Brainstorm Summer Raffle
Want to win some amazing prizes? From dining experiences to signed cricket bats there are loads of great prizes up for grabs in our online summer raffle. All proceeds are channeled directly into our research efforts.
Buy your tickets by midnight August the 20th for your chance to win! Winners will be drawn on the 25th of August!
How you can fundraise for Brainstorm
Host a Quiz!
Over lockdown we hosted a quiz over zoom where we invited celebrities to take over a themed round of questions, you can find out more about it further down the page and even use the questions for your own quiz!
To host your own quiz simply come up with 20-30 challenging questions and invite your friends and family round or even do it virtually with your work colleagues, charge them an entry fee to take part in the quiz.
Run, Walk, Cycle 100 miles in a month
A great way to stay active and keep consistent is to set a challenge for yourself or even with a group of friends. So how about setting a challenge of walking, running or cycling 100 miles in the month or if you want to push yourself feel free to up it to 150 or even 200 miles in the month.
All you would have to do is set-up a Just Giving page to the amount you would like to raise and send it to your friends, family and connections to sponsor you in this challenge. And don’t forget to keep us updated, we would love to help support you and share your amazing work!
Host a bake sale
Do you love to bake? Why not get everyone together and host a bake sale! We can send you some Brainstorm bunting to help decorate your stand and make it stand out.
Remember you don’t always have to be an amazing baker to host a sale, why not get your local community involved and ask everyone to bring their own speciality.
Sponsored Skydive
Are you a thrill seeker who loves the adrenaline rush? With a sponsored skydive you can combine the thrill of freefalling from an airplane with the satisfaction of making a difference. Register with Skyline Events with our unique booking link here and get started https://booking.skylineevents.co.uk/?add=71&referrer=charity&charity=100507&siteid=50
Amazon Smile
Did you know that you can raise money for us with your amazon shopping?
All you have to do is login to your account through smile.amazon.co.uk and nominate Brainstorm (The Oxford Brain Tumour Research Foundation) CIO as your charity of choice to receive 0.5% of your spend at no extra cost to you!
George’s London Marathon
60,000+ people are currently living with brain tumours in the UK, including my wonderful loving Mum, Gill Richards, who was recently diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancerous brain tumour.
It had been a life-long ambition of mine to qualify for and run the London Marathon. I finally achieved this, and am honoured to do so while representing this fantastic charity on behalf of my Mum.
On 23 April 2023 I proudly wore my Brainstorm vest - they have never been represented at the London marathon before - so it was a great honour. And have so far raised just under £9000 for the charity.
3 Peaks Challenge
On the 12th September 2022, Puneet Plaha (NeuroSurgeon, Oxford) and Paul Gearing, Katy Hunt, Sam Goldsbury, Carlos Roche (GenesisCare) took on the UK Three Peaks Challenge.
They climbed Snowdonia, Scafell Pike and Ben Nevis in 24 hours to raise money for Brainstorm Charity’s research.
The fundraising event was supported by: Gillian Taylor & Sarah Vallance (GenesisCare), Richard Stacy (NeuroSurgeon, Oxford), and Rowen Pestana (Trustee, Brainstorm Charity).
With lots of ups and downs (quite literally), the event was a huge success with the team raising over £57,675 for the charity as well as spreading the word of our research.
Take a look at how the team got on on the day.
Quiz Night
Britain’s Best Brains was a star studded quiz night we hosted. Featuring famous faces such as Jonathan Ross, Paul Whitehouse & John Motson.
Not all of you could make it, so to cure any FOMO you might have, we’ve uploaded the videos for you to host your own quiz at home.
We just ask that if you do use these videos, please donate. You could even make a whole fundraising evening of it!
There are 5 rounds with 5 questions in each, all multiple choice A, B or C, the links to the questions are below.
The FOOTBALL ROUND
The POP MUSIC ROUND
The FISHING ROUND
The BUSINESS ROUND
The FILM ROUND
