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ANZCHOG Biobanking Network Project Coordinator, Daniel Kilmartin, reveals the special role that samples play in fighting childhood cancer.

You get two chances to make a meaningful difference when you take part in The Kids’ Cancer Project Toy Bear Drive.

What are the types of gifts that can be left in a Will to The Kids’ Cancer Project?

Craig, a 46-year-old childhood cancer survivor, shares the heroic reason he is paying it forward.  

Tania is using her art to make a difference for children with cancer – even while her beloved daughter has tragically run out of options.

Leaving a gift in your Will to a favourite charity might be one of the most important things you ever do.

Here we run down all the stats of the annual national competition that has kids writing for a reason.

Your donation can help Associate Professor Andy Moore and the ANZCHOG Biobanking Network continue to save lives through science. 

Ensuring everything is in order, from both a personal and legal view, is essential when creating a Will that covers your best intentions.

Here's how a Tathram community creatively raised funds to help children with cancer. 

Whether you call it a ‘gift’ or a ‘bequest’, what matters is getting the wording right in your Will.

Do you have goods or services that could be donated for the live and silent auctions? 

Why The Kids’ Cancer Project launched a corporate partner matching appeal. 

Many say that nothing good comes out of a bottle of whisky. Gary Gorst begs to differ.

As part of this year’s Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in September, Danny Simpson committed to dying his beard a different colour every week!

“I believe in research, it’s the only way to save children’s lives sooner rather than later.”

Important information about the greatest gift you will ever give - a gift in your Will.

Declan Kane’s four-year battle with cancer began in 2013 shortly before his fourth birthday.

Be inspired to hold your very own Bloody Long Day for childhood cancer research.

Fast Automation are pleased to be able to continue their partnership with The Kids' Cancer Project to end childhood cancer. 

COVID didn’t curb Bromic’s desire to give back to the community.

On Wednesday 7 October 2020, The Kids’ Cancer Project held its annual Golf Day at St Michael’s Golf Club in Sydney.

For one little boy, the joy of Christmas arrived nine months after treatment.

Colin Biggers & Paisley have contributed to The Kids’ Cancer Project’s matched giving appeal. 

"Murray was a great kid, really funny, really sporty, just a great kick-about young boy."

Stylecraft partner with The Kids’ Cancer Project to end childhood cancer by funding vital scientific research.

The SME finance specialist has stepped up to support kids' cancer research with a $20,000 donation.

The Ronald Geoffrey Arnott Foundation awarded a significant grant to The Kids’ Cancer Project to help children affected by brain cancer.

We are getting closer to discovering kinder more effective treatments for children diagnosed with cancer. 

Australian businesses have supported The Kids' Cancer Project by committing funds as part of the charity’s most ambitious fundraising initiative. 

The Morrison Government is providing $9 million to support research into the causes, biology and progression of cancer among children and young adults.

Baby Eli has beaten the odds to reach his first birthday. While his parents celebrate every breath he takes - they can’t relax yet.

Your donation has helped save lives. In 2015, The Kids' Cancer Project pledged $1 million to grow clinical trials that help Aussie kids with cancer.

Hard-to-treat relapsed neuroblastoma will soon be a diagnosis of the past as scientists get closer to refining a new treatment regime. 

RAMS Financial Group have committed much-needed funding and business support to assist in childhood cancer research projects.

The insurance giant continues to support life-saving scientific research for children with cancer.

COVID threw a few curve balls this year and many annual events were postponed or rescheduled.

Sometimes kids’ cancer research paves the way to effective treatment and new therapies for all.

Australian business, Lorraine Lea has donated more than $29,000 for scientific research to help children with cancer. 

This is the fifth year a Superhero family in WA are tackling an impressive 600-kilometre scooter challenge for kids with cancer. 

When one of our volunteers realised the impact of our work, she generously gave to make a big impact in return.

It’s that time of year again when the Weir family bakes their socks off in preparation for their annual ‘High Tea for a High Cause'!

Leading Australian scientist and paediatric oncologist has made it his goal to find a cure for a cancer that currently has no treatment, and he’s making excellent progress.

To help develop a cure for the disease that has decimated her family, Coral has left a generous gift as a bequest, in her will.

During Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, My Birthday Teddy™ is donating $5 for every My Birthday Teddy sold to The Kids’ Cancer Project.

Funds raised through The Kids’ Cancer Project matched giving appeal will go toward innovation grants in partnership with the Federal Government.

When his teenage sister died, Jake de Kort’s life took on an entirely new and enormously powerful purpose.

Owen Finegan reflects on a successful year at The Kids’ Cancer Project despite many challenges.

This September, Mark Pacey is taking on a 24-hour continuous ultra triathlon to raise funds for kids with cancer. 

A deeply personal appreciation of the tragic nature of childhood cancer drove Doug Cunningham into his new Board position.

The Kids’ Cancer Project announces Adrian Fisk’s decision to retire from the charity’s Board.

Two women share their very different paths to becoming big fundraisers for Lose Your Locks.

Australia are you set to embrace your inner buccaneer to support of kids with brain cancer this September?

This September, the NSW netball community will unite as Team Crazy for Crazy Hair & Sock Day. 

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.

The Kids' Cancer Project host business leaders for Melbourne Cup charity luncheon. 

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.