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Fundraising can be a daunting task, so we've spoken to our fundraising professionals who are only too happy to share their expertise.

Brayden (pictured far right) inspired his mum, Kat, and her friend, Alana, to take on the Reps for Research challenge!

Dr Raelene Endersby and Professor Nick Gottardo, co-heads of the Telethon Kids Institute’s Brain Tumour Research Team, have been kicking goals together for a decade.

When your precious daughter is one of only 21 people in the world with a particular type of cancer, science is everything. One mum is doing all the fundraising she can to help make a difference.

Col Reynolds is heading to Kokoda next year at age 82 for his most ambitious fundraiser yet… and a crack at a world record.

Years of research by a team at La Trobe University has revealed a potentially exciting, new weapon in the fight against osteosarcoma.

Smartways Logistics has brought smiles to the faces of thousands of seriously ill kids by delivering teddy bears to 33 hospitals on the eastern seaboard at no cost.

There will likely be several benefits to having no hair, netballing legend Lauren Moore smiles. There’s the fact that she’ll save money on shampoo.

Vital knowledge is being built around why certain cancer cells become drug resistant, meaning fewer young lives will be lost.

When they find a gene that can produce a poor prognosis in patients, but can’t be treated with drugs, researchers target its partners in crime.

As she and her family were suffering an unimaginably terrible situation, one mum realised the true value of a cuddly teddy bear.

Sarah Weir shares that although the situation we currently find ourselves in is one the world has never encountered before, much of it feels so very familiar to a family who has experienced childhood cancer. 

Pandemics don't press pause on childhood cancer. New therapies are urgently needed for young kids diagnosed. Just ask their mums.

In uncertain times, one thing will remain, and that is our promise to never give up on finding kinder, more effective treatments for childhood cancer.

Nanomedicine offers potentially great leaps forward in the treatment of childhood cancers. The Kids’ Cancer Project is supporting some very exciting new projects, including this one by Dr Andrew Care.

A ground-breaking program based on healthy eating for families is improving long-term wellbeing for kids who’ve been through cancer treatment.

Professor Michelle Haber, a globally esteemed researcher of childhood cancer, is as driven now as she was three-and-a-half decades ago when she first began making her mark.

“The business world has venture capitalists to help kickstart early-stage businesses. The children’s cancer research world has The Kids’ Cancer Project.”

You can join the de Kort family as they form a giant human pineapple in a bid to enter the Guinness Book of World Records!

Meet the winner of the 2020 NSW Premier's Woman of the Year Award, Professor Maria Kavallaris is an admired and inspiring leader in the field of childhood cancer research.

The facts about childhood cancer are heartbreaking. But there is hope in the Zero Childhood Cancer Program, which is touted as the most ambitious childhood cancer initiative ever undertaken in Australia.

Tilly Gorce used her own cancer journey as an opporunity to step up as a young leader and into a bright career in scientific research aimed to help children in need.  

Continuous funding means this research collaboration can aim high, improve survival statistics and re-write the history books for high risk childhood leukaemia.

“We know that if Ellie had been diagnosed with this cancer even two years ago, she would have died, she is only alive today because of the Zero Childhood Cancer Program.”

Australia are you set to embrace your inner buccaneer to support of kids with brain cancer this May for Brain Cancer Action Month?

The brain’s natural defence mechanisms make treatment of brain tumours extremely difficult. This researcher with a very personal childhood cancer connection is hoping to change that.

How OneSchool Global took out the top four team fundraising spots for Write a Book in a Day - all while producing excellent educational, teamwork and literary results. 

The Kids' Cancer Project Bear Program has brought countless cuddles to kids in hospital since 2009. We share some of the most touching comments from social media. 

As we celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2020, we meet a scientist who is making her mark in cancer research through her role working on the most exciting and innovative childhood cancer research initiative ever undertaken in Australia. 

The Kids’ Cancer Project Annual Aussie Golf day is back for kids with cancer. Join us on Wednesday 1 April at St Michael's Golf Club in Sydney. 

Bold scientific research is vital so more children survive their cancer diagnosis and thrive. Clinical trials are the key to testing the latest treatment options for the 950 Australian kids diagnosed each year. 

He was kind, funny, resilient, incredibly brave and had a laugh that was infectious, but he lost is battle with neuroblastoma when he was just 13-years-old.

Exploring an exciting new treatment for soft tissue sarcoma in children, but time is of the essence as the team have a goal to get it to the bedside for clinical trials within the next three years.

An exciting, new clinical trial has launched after seven years of game-changing research, none of which would have been possible without funding.

Healthy eating is for healthy living. How a better survival rate across most kids’ cancers, as we’ve seen during the last several decades, could also present an entirely new problem.

