Brain Matters
Stories from the RCD Foundation
Children's brain cancer biobank gives hope for the future
February 15, 2023
The Robert Connor Dawes Foundation are proud to announce that we are co-funding South Australia's first biobank. Dubbed ‘Brain Turbo SA’, the biobank is being spearheaded by renowned brain...
World First: Australian child first in the world to trial new brain cancer treatment
February 8, 2023
16 year old Adam is the first patient in the world to trial a new brain cancer treatment. This world-first cancer treatment trial, tackling a rare and debilitating paediatric brain tumour commenced at...
Liz's Christmas Message
December 21, 2022
A Very Merry Christmas from all of us at the Robert Connor Dawes Foundation! In 2022 we celebrated our 10th year investing in impactful projects and bringing our paediatric brain cancer...
Sandringham Little Aths Community Day
November 14, 2022
We enjoyed Community Day at Sandringham Little Athletics on Saturday. It was great to have our major partner Coles and their ambassador, 2 x World Champion and Olympic Bronze medalist, Kelsey-Lee...
2023 Noosa Tri
October 31, 2022
What a weekend! Thank you to the 25+ Team RCD athletes used their brawn for the brain participating in the Noosa Triathlon. The participants raised over $30,000 for paediatric brain cancer...
Coles BrainHeart: $419,000 raised for kids with brain cancer
October 14, 2022
We had the great honour of accepting a massive $419,431 cheque from Coles, raised last month during the BrainHeart Campaign. The campaign ran in all 220 Victorian Coles stores, and online from...
Childhood Brain Cancer Awareness Day: High Grade Glioma (HGG)
September 22, 2022
September 26 is Brain Cancer Awareness Day. This year the focus is on high grade glioma (HGG). High-grade gliomas (HGGs) are the most malignant type of CNS tumours that occur in children....
HGG PROJECTS WE ARE FUNDING
September 21, 2022
September 26 is Brain Cancer Awareness Day. This year the focus is on high grade glioma (HGG). We have highlighted all of the projects we have committed funding to relating to research in HGG....
Childhood Brain Cancer Awareness Day Spotlight: Zoe Stanley
September 21, 2022
Monday, 26 September is the fourth annual Childhood Brain Cancer Awareness Day. Each year a different tumour type is highlighted, this year is high grade glioma (HGG). Our beautiful Legacy...
Connor's Run Melbourne - What a day!
September 15, 2022
After a two-year hiatus, our one-day Connor's Run Melbourne event was finally back. And you, our big-hearted supporters, definitely brought the FUN, while Connor and our other brain cancer angels,...