Wear A Hat Day 2024

Thank you to everyone who wore a hat for hope and took part in our flagship fundraising campaign to help find a cure for brain tumours. We tip our caps to your fantastic fundraising efforts and really appreciate your support. 

If you have any funds to pay in from your event, please do so now by clicking the button below. The quicker we receive these funds, the sooner we can start investing them in the vital work that will get us closer to a cure. 

Wear A Hat Day 2024 officially took place on Thursday 28th March, but if you’d like to get involved on a different date, just fill out the short form below to let us know and our friendly Fundraising team will be in touch.

Register here

Why hats?

The first Wear A Hat Day was held in 2010 and, since then you have helped us raise more than £2 million to help raise awareness of this devastating disease, campaign for the Government and larger charities to invest more, and fund ground-breaking research at our network of Centres of Excellence where scientists are focused on improving treatments for patients and, ultimately, finding a cure. 

This year we mark our 15th anniversary and over this time, Brain Tumour Research has become synonymous with hats and hatting. A bespoke pink silk top hat created for us by Lock & Co., the world’s oldest hat shop, has been our emblem and an instantly recognisable part of Wear A Hat Day every year. Wearing a hat reminds us of those who have been personally affected by this devastating disease.

Pay in your funds

If you have any funds to pay in from your event, please do so now by clicking the button below. The quicker we receive these funds, the sooner we can start investing them in vital work that will get us closer to a cure.

We are proud to work with some of the most high-profile names in UK millinery whose pieces are worn with pride by royalty, celebrities and society names. But the beauty of Wear A Hat Day is that anyone can take part simply by wearing a hat, whether that be a sunhat or a sombrero, a Panama or a pirate hat, a beanie or a bespoke couture creation. The ask is simple: wear a hat for hope and make a donation to Brain Tumour Research. Together we will find a cure. 

Wear A Hat Day 2024 is supported by Novocure.