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COLOURFUL BUS
RAISES PROFILE & FUNDS IN PLYMOUTH
In the first of a kind for Brain Tumour Research, a major public transport company has thrown its weight behind the Charity in a partnership that also includes the University of Plymouth. One of our UK Research Centres of Excellence is located at the
University and is a leading centre in Europe for pioneering research into low-grade brain tumours.
Plymouth Citybus operates across the city and the surrounding area, carrying over 18 million passengers a year. The colourful bus, with its eye-catching livery that includes our pink and yellow branding, was launched on Wear A Hat Day, the culmination of Brain Tumour Awareness Month.
As the bus travels around Plymouth over the next few years, it will be a fantastic way of raising awareness of the vital research being undertaken in the city into this devastating disease. Passengers will also be able to donate on board to Brain Tumour Research and find out how the money raised will be used. Speaking about the partnership, the CEO of Plymouth Citybus Limited, Richard Stevens, said: “To have such a cuttingedge research facility on our doorstep is great for Plymouth and shows that the city is leading the way in research into brain tumours. We’re proud to be supporting such a worthwhile cause and hope the striking new bus really helps to raise awareness of a disease that affects so many people each year.”
The launch was attended by a group of Brain Tumour Research supporters, including Heather Turner who was diagnosed with a low-grade brain tumour when she was 24 and Jo Martin whose daughter Leah was diagnosed with a high-grade medulloblastoma brain tumour at the age of two. To find out more about our Centres of Excellence, please visit our website:
If you’d like to discuss how your organisation could partner with us, please visit:
www.braintumourresearch.org/research/centres-of-excellence
www.braintumourresearch.org/fundraise/corporate-fundraising
email us at partners@braintumourresearch.org or call us on 01908 867200
