Australia's Biggest Morning Tea Launch at Government House and Congratulations to this year’s Research Recipients!

Thank you to all our wonderful guests who attended CCACT's official launch of Australia's Biggest Morning Tea at Government House on 12 May, hosted by our wonderful Patron, Her Excellency Mrs Hurley and His Excellency the Hon David Hurley.

It was the perfect time for Her Excellency to announce and congratulate our Cancer Council ACT 2021 Research Grant Recipients - Dr Anne Steins and Dr Tatiana Soboleva – each receiving $65,000. You can read further about their research here.   

As well as announcing our research grant recipients, Her Excellency also awarded the Government House Medallion to the whole Cancer Council ACT community as recognition and appreciation for amazing commitment - highlighting the continued support received over the past 15 months through challenging times. This amazing and continued support shows just how much our community is committed to our vision of a cancer free future.

Thank you again to everyone involved, including our amazing hosts and wonderful supporters! Check out the photos from this special event taken by Hot Shots Photography here.

Living with Uncertainty — A free education session for people with cancer, their family and friends 

Being diagnosed with cancer often means learning to live with uncertainty about what lies ahead. This can be challenging, but you can learn to manage it effectively.

Cancer Council ACT is holding a free session for people with cancer, their family and friends. Our guest speaker Rob Tranter will talk about his personal story of living with cancer. He will share what he has learned about himself, resilience and managing confronting uncertainties in life.

Join us on Friday 18 June 2021 from 12:00pm to 1:30pm for this free talk at ICON Cancer Centre, Bruce.

The session is free and light refreshments will be served however we do require that you please register. 

Party for HOPE 

On Saturday, 11 September 2021, a very special event will take place in Canberra, where a crowd of up to 800 people are expected to come together for Cancer Council ACT’s, inaugural Party for HOPE. 

Party For HOPE is a black tie, charitable gala event that’s like no other. It will enchant you with an evening of fine dining (including three course dinner and beverage package) and show stopping entertainment, that will bring an electrifying vibrant party atmosphere.

Tickets on sale, Friday 11 June. For further information, and on how to purchase tickets, including corporate packages, please head to the Party for HOPE website here or contact us on 6257 9999 or email hope@actcancer.org

Tax Appeal 2021

Please make a generous gift this tax time, and support life-saving cancer research. 

Every day, because of the kindness of people like you, Cancer Council ACT continues to unite the community, provide support and invest in life-saving research — to give cancer patients the best chance of survival.

By making a donation, you are helping children like Rylee, who was only 16 months old when she was diagnosed with brain cancer. She has had every treatment available to her, and not all of them were kind, and she now has partial paralysis.

Then there is Erin, who at 13 weeks pregnant with her second child, was diagnosed and treated for triple negative breast cancer.

Sadly, there are too many people who have been affected by cancer in our community, and chances are you have been impacted by cancer in some way too – either directly, or indirectly. 

Your donation today will help us support those affected by cancer in our local community.

ENRICHing Survivorship — a free exercise and nutrition program for cancer survivors coming to Canberra 

We are very pleased to share that Cancer Council ACT has been successful in its Healthy Canberra Grants application to bring ENRICHing Survivorship, an exciting cancer survivorship program, to Canberra. ENRICHing Survivorship will be supported by the ACT Government under the ACT Health Promotion Grants Program.

Relay For Life — That's a wrap! 

As we wrap up another year of our much-loved Relay For Life, we’d like to extend an ENORMOUS thank you to everyone who participated in Relay Your Way — whether it was through a team, a donation or lighting a candle in our virtual candlelight ceremony!

The event was a little bit different again this year, due to uncertainties around the pandemic, taking the form of Relay Your Way. However, this didn’t stop our wonderful community from helping us keep the Relay spirit alive!

We held a virtual candlelight ceremony to help Remember, Celebrate and Fight Back against cancer. It was inspiring to see our Canberra community come together (apart) and we are grateful to everyone who donated to our Candles for Hope page which was specifically created for this virtual ceremony.  

Improve Your Long Game — how Canberra golf clubs are committing to improving their sun protection behaviours

Cancer Council ACT has welcomed two new golf clubs to the Improve Your Long Game Program, the Federal Golf Club and Fairbairn Golf Club.

Improve Your Long Game aims to improve sun protection behaviours among recreational golfers and specifically targets men over the age of 40.

Cancer Council ACT are hopeful that all remaining ACT golf clubs will get behind skin cancer prevention and awareness in the coming months, with the program.

Dry July — Registrations Open! 

Registrations for Dry July are now open!

It’s time to raise a glass and say, ‘I won’t drink to that!’

By fundraising for Cancer Council ACT, you'll be helping us to continue providing our vital 13 11 20 information and support line for all Australians affected by cancer.

Will you go dry this July?

For cancer support and information please call 13 11 20 to speak to a trained professional. 

The Thing About Advanced Cancer Podcast — new episodes now available

Cancer Council has released new episodes of our podcast, The Thing About Advanced Cancer. The new episodes are specifically for people who are caring for someone who is nearing the end of their life.  They will complement the other very popular episodes for carers of people with advanced cancer.

There are five new episodes covering various aspects of caring for someone nearing the end of their life which can be accessed through Cancer Council NSW’s website and podcasting apps.

Entertainment Digital Membership — FREE Membership upgrade

For the first time ever, anybody who purchases a $69.99, Single City Membership, by Monday, 14 June 2021, will be upgraded to a Multi City Membership valued at $119.99 for FREE! That’s a $50 saving and access to over 10,000 offers!!!

As we are currently unable to travel overseas, people are exploring Australia and New Zealand a LOT more, which makes the Multi City Membership the perfect option.

Get your Membership today!