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As baby Eli has been able to beat the odds and make it to his first birthday, his parents have celebrated every breath he takes. But they can’t yet relax.

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.

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 opportunity 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.