A CHARITY has donated £25,000 to a university to fund a brain tumour and alzheimer's disease research project.

The money from BK’s Heroes will be used by University of Central Lancashire's (UCLan) team.

It will help them examine why people with alzheimer’s disease rarely suffer from brain tumours and if it’s related to a particular protein that protects them.

This could be groundbreaking as there hasn't been a breakthrough in brain cancer research for decades.

Burnley-based charity BK's Heroes was set up as a fundraiser by Ben King in 2015 during his battle with renal failure and then a brain tumour.

Ben passed away in February 2016 but his parents Dave and Fiona King, along with brother Dan, honoured his wish to continue fundraising and went onto gain charity status in 2016.

To date, BK’s Heroes has raised more than £80,000.