Cure Brain Cancer

16/10/2026

Know someone caring for a person with brain cancer? You might want to help but not know where to start.

The most useful help is specific, practical and keeps coming. Offer something concrete, take care of the whole task and keep checking in, even when things go quiet.

Save this for when you’re not sure what to do, or share it with someone who wants to help. 💙💜

Has someone done something small that really helped you? Tell us below.

Carers Australia

16/10/2026

“So sorry I didn’t talk to you. I didn’t know what to say.”

When someone is caring for a person with brain cancer, friends often pull back because they don’t know what to say. For carers, that silence can make an already hard time even lonelier. 💙💜

This National Carers Week, we’re asking you to care for a carer.

🍝 Turn up with groceries or a cooked meal. Don’t wait to be asked.
🧹 Offer practical help, like cleaning the house.
💬 Check in every now and again to ask how they’re going.

And to carers: when someone offers help, take it.

Know someone who wants to help but isn’t sure how? Send them this video.

You don’t have to carry it alone. Our Support Hub has practical guidance for carers and links to support services: curebraincancer.org.au/support-information/

Carers Australia

15/10/2026

Thank you, Catherine, for sharing your story and walking with us in Wollongong this Sunday. 💜

15/10/2026

Brain cancer changes life for the whole family, and carers often put their own needs last.

Looking after yourself is part of caring for the person you love, not separate from it. It helps you keep being there for them.

These small, realistic steps come from our Support Hub. Save this for a hard day, or share it with someone who’s caring. 💙💜

Carers, what’s one thing that helps you take a breather? Share below if you’re comfortable.

Carers Australia

15/10/2026

When Taylor Shields lost her seven-year-old cousin Kyah to brain cancer in 2019, it shaped the path she would take in life. Now, Taylor is walking in Kyah’s honour to help fund vital brain cancer research. 💜

Read Taylor and Kyah’s story in Region Illawarra.

Thank you to Taylor and Walk4BrainCancer Wollongong - Let's Beat It for sharing this story.

A paediatric occupational therapist whose career has been shaped by the joy and loss of her beloved little cousin will…

14/10/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us in Canberra on Sunday. 💜

Nearly 300 people came together under the hot Canberra sun to walk for brain cancer research, honour loved ones and show their support for everyone impacted by brain cancer.

A special thank you to our top fundraising team, Steph Myers, who walked in memory of their namesake Steph, who passed away from brain cancer in May 2025.

We’re incredibly grateful to everyone who walked with us and turned their personal connection to brain cancer into action.

Together, you’ve helped raise a whopping $836,000 through Walk4BrainCancer events across the country. Every dollar raised helps fund vital brain cancer research, bringing us closer to better treatments and improved survival for people with brain cancer. Thank you for being part of this effort.

And we’re not stopping here! Tasmania, Wollongong and Yarrawonga, you’re up next weekend. Let’s keep going. 💜

12/10/2026

Caring for someone with brain cancer can change daily life in ways no one expects. Appointments, treatment decisions, medications, paperwork and personal care, often alongside work and family. Much of it happens out of sight, at home and in hospital waiting rooms.

This year’s National Carers Week theme is “Care for a carer: Making carers visible”. To everyone caring for someone with brain cancer: we see you, and we’re grateful for everything you do. 💙💜

This week, we’ll share practical tips for looking after yourself while you care, and simple ways family and friends can help.

You don’t have to carry it alone. Our Support Hub has practical guidance for carers and links to support services: curebraincancer.org.au/support-information/

Carers Australia

09/10/2026

Today is World Mental Health Day.

If you're living with brain cancer, caring for someone or supporting a loved one, there can be a lot to carry. Take 30 seconds with us. Follow the circle as you breathe in, hold and breathe out. 💙💜

If you'd like more support, our Services Directory lists organisations that can help, including carer support, crisis support and grief support. You'll find it here:
curebraincancer.org.au/support-information/services-directory

If you need to talk to someone now:
Lifeline: 13 11 14 (24/7)
Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 (24/7)
If life is in danger, call Triple Zero (000).

09/10/2026

Darryl "Buddha" Barton and his friend Jake Butterworth are running 100km from Gympie to the Sunshine Coast for Darryl's close family friend, Kim Webber (pictured).

Kim is a loving wife, mum and grandmother from Gympie. Earlier this year, she was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.

"She watched me play football, supported me as I grew up, and has always been there cheering me on," Darryl says. "Now it's my turn to stand beside her. This is the least I can do for someone I truly care about."

Darryl wanted to do something for Kim and help raise awareness and funds for brain cancer research. With encouragement from Kim and her family, he and Jake decided to take on a challenge of their own. Jake's longest run so far is a marathon, so everything past 42.2km will be new. "It's the fear of the unknown, I suppose," he says.

They'll leave Gympie Civic Centre at 1am on Saturday 24 October and plan to finish at Alex Surf Club in Alexandra Headland around 3pm. If you're nearby, come and see them off or cheer them in.

Run for Kim raises funds for Cure Brain Cancer Foundation to support research into better treatments and a cure for brain cancer. You can donate here:
https://curebraincancer.grassrootz.com/run-for-kim

07/10/2026

“I walk for my beautiful aunt Liv.”

Meet Annie, whose aunt Liv was like a second mother to her. She helped raise Annie and taught her love, kindness, determination and strength.

Liv was also one of the fittest and strongest people Annie knew. A PE teacher who had spent her career studying human health and strength, she was diagnosed with glioblastoma in early 2022.

She was told she might not make it to Christmas.

“We were very lucky to have not only another Christmas but 10 more months with Liv, before she passed in February 2023.”

Annie walked for Liv for the first time last year, raising almost $2,000 and finding a community of people who understood the grief, love and determination that comes with losing someone to brain cancer.

This year, she's walking again. And she's aiming to raise even more.

Because fighting for the people you love matters. And research is needed to give people affected by brain cancer more time with the people they love.

Join Annie at Walk4BrainCancer Canberra this Sunday.

📍 Upper Commonwealth Place
📅 Sunday 11 October
🚶 5km