Who we are

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Driven by love. Inspired by science.

Making a difference to the lives of kids living with cancer

Because we can imagine what a world without suffering from cancer looks like for children and their families.


Our Mission

To support bold science that has the greatest chance of clinical success to improve childhood cancer treatments.

Our Vision

To see a one hundred per cent survival rate for children with cancer while eradicating the harmful impacts treatment can bring.

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

Our Focus

Where it all began

Founder, Col Reynolds OAM, has a steely focus to make a difference to the lives of kids living with cancer.

It all started on an ordinary day in the late 1980s when Col was driving his empty tourist coach past the Children’s Hospital in Camperdown, Sydney. After stopping to let two youngsters with bald heads cross the road, he parked and went into the hospital on the spur of the moment.

Touched by the spirit of everyone he met that day, Col started his personal mission to help kids with cancer in any way he could. Early on, he learned the only way to improve outcomes for these children is through advances in medical research.

This Australian Story program centres on a remarkable friendship between a top scientist and a coach driver with a brave dream to do something about childhood cancer.



Latest News & Stories

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.

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.

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.

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.

Celebrating a decade of collaborative funding leading to over $10 million committed to ground-breaking research

02/04/2024
Minister for Health and Aged Care, the Hon Mark Butler MP today announced the successful grant recipients to receive funding for innovative cancer research through the 2023 round of the Cancer Australia Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme (PdCCRS).

A-Z of Fundraising

25/03/2024
Looking for ways to get involved with The Kids' Cancer Project? Read on to find your perfect fundraiser!