Cancer Charities

Cancer fundraising by not-for-profit foundations and charities is an essential and critical part of the cancer control effort in NSW. The cancer charities sector raises in excess of $100m per annum and is a mix of national charities with a NSW presence, not-for-profit foundations established to support a single facility, charities for specific cancer types, general cancer charities and patient support organisations.

The Cancer Institute NSW has engaged the NSW cancer charities in discussions on non intrusive ways in which the Cancer Institute NSW can facilitate and assist them in strengthening their positions in the public fund-raising market. A Cancer Charities Fundraising Round Table was held on 10 May 2006 and arising from that meeting, it was agreed to develop a voluntary cancer charities register which will be publicly accessible via the website of the Cancer Institute NSW. Part IV (r) of the Cancer Institute (NSW) Act 2003 also provides a legislative base for a register to be publicly available.

To underpin the register, a voluntary code of conduct has been developed which sets out requirements for cancer charities to be eligible to be listed on the register.

Cancer Charities who wish to be listed on the Cancer Charities Register are invited to contact the Cancer Institute NSW. Cancer Charities who have signed the voluntary Code of Conduct are shown below in alphabetical order.

NSW Cancer Charities Voluntary Register

Cure the Future
Cell and Gene Trust
Cure the Future's vision is that cures will be discovered for thousands of inheritable diseases by the use of cell and gene therapies so that our children and grandchildren will not have to suffer from these diseases.

Cure Cancer Australia
Cure Cancer Australia provides funding to brilliant scientists working in breakthrough cancer research in the hope of finding a cure for cancer. Cure Cancer Australia provide vital seed funding to researchers with seven years or less doctoral experience, a time in their careers when funding is scarce and breakthroughs are most likely. Thanks to the generosity of the community over the past 34 years, Cure Cancer Australia have directed $11 million to cancer research spanning areas of: melanoma, pancreatic, breast and ovarian cancers, prostate bowel and liver cancer, children’s cancer, leukaemia, chemotherapy and improved cancer treatments.

Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI)
Researchers in the HMRI Cancer Program are working together to tackle cancer, looking at the disease from several angles. From understanding the biology of cancer and developing more effective cancer therapies, through to evaluating therapies through clinical trials, researchers are aiming to reduce the impact of cancer in our community.

National Breast Cancer Foundation
Australia’s leading national community funded organisation promoting and supporting research into the prevention, detection and treatment of breast cancer.

Skin & Cancer Foundation Australia
The Foundation is a centre of excellence furthering the specialty of Dermatology and treatment of all forms of skin cancer through teaching, training, education, research and clinical practice.

Sydney Children's Hospital Foundation, Centre for Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders
The Centre for Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders (CCC&BD) at Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick is an internationally recognised centre of excellence, caring for patients from NSW and beyond for over 40 years. CCC&BD is dedicated to finding new ways of treating and curing the children that come through it doors and are focused on conducting research into new ways of treating, supporting and caring for patients and their families.

The Australian Cancer Research Foundation
The Australian Cancer Research Foundation is dedicated to helping find a cure for cancer through the continued support of world-class research in Australia. Each year grants between $1.5million and $10million are awarded to leading researchers who aim to prevent, diagnose, treat and defeat all types of cancer. The Foundation's mission is to fund breakthrough research projects aimed at eliminating the devastating effects of cancer, working closely together with the research community & our supporters to achieve the dream of finding a cure for the one in three of us who will be touched by cancer. The Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) has provided 38 grants totalling $62 million to Australian cancer research institutes since 1987 with over $46 million awarded in the last five years.

The Cancer Council NSW
The Cancer Council is dedicated to working with the community to prevent cancer and reduce the impact through research education, advocacy and the care and support of people affected by cancer.