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Ryan’s setting a course to change childhood brain cancer
06/03/2025
Ask Col Reynolds Fellow, Ryan Cross what he wanted to be as a child, and a smile will beam across his face.
Six ways to Fundraise Your Way
03/03/2025
Childhood cancer research is underfunded, so to ensure a 100% survival rate for kids with cancer, it’s up to us and our communities to dig deep for the three Aussie kids diagnosed each week.
ACT drives for change on record-breaking Golf Day
27/02/2025
The Kids’ Cancer Project’s maiden Golf Day of 2025, held at the Federal Golf Club in Canberra, saw a record amount of funds raised in the nation’s capital on a cloudless day.
The tale of Bobby and his bunny
24/02/2025
Sometimes friends find you when you least expect. That’s what happened with Bobby, who found his best pal, Funny Bunny when receiving treatment.
Neuroblastoma Awareness Week: Dr Katherine Pillman's research to improve diagnosis, treatment
07/02/2025
2-9 February 2025 is Neuroblastoma Awareness Week – a week-long campaign to raise awareness about neuroblastoma, the most common solid tumour found in children.
Dun deal: Australian Government commits $20 million to brain cancer research
06/02/2025
The Kids’ Cancer Project-backed researcher, Professor Matt Dun, has become the beneficiary as part of a $20 million injection from the Australian federal government into childhood brain cancer research.
Blue Sky Services are saying K’day to a better tomorrow for kids with cancer
05/02/2025
On 15 February, The Kids’ Cancer Project seeks to raise funds and awareness for childhood cancer for K’day, coinciding with International Childhood Cancer Day.
New Funding Partnership Backs Innovative Paediatric Brain Cancer Treatment
03/02/2025
The Kids’ Cancer Project is proud to have joined forces with five other leading philanthropic organisations to form the TarGeT Collaborative – a pioneering partnership which has been established to fund critical clinical trials for targeted treatments in children and young adults diagnosed with high-grade gliomas, including Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG).
Kenny Ip: Utilising neuroscience for drug development
14/10/2024
Dr Kenny Ip, a molecular neuroscientist at the Children’s Cancer Institute, has carved out a career of note in a relatively short timeframe. In an eight-year period, he has released some 20 publications on complex brain circuits in an array of high-tier journals.
A Decade of Funding Leads to a Neuroblastoma Breakthrough
18/07/2024
The Kids’ Cancer Project investment of over $700,000 for access to the drug DFMO (difluoromethylornithine) and Phase One of a clinical trial for children with relapsed high-risk neuroblastoma over a decade ago was our first investment into Professor David Ziegler’s groundbreaking neuroblastoma research in 2014.
The Better Challenge: Funding exercise oncology research
09/07/2024
As we gear up for the Better Challenge, Accredited Exercise Physiologist Dr David Mizrahi reveals the magic of movement in kids’ cancer recovery, and the power of your donations in enabling greater knowledge.
Rare Cancers Awareness Day
26/06/2024
The treatments and drugs used for adults are not directly transferable to children, and there are no obvious behavioural preventions like giving up smoking or staying out of the sun. By definition, all childhood cancers are rare, making up less than one percent of the total number of new cancer diagnoses in Australia each year.
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