# HEADCASE CANCER TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1140061
- **Other names:** HEADCASE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Jan. 26, 2011
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1140061


## Contact

- **Address:** 34 Newton Avenue, Elderslie, JOHNSTONE, Renfrewshire
- **Postcode:** PA5 9BE
- **Phone:** 07957423389
- **Email:** hello@headcase.org.uk
- **Website:** www.headcase.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND MEDICAL PROFESSION IN ALL ASPECTS OF GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME (GBM) BRAIN TUMOURS, BY THE COMMISSIONING, PROVISION AND SUPPORT OF RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES, PREVENTION AND EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS OF GBM BRAIN TUMOURS, AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.2) THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH AND THE SAVING OF LIVES BY IMPROVING THE DIAGNOSIS OF GBM BRAIN TUMOURS AND INTRODUCING NEW THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES, WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING SURVIVAL TIMES, IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS AND ULTIMATELY OF FINDING A CURE FOR GBM BRAIN TUMOURS-ÇÖ&quot;

**Activities:** Headcase Cancer Trust raises money by running and supporting various events throughout the UK. All money raised is used to fund research into the causes and a possible cure for Glioblastoma Brain Tumours (GBM) which claim the lives of around 6000 UK people annually. Headcase finances research primarily at Nottingham Trent University and other Universities across the UK.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **COLIN SPEIRS** | Chair |  |
| Diane Kidd |  | July 1, 2025 |



