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United Brain Tumour Campaign - Objectives
The UBTC is a group of UK Brain Tumour Charities working together with patients, carers, professionals, families and friends, and to raise public awareness. Our objectives are:
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- Raise Public Awareness through
- Local Media
- National Media
- Enlisting the support of local MP's and MSP's
- UK wide awareness weeks
- Organising events
- Educating professionals: GP's, Opticians, teachers etc
- Attract Funds
- Locally for individual charities specific objectives
- Community events
- Donations
- Grants and trustfunds
- Increasing governments spend through combined lobbying
- Collaborating for corporate support
- Joint country wide and regional events
- Sharing ideas and learnings
- Establish Support Groups
- Paediatric, teenage and young adult, adult s
- Draw up plans to ensure a support group is available at each of the 22 treatment centres across the UK
- Help lines
- Actvities
- Facilitate consistent information flows
- Website and links
- Information leaflets covering all aspects
- Collaborate with data experts for up to date statistics
- Central register of support groups
- Publish research and clinical trials status and results
- Identify treatment and surgical options
- Distribute our individual funds effectively
- Develop guidlines
- Produce consistent forms for financial assistance
- Draw up plans to provide assistance nationally initially at least available at each and every treatment centre
- Ensure no post code lottery!
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