Bridport Hat Festival has raised more than £5,700 for Brain Tumour Research and in recognition of this they have placed two tiles on a wall of hope at the university. Each tile represents the £2,740 it costs to fund a day’s research at the university. where Professor Oliver Hanemann, is leading a team of researchers investigating low-grade brain tumours in teenagers and adults.
The Hat Festival is pleased to have helped to raise vital funds and awareness for Brain Tumour Research over the last six years. Fundraising has always been an important part of the festival, to give something back to the wider community and we hope that our fundraising efforts will encourage others to raise money for this vital cause.
Hugh Adams, head of stakeholder relations at brain Tumour Research, said: “Since the Bridport Hat Festival began, their support for Brain Tumour Research and our annual ‘Wear a Hat Day’ campaign has been invaluable. It has been a pleasure to attend this wonderful celebration of fun and creativity every year since.
“The fact that over this period, locals and visitors to Bridport have helped fund two days of high quality, cutting edge, scientific research into brain tumours is a huge achievement.
“We love being associated with the hat fest and look forward to this association continuing – as we say at Brain Tumour Research, it’s ‘hattastic’.”
Brain Tumour Research funds research at dedicated Centres of Excellence in the UK as well as campaigning for the government and the larger cancer charities to invest more in research into brain tumours.
The charity is calling for an annual spend of £35 million in order to improve survival rates and patient outcomes in line with other causes of cancer, such as breast cancer and leukaemia.