Cancer steals childhood. Research gives it back.
Your donation helps power breakthroughs in immuno-oncology, bringing safer, kinder treatments closer to children like Harvey. Please give before June 30.
Harvey was just five when he was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of leukaemia. Instead of starting kindergarten and running around the playground, he faced months in hospital and brutal treatments. He missed so many precious moments and milestones of childhood.
Children's Cancer Institute is pioneering research in immuno-oncology — treatments that work with a child's own immune system to fight cancer, sparing their healthy cells and protecting their future.
With your support, we can give more children like Harvey their childhood back.
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How your donation helps cure childhood cancer
$30
Tests new treatments for childhood cancer
Allowing us to test a drug on a model of a child's cancer, to see how the cells respond and if the drug has the potential to be used as a treatment.
$80
Stores critical data to advance cancer research
Allowing us to make laboratory models of brain cancer that mimic a patient's tumour to test potential treatments.
$150
Supports critical DNA testing for treatment
By allowing us to fund DNA sequencing to identify leukaemia markers for one child living with cancer, and potentially guide life‑saving treatment.
"Watching Harvey suffer like that was the cruellest thing. We need to do better. And if we can have more researchers discovering new answers, we’ll get there faster."
Sallie, Harvey's mum
The world-leading research your support makes possible
“As Australia's only independent research institute wholly dedicated to childhood cancer, Children's Cancer Institute has spent decades building the expertise, data and clinical partnerships needed to transform how childhood cancer is treated. We were the first in the world to show that immunotherapy could work for children with solid tumours. Now, with your support, we can go further.”
Professor Louis Chesler,
Executive Director, Children’s Cancer Institute
Where the money goes
84% > Dedicated research to help cure childhood cancer
10% > Fundraising activities to generate donations and increase funding
6% > Core services and infrastructure costs, vital to keep the Institute running
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Help give kids like Harvey their childhood back
Donate before June 30 to help fund safer treatments for children with cancer
