Future Cure

Improving outcomes for kids with cancer.

Future Cure is your opportunity to support The Kids' Cancer Project via donations, event attendance and sponsorship, naming rights agreements and workplace giving. Future Cure empowers you to direct your donation to specific research projects and follow the impact your donation is having on childhood cancer research.

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Our goal
$1,000,000
Raised so far
$862,156

Improving brain cancer treatments

Paediatric high-grade glioma (HGG)

This project focuses on improving treatment and survival for children with some of the most high-risk brain cancers.

Seeking
$400,000
Raised
$411,411

Translating research

Sarcoma (bone & soft tissue cancer)

Clinical translation of laboratory tested CAR T cell therapy into Phase 1 trials for paediatric treatment of sarcoma.

Seeking
$186,000
Raised
$186,000

Tackling the effects of treatment

Treatment toxicity can cause infertility

Developing genetic risk prediction of long term infertility from childhood cancer therapies leading to informed decisions and application of preventive measures.

Seeking
$305,000
Raised
$33,094

Recovering from treatment

RECOVER – Responding to late effects in survivors of childhood cancer

Empowering young survivors of childhood cancer to transition to adulthood with the knowledge, skills and resources required to manage their ongoing health needs.

Seeking
$300,000
Raised
$133,462

Supporting clinical trials

Providing access to international clinical trials and additional clinical trial expertise

ANZCHOG international trials set up and manage the clinical trials for bran new kids' cancer treatments, giving kids access to the very latest therapies.

Seeking
$750,000
Raised
$67,444

Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML)

Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML)

A highly fatal blood cancer in adults and children. By adding a newly developed NAMPT inhibitor to standard of care treatment, this project can pave the way towards a more effective treatment of poor outcome adult and paediatric AML.

Seeking
$563,118
Raised
$30,745

My promise is to never give up until every child survives cancer with minimal or no long term effects.

- Col Reynolds OAM
Founder of The Kids' Cancer Project

Future Cure Partnerships

Through the Future Cure project, our partners generously allow The Kids' Cancer Project to support bold science that has the greatest chance of clinical success to improve childhood cancer treatments.

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With thanks to the support of our partners we can continue to fund vital childhood cancer research. Contact our team today to see how we can work together.

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Latest News & Stories

Cancer treatment left little Tommy temporarily unable to walk. For other kids, it’s not temporary. Read Tommy’s story here….

29/04/2024
Before he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, toddler Tommy’s world was beautiful and carefree. His mum Emily McGuire recalls sunny days playing in the paddock behind their house trying to hit golf balls with his dad, exploring the excitement of their family farm and just generally being a kid… “It was everything you could hope to give your son,” she says.

Eliminating the serious side effects of chemotherapy

29/04/2024
For many children, the very same cancer drugs used to save their lives can all too often leave them with very serious and lifelong health problems. Professor Irina Vetter is finding ways to maintain the effectiveness of chemotherapy drugs whilst eliminating their incredibly harmful side effects.

Teeing off with cancer survivor Nathan Rix

23/04/2024
At just eight-years-old, Nathan Rix learned he had cancer. His treatment journey lasted on and off for nearly a decade, and its impacts will be with him for life. Today, the 36-year-old, who lost his leg in order to beat cancer is doing what it takes to help give other kids like him better cancer treatments through events with The Kids’ Cancer Project.

Spartan Race AU teams up with The Kids' Cancer Project

15/04/2024
Joining forces for childhood cancer research, The Kids' Cancer Project proudly announces its partnership with Spartan Race AU as a gold charity partner. This collaboration not only brings together the grit and determination of Spartan racers but also channels their energy towards a noble cause: funding childhood cancer research.

Making a Difference: Focus Recruitment's Journey with The Kids' Cancer Project

15/04/2024
In the bustling world of recruitment, where companies vie for top talent and success is measured in placements made, there lies a quieter but equally significant pursuit—a commitment to social responsibility.

Ripples Swimming Club – remembering Brooke Fretwell

09/04/2024
In early 2015, beloved daughter and passionate Ripples Swimming Club member Brooke Fretwell sadly died of an incurable brain cancer known as DIPG (diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma). Eight years later, her parents Karl and Olivia, and the swimming club that was such a big part of Brooke’s life, continue to remember her and donate funds for research in her memory − helping change the outcomes of brain cancer diagnoses for other kids.

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