UK's largest dedicated brain tumour charity. Funds world-class research, runs a free national support helpline, and campaigns for earlier diagnosis and better treatment.
Research funding · Policy
Funds a network of UK Centres of Excellence and campaigns to close the brain-tumour-research funding gap — pushing for parity with comparably-deadly cancers.
Patient & family support
One-to-one coaching, peer support, and practical resources for people living with a brain tumour and the people who care for them. Co-produced with the community they serve.
Low-grade tumour research
Focused specifically on research and support for low-grade brain tumours, including astrocytomas and gliomas — a smaller, more specialised remit than the larger charities.
The Foundation's Articles of Association permit support for cancer more broadly. We may add or change beneficiaries over time, with full transparency on this page.
Companies that commit to a monthly sponsorship of £100 or more are recognised here. The bigger the commitment, the larger the logo — a permanent, visible thank-you for as long as the sponsorship runs.
Our supporters
By the numbers
Five-year survival, brain cancer (England, adults)
Of UK cancer research spend goes to brain cancer
Average life expectancy reduction per diagnosis
UK primary brain tumour diagnoses each year
Sources: The Brain Tumour Charity, Brain Tumour Research, Cancer Research UK.