This Privacy Policy is in review as of 31st March 2026 and will be updated shortly.
This privacy policy sets out how The Giles' Trust uses and protects any information that you give The Giles' Trust.
The Giles' Trust is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
The Giles' Trust may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 18th April 2018 and was last revised on 31st March 2026.
What we collect
We may collect the following information:
• name • contact information including email address, postal address, telephone number • communication preferences (such as how often and how you would like us to contact you) • other information relevant to processing your donation (such as taxpayer status for the purposes of claiming Gift Aid on your donation) • other information relevant to processing your interaction with the Charity (such as a request for charity t-shirts, merchandise, collecting goblets)
What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
• Internal record keeping • Processing of Gift Aid claims to HMRC • We may use the information to improve our products and services • We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided as long as you have consented to us sending you emails
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect.
Use of third parties
The Giles' Trust has contracts in place with University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust for the purposes of providing accounting & financial support, with Blackbaud Europe Ltd for the purposes of providing database support, and with Mazars and RSM for the purposes of providing audit support. Any data shared with these companies is still subject to this Privacy notice and the companies have confirmed their compliance with the relevant data protection legislation.
Retention of data
The Giles' Trust holds your data for the purposes of providing services you have requested, or where there is a legitimate business interest (such as the requirement to keep Gift Aid forms for a period of 6 years).
Where The Giles' Trust identifies no further need to keep your data it will be deleted.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Controlling your personal information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
• we will only use your personal information to contact you when you have given us permission to do so, either by signing up to our newsletter, or by ticking the box on our donation page asking to be kept informed of what the Charity is doing. • if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for contacting you, you may change your mind at any time by writing to us.
We will not sell your personal information to third parties.
We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998.
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
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How we use Cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use Google Analytics’ traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
We also use data from Google's Interest-based advertising or 3rd-party audience data (such as age, gender, and interests) with Google Analytics.
Our Founder
Our founder is Ashley Giles MBE, the former English first-class cricketer who played 54 test matches and 62 one day internationals for England.
He spent his 14-year, first-class career at Warwickshire County Cricket Club and was awarded an MBE in the 2006 New Year’s Honours list for his role in the successful Ashes winning squad in 2005.
Ashley met and married Stine (née Osland) and they have two children, Anders and Tilly. The family lives in Droitwich Spa, where he was named an Honorary Citizen of the Town by the Mayor after the 2005 Ashes success.
In 2012, Stine was treated with a pioneering, life-changing piece of equipment, called a TomoTherapy machine, Ashley and Stine made it their mission to raise awareness about the urgent need for further research into brain tumours and to fund much-needed equipment.
After successful treatment for her brain tumours, Stine wanted to give back and in 2015 Ashley and Stine set up the Giles’ Trust Brain Tumour Fund.
With only 3% of all cancer research funds raised allocated to brain tumour research, they are determined to do as much as they can to help redress the balance – and ultimately save more lives.
Since the charity was founded, they have raised more than £1 million, but they urgently need to raise more money to fund further research, to purchase much needed equipment and to continue to provide support for brain tumour patients and their families.
Ashley and Stine are determined to grow the charity and to make a positive difference. By appointing fundraiser Karen Jones who is supported by a committee whose visions are aligned, the future of the charity looks bright.
Our Team
The Giles’ Trust Brain Tumour Fund committee comprises a group of women with the same vision.
Every member has touched Stine’s life in one way or another, from lifelong friends to friends from the world of cricket and loyal supporters of the charity.
Stine has personally invited each member to join the committee, recognising their shared values, work ethic and professionalism, as well as their energy and passion to drive forward the charity’s aims.
All committee members take their responsibilities seriously and each places good governance at the centre of their work.
The charity also employs fundraiser Karen Jones who works directly alongside the committee to ensure that their vision for the future is continued.
Stine’s vision is to raise as much money as possible for brain tumour research, much-needed equipment, and support for brain tumour patients and their families.
To that end, the team works hard to deliver a host of first-class events that reflect the interests of the charity’s many supporters.
Stine is proud of her team who work closely with medical experts to ensure that money raised is directed to areas that will make the most difference in this grossly underfunded area.
If you would like to support our fundraising events, or even hold your own activities, we would love to hear from you. If you are interested in fundraising for the Giles' Trust Brain Tumour Fund please get in touch using our contact form.
