Being diagnosed with a brain tumour, or caring for someone with a brain tumour, can be a challenging and stressful experience in many ways.
We’ve put together some links to useful resources and contacts that may help you navigate some of the challenges. Please speak to your clinical nurse specialist (CNS) for further information and/or referral.
The Cancer Care Map is a national directory that shows support available in every part of the country. It is run by the Richard Dimbleby Cancer Fund and supported by the NHS, cancer charities and other support organisations across the UK. You can search for local services and groups offering support for people with different types of cancer and/or different types of support including:
Visit the Cancer Care Map website
Patient information on all types of cancer.
Visit the Cancer Research website
Covers a number of issues including work, benefits, retirement and disability.
Visit Department for Work and Pensions website
The UK government’s digital service for people in England and Wales.
Information you need to make decisions about your health.
NHS health information for Scotland.
Visit the NHS 24 Scotland website
NHS health information for Wales.
Visit the NHS Direct Wales website
Macmillan Cancer Support provides practical, medical and financial support. They provide booklets on cancer and treatments, run helplines providing cancer information and benefits advice, and offer Cancer Voices service, enabling those affected by cancer to share their experiences and help shape future cancer services.
Provides non-medical people in the UK with information about health and disease.
Has information about employment and disability rights.
Offers information and support to carers. Can put people in contact with local support groups.
Provides information to help carers access financial assistance, and respite from caring and balancing going to work.
Visit the Carers Direct website
Provides bereavement counselling, information and support to anyone who has been bereaved. Cruse a network of branches across the UK.
Citizen’s Advice provides free, confidential, independent advice on a variety of issues including financial, legal, housing and employment.
Visit the Citizen’s Advice website
Manages state benefits in England, Scotland and Wales.
A national telephone helpline for people with debt problems. The service is free, confidential and independent.
Visit the National Debtline website
Provides free debt advice through phone, email, its website and online via live chats with advisers.
Tel 080 0138 1111
A charity providing an online service to help people in financial need in the UK. Use its website for free to see information about the benefits
and grants available from both statutory and voluntary organisations.
The scheme allows people with severe mobility problems to park close to their destination. The scheme is administered by local authorities who deal with applications and issue badges.
A national charity which works to improve the living standards of disabled people. Provides information about benefits and disability rights.
Visit the Disability Rights website
A national charity that provides free, impartial advice about all types of disability equipment and mobility products.
Visit the Disabled Living Foundation
Enables disabled people to exchange their higher rate mobility component of Disability Living Allowance or their War Pensioners’ Mobility
Supplement to obtain a new car, powered wheelchair or scooter.
Visit the Motability Scheme website
Provides advice and support to people with long-term health conditions and their employers to help meet the costs associated with work-related obstacles.
Visit the Access to Work website
Provides free and impartial advice about employment rights and employment disputes.
In listing a resource on this page, Brain Tumour Support does not endorse or guarantee their services or the quality of their services. The Information Standard logo can help you to identify trustworthy health and social care information. The Information Standard is an NHS England quality standard. It supports organisations producing high-quality information with a robust information production process based on best practices.
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