The Brain Tumour Charity

Huw's page for Yvette

Huw's Marathons for Yvette

Huw's Marathons for Yvette

My Story

I'm running the Schneider Electric Paris Marathon on 12th April 2026 AND TCS London Marathon on April 26th 2026 (yes 2 weeks apart) in memory of my amazing wife Yvette and also to help find a cure to put a stop to the alarming statistics that brain tumours carry. 

Today, 34 people will hear the devastating words 'You have a brain tumour'. And in that moment their world stops.

Yvette was first diagnosed with a brain tumour in February 2020 which resulted in the following 12 months containing surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy which then enabled some stability for a couple of years. However further treatment was needed from summer 2023, in the form of chemotherapy and ineffective clinical trials, then radiotherapy in summer 2024 followed by more chemotherapy later that year which continued until we were devastatingly told in June 2025 that the treatment was no longer working and all avenues had been exhausted. Yvette still soldiered on heroically and positively until everything finally took its toll in the small hours of October 14th 2025, just under 5 months shy of her 40th birthday.

Brain tumours are indiscriminate; they can affect anyone at any age and symptoms do vary and impacts families significantly.

The statistics:

·     Brain tumours are the biggest cancer killer of children and adults under 40

·     Almost 11,700 people are diagnosed each year with a primary brain tumour, including 500 children and young people – that's 34 people every day

·     Over 5,000 people lose their lives to a brain tumour each year

·     At least 102,000 children and adults are estimated to be living with a brain tumour in the UK currently

·     Brain tumours reduce life expectancy by on average 20 years – the highest of any cancer

·     Just 11% of adults survive for five years after diagnosis

·     Research offers the only real hope of dramatic improvements in the management and treatment of brain tumours. Over £500m is spent on cancer research in the UK every year, yet less than 3% is spent on brain tumours

Fundamentally, there is still no defined cure despite the statistics and the disproportionate funding does not help. Treatments are tough and brutal and have not improved or updated due to underfunding for research.

With your support no matter how big or small, we can change lives. 

The Brain Tumour Charity don't stop, and neither will I.

The Brain Tumour Charity

Raising for:

The Brain Tumour Charity
95%

Funded

  • Target
    £10K
  • Raised so far
    £9,538
  • Number of donors
    227

My Story

I'm running the Schneider Electric Paris Marathon on 12th April 2026 AND TCS London Marathon on April 26th 2026 (yes 2 weeks apart) in memory of my amazing wife Yvette and also to help find a cure to put a stop to the alarming statistics that brain tumours carry. 

Today, 34 people will hear the devastating words 'You have a brain tumour'. And in that moment their world stops.

Yvette was first diagnosed with a brain tumour in February 2020 which resulted in the following 12 months containing surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy which then enabled some stability for a couple of years. However further treatment was needed from summer 2023, in the form of chemotherapy and ineffective clinical trials, then radiotherapy in summer 2024 followed by more chemotherapy later that year which continued until we were devastatingly told in June 2025 that the treatment was no longer working and all avenues had been exhausted. Yvette still soldiered on heroically and positively until everything finally took its toll in the small hours of October 14th 2025, just under 5 months shy of her 40th birthday.

Brain tumours are indiscriminate; they can affect anyone at any age and symptoms do vary and impacts families significantly.

The statistics:

·     Brain tumours are the biggest cancer killer of children and adults under 40

·     Almost 11,700 people are diagnosed each year with a primary brain tumour, including 500 children and young people – that's 34 people every day

·     Over 5,000 people lose their lives to a brain tumour each year

·     At least 102,000 children and adults are estimated to be living with a brain tumour in the UK currently

·     Brain tumours reduce life expectancy by on average 20 years – the highest of any cancer

·     Just 11% of adults survive for five years after diagnosis

·     Research offers the only real hope of dramatic improvements in the management and treatment of brain tumours. Over £500m is spent on cancer research in the UK every year, yet less than 3% is spent on brain tumours

Fundamentally, there is still no defined cure despite the statistics and the disproportionate funding does not help. Treatments are tough and brutal and have not improved or updated due to underfunding for research.

With your support no matter how big or small, we can change lives. 

The Brain Tumour Charity don't stop, and neither will I.