Committee
Stine Giles, Paula Gittoes and Sally Morris.
Fundraising Committee
Helen Chidgey, Sharon Louca, Victoria Smith and Shazhadi Yousaf.
Our founder is Ashley Giles MBE, the former English first-class cricketer who played 54 test matches and 62 one day internationals for England.
He spent his 14-year, first-class career at Warwickshire County Cricket Club and was awarded an MBE in the 2006 New Year’s Honours list for his role in the successful Ashes winning squad in 2005.
Ashley met and married Stine (née Osland) and they have two children, Anders and Tilly. The family lives in Droitwich Spa, where he was named an Honorary Citizen of the Town by the Mayor after the 2005 Ashes success.
In 2012, Stine was treated with a pioneering, life-changing piece of equipment, called a TomoTherapy machine, Ashley and Stine made it their mission to raise awareness about the urgent need for further research into brain tumours and to fund much-needed equipment.
After successful treatment for her brain tumours, Stine wanted to give back and in 2015 Ashley and Stine set up the Giles’ Trust Brain Tumour Fund.
With only 3% of all cancer research funds raised allocated to brain tumour research, they are determined to do as much as they can to help redress the balance – and ultimately save more lives.
Since the charity was founded, they have raised more than £1 million, but they urgently need to raise more money to fund further research, to purchase much needed equipment and to continue to provide support for brain tumour patients and their families.
Ashley and Stine are determined to grow the charity and to make a positive difference. By appointing fundraiser Karen Jones who is supported by a committee whose visions are aligned, the future of the charity looks bright.
Our Team
The Giles’ Trust Brain Tumour Fund committee comprises a group of women with the same vision.
Every member has touched Stine’s life in one way or another, from lifelong friends to friends from the world of cricket and loyal supporters of the charity.
Stine has personally invited each member to join the committee, recognising their shared values, work ethic and professionalism, as well as their energy and passion to drive forward the charity’s aims.
All committee members take their responsibilities seriously and each places good governance at the centre of their work.
The charity also employs fundraiser Karen Jones who works directly alongside the committee to ensure that their vision for the future is continued.
Stine’s vision is to raise as much money as possible for brain tumour research, much-needed equipment, and support for brain tumour patients and their families.
To that end, the team works hard to deliver a host of first-class events that reflect the interests of the charity’s many supporters.
Stine is proud of her team who work closely with medical experts to ensure that money raised is directed to areas that will make the most difference in this grossly underfunded area.
If you would like to support our fundraising events, or even hold your own activities, we would love to hear from you. If you are interested in fundraising for the Giles' Trust Brain Tumour Fund please get in touch using our contact form.
Committee
Stine Giles, Paula Gittoes and Sally Morris.
Fundraising Committee
Helen Chidgey, Sharon Louca, Victoria Smith and Shazhadi Yousaf.
Our founder is Ashley Giles MBE, the former English first-class cricketer who played 54 test matches and 62 one day internationals for England.
He spent his 14-year, first-class career at Warwickshire County Cricket Club and was awarded an MBE in the 2006 New Year’s Honours list for his role in the successful Ashes winning squad in 2005.
Ashley met and married Stine (née Osland) and they have two children, Anders and Tilly. The family lives in Droitwich Spa, where he was named an Honorary Citizen of the Town by the Mayor after the 2005 Ashes success.
In 2012, Stine was treated with a pioneering, life-changing piece of equipment, called a TomoTherapy machine, Ashley and Stine made it their mission to raise awareness about the urgent need for further research into brain tumours and to fund much-needed equipment.
After successful treatment for her brain tumours, Stine wanted to give back and in 2015 Ashley and Stine set up the Giles’ Trust Brain Tumour Fund.
With only 3% of all cancer research funds raised allocated to brain tumour research, they are determined to do as much as they can to help redress the balance – and ultimately save more lives.
Since the charity was founded, they have raised more than £1 million, but they urgently need to raise more money to fund further research, to purchase much needed equipment and to continue to provide support for brain tumour patients and their families.
Ashley and Stine are determined to grow the charity and to make a positive difference. By appointing fundraiser Karen Jones who is supported by a committee whose visions are aligned, the future of the charity looks bright.
Our Team
The Giles’ Trust Brain Tumour Fund committee comprises a group of women with the same vision.
Every member has touched Stine’s life in one way or another, from lifelong friends to friends from the world of cricket and loyal supporters of the charity.
