brainstrust

Our icon

Our icon is Meg Jones. Meg was diagnosed with a grade II glioma in 2004. She had successful neurosurgery in Boston, USA in the summer of 2007, aged 21.

Our committee

Our committee includes our Trustees, Founders, Committee Members and Scientific Advisor. Together we have wide and varied experience. We are very lucky to have such an excellent range of professional expertise involved to direct and facilitate the charity's development.

Trustees

• Catherine Fitton of Winchester, Hampshire – graphic designer. Catherine designed our logo and typesets all our excellent newsletters, leaflets and booklets.
• Kevin Higgs of Andover, Hampshire – independent financial planning manager.
• Josh Hill of London Bridge – property investment consultant and the youth representative.
• Dr. Mark Shackelford of Reading, Berkshire – professional project manager and visiting research fellow at the University of the West of England, Bristol.
• Jeremy Snook of Oxfordshire – runs his own PR and media relations company creating top brand reputations.
  

Founders

• Dr. Helen Bulbeck – our Director, who keeps everything shipshape at HQ, coordinates events, writes newsletters, liaises with the media and provides advice to patients and their families on the telephone.
• Peter Bulbeck – our Administrator, he ensures all the charity's paperwork is in order and also provides all our trust's accounting.

Committee Members

• William Jones – marketing strategy and promotion
• Sue Shackelford – wise counsel

Scientific Advisor

• Prof. Geoff Pilkington
  – Professor of Neurooncology, University of Portsmouth

Our supporters

We are also very lucky to have the support of our Patrons, Brainstrusters, Friends and Partners. Not to mention the hundreds of DeckLoggers who subscribe to our newsletter, attend events and join in to help us raise money to support brain tumour patients in the UK.

Patrons

• Prof. Peter Black, MD, PhD, FACS
  – Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School
• Mr. Andrew McEvoy, MB, BS, BSc(Hons), MD, FRCS(Eng), FRCS(SN)
  – Consultant Neurosurgeon, National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Mr. Paul Grundy, FRCS
  – Consultant Neurosurgeon, Wessex Neurological Centre
• Dr. Steven Venables
  – Mountaineer, writer, broadcaster and public speaker, www.stephenvenables.com
  
• Jan Leeming
  – tv & radio interviewer, newsreader, actress, and author, www.jan-leeming.com
  

Brainstrusters

• David Gower – cricketer and commentator
• Tif Needell – racing driver and presenter
• Alan Igglesden – cricketer and patient advocate
• Andrew Norris – children's author and TV screenwriter
• Toby Jones - successful actor and writer

Friends

• Matthew Kinkead
• Michael Broom
• Plus over 600 DeckLog subscribers! – join our mailing list using the form on the right...

Partners