For the second consecutive year the Green Valley Vipers won Best Book Primary School NSW/ACT in the Write a Book in a Day competition. So what’s their secret?

Good food habits after cancer treatment can create the difference between excellent health and serious illness. These researchers are making that difference.

“It just hit me like a freight train. We knew Eli was sick. He’d had breathing issues since he was born in August 2019. But to find out it was cancer, my whole life just fell apart.”

For a long time the kids' cancer medical community has appreciated the powerful effect of caring for emotional well-being throughout and following treatment, not only for the patient but also for their family.

"Kids fighting cancer are the real superheroes," says West Australian dad who wanted to raise money for kids with cancer in a completely unique way. 

New research has shed important light on the factors at play in the metastasis of neuroblastoma, which could potentially lead to new treatment strategies to help kids with cancer. 

When Sarah and Josh Weir were told in 2013 that their daughter Evie had cancer, they were overwhelmed by a sense of helplessness and despair.

We take a look back at 2019 and celebrate the community spirit that raised awareness and funds for childhood cancer research, plus we take a peek at 2020 and how you can get involved.

Revellers at Brisbane's Brews, Bites and Beats event raised $7,500 on a night that was described as being full of laughter and hope with only a few tears.

Having raised more than enough for their project, Pegasus Racing Team generously donated $382 to The Kids’ Cancer Project to help the 950 children diagnosed with cancer in Australia every year.

Bronte Campbell is confident in the pool but says she will confront two of her demons during the Macquarie Bondi to Bronte Ocean Swim. 

Professor Brandon Wainwright is driven by the hope that he can help improve survival rates and also to boost quality of life for survivors, and he just might be on the right track.

After a shock cancer diagnosis in 2014 this teenager was not expecting a second diagnosis in 2016 or a third in 2017. Now she's focused on fundraising for the future. 

As the calendar year comes to an end, The Kids' Cancer Project announces commitment to additional medical research studies to help children diagnosed with cancer.

The results of the annual national Write a Book in a Day competition are in! More than 1000 teams registered for the 2019 event from places as far flung as Christmas Island and Deloraine, Tasmania. 

“We are prepared for the challenge of the race and what we may come up against, but it is by no means close to the challenge and hardship that children with cancer and their families face each day."

Corporate giants rub shoulders with sporting greats to raise funds for kids’ cancer research during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

Lorraine Lea’s Independent Stylists joined together to raise more than $112,000 in June to fund advances in medical research and bring an end to childhood cancer.

Scott Smith, a Director of Bromic Group, is taking on the Kokoda track in 2020 to raise money to help children with cancer with founder of The Kids’ Cancer Project, Col Reynolds OAM.

A growing number of children with cancer are receiving the news that their families long for – a future free of this heartbreaking disease, but this potentially life-saving research isn't possible without funding.

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month 2019 saw cities bathed in gold like never before to shine a light on the disease that tragically claims more Australian children than any other. 

Australia's newest online retailer raises the bar for affordability and philanthropy that is set to challenge other shopping giants. 

After a childhood cancer diagnosis and successful treatment the journey doesn’t end. It’s a long hard road for many kids like Baxter, and for their families.

With various types of childhood cancer therapy comes pain. Associate Professor Irina Vetter is close to taking some of that pain away.

ASX Refinitiv Art Union tickets support The Kids' Cancer Project and its mission to fund the boldest scientific research to help all Australian children diagnosed with cancer. 

While many would consider Associate Professor Rishi Kotecha’s work exhausting and harrowing, he views it as stimulating and rewarding, especially when he checks his inbox.

Partnership with data analytics powerhouse SAS and The Kids' Cancer Project has produced exciting outcomes for all involved.

Minister for Health, the Honorable Greg Hunt, announces new awareness day to give hope to the children and families affected by childhood brain cancer. 

The ‘Write A Book In A Day’ program took on new meaning for a group of students when they realised they were fundraising for one of their own.

O’Neill and her team are not only using ground-breaking technologies, they are also collaborating with different disciplines in order to gain greater insights into the disease.

Striving for CAR-T cell therapy to be part of standard care for kids with cancer and stands to eventually enable cost-effective treatment of children and adults with leukaemia and lymphomas in Australia.

“Despite tired bodies, there was a major sense of accomplishment when we got off the boat and into the bus," teacher said. 

On the path to discovering a diagnostic test for testicular cancer, Dr Spiller is collaborating with researchers in Denmark and the Netherlands, where hundreds of patient samples are being tested.

Karl Fretwell shares a few home truths with parliamentarians about kids' cancer. We share the speach he delivered on Tuesday 10 September 2019. 

“Knowing that this research is valued and supported means so much because it means that we can do this work and potentially save lives.”