Stine has personally invited each member to join the committee, recognising their shared values, work ethic and professionalism, as well as their energy and passion to drive forward the charity’s aims.
All committee members take their responsibilities seriously and each places good governance at the centre of their work.
The charity also employs fundraiser Karen Jones who works directly alongside the committee to ensure that their vision for the future is continued.
Stine’s vision is to raise as much money as possible for brain tumour research, much-needed equipment, and support for brain tumour patients and their families.
To that end, the team works hard to deliver a host of first-class events that reflect the interests of the charity’s many supporters.
Stine is proud of her team who work closely with medical experts to ensure that money raised is directed to areas that will make the most difference in this grossly underfunded area.
If you would like to support our fundraising events, or even hold your own activities, we would love to hear from you. If you are interested in fundraising for the Giles' Trust Brain Tumour Fund please get in touch using our contact form.
Committee
Stine Giles, Paula Gittoes and Sally Morris.
Fundraising Committee
Helen Chidgey, Sharon Louca, Victoria Smith and Shazhadi Yousaf.
The Giles’ Trust Brain Tumour Fund was set up in 2015 by England cricketer Ashley Giles and his wife, Stine, to raise money to fund vital brain tumour research at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB).
The Giles' Trust Brain Tumour Fund
Since 2006, Stine has undergone three lots of treatment to remove four brain tumours at QEHB and she continues to receive superlative support from the brilliant team at this world-class hospital.
The Giles' Trust Brain Tumour Fund
Since 2015, The Giles’ Trust has raised more than £1 million for brain tumour research, including contributions towards the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Project, which provides doctors with greater, more accurate information when assessing a patient.
The Giles' Trust Brain Tumour Fund
In the UK, brain tumours are the biggest cancer killer of children and adults under 40. Every year, over 11,000 people are diagnosed with a primary brain tumour – that’s over 30 people every day.
The Giles' Trust Brain Tumour Fund
Only 12 out of every 100 patients diagnosed with a primary brain tumour survive 10 years or more.
The Giles' Trust Brain Tumour Fund
Brain tumour research is significantly underfunded: while more than £500 million is spent on cancer research every year in the UK, under 3% goes towards brain tumour research.
The Giles' Trust Brain Tumour Fund
The Giles’ Trust Brain Tumour Fund is already making a difference: it is funding brain tumour research, vital equipment and providing support for brain tumour patients. This is just the beginning of its vision for the future.
About Us
The Giles’ Trust Brain Tumour Fund was born out of a determination to help fund one of the most under-funded areas of cancer research in the UK.
In 2006, England cricketer Ashley Giles rushed back from Australia, where he had been part of the Ashes team, to be with his wife, Stine, who had been diagnosed with a brain tumour. She underwent treatment at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB), but six years later, another two tumours were found and she became one of the first people in the country to be treated by the TomoTherapy machine. Without this revolutionary piece of equipment, treatment options were limited, but she promised that if her treatment went well and her prognosis was good, she would dedicate herself to raising money to help brain tumour research. The pioneering therapy worked and three years later, in 2015 she and Ashley launched the charity.
Brain tumour research remains a central aim of the charity and it also proudly funds other research projects. In 2018, Stine was diagnosed with another tumour that required immediate treatment – and thanks to the world-class experts at QEHB, her outcome was positive. She remains under the care of her team of clinicians, yet continues to focus on fundraising efforts to help them in their research.
Since 2015, when The Giles’ Trust Brain Tumour Fund was launched, it has raised more than £1.3 million and it has also successfully lobbied the NHS to fund an additional research nurse at the hospital. The charity continues to grow in strength and has recently invested in Artificial Intelligence, a Surgical Navigational System and a Nexstim Brain Scanner. With your help we can continue to raise vital funds for further research, much-needed equipment and support for brain tumour patients.
The Giles’ Trust Brain Tumour Fund hosts a number of fabulous fundraisers every year – from afternoon teas and golf days to dinners and the much-anticipated black tie annual ball, which takes place every year. Want to support one of our events? Take a look to see what’s coming up – we’d love to see you there!
Keep up to date with all the news from the Giles’ Trust Brain Tumour Fund. Our blogs will provide you with everything you need to know about latest fundraisers, what the committee members are up to and how the money raised is being used by brain tumour researchers to help save lives.
