Brain Matters
Stories from the RCD Foundation
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
September 4, 2025
September kicks off a month of Connor's Run fun! It's also Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. When you support our events such as Connor's Run, you help fund critical research, care, and development...
Remembering Jed
June 12, 2025
Jed Beaton was the kind of kid who filled the world around him with energy, laughter, and love. Whether he was building epic bike jumps, tearing up the footy field, shooting hoops with his mates, or...
Liz, Hughesy & Billy Catch Up
April 10, 2025
Robert Connor Dawes (RCD) Foundation CEO and Founder Liz Dawes, OAM talks to RCDF Ambassador Dave 'Hughesy' Hughes and Legacy Ambassador Billy. Check out the video below, where Hughesy chats about...
Arize: In Good Company with Liz Dawes
March 28, 2025
In this series, we shine a light on some of the extraordinary people we work with. This week, we're honoured to feature Liz Dawes, the inspiring founder of the Robert Connor Dawes (RCD)...
Ted's Story
February 21, 2025
The Marchmont family received news no family ever wants to hear. Their bright, energetic five-year-old son, Ted, was diagnosed with medulloblastoma – a fast-growing brain tumour that occurs in the...
New subsidy for cutting-edge brain cancer diagnostic test
June 24, 2024
Patients with brain tumors now have easier access to a groundbreaking diagnostic test, thanks to a new subsidy announced by the Victorian Government. This initiative will cover the cost of...
St Catherine's Laboure Catholic Primary School Gymea hosts colour run for former pupil Georgia Brown to raise money for Robert Connor Dawes Foundation
October 30, 2023
Originally featured on: https://www.theleader.com.au/story/8393450/bursts-of-colour-for-georgia/#slide=32 The rain stopped just in time for a colourful cause on Friday, October 27, when children...
Music Therapy Resource Grant Spotlight: Beth
October 25, 2023
16-year-old Beth was diagnosed with a pilocytic astrocytoma brain tumour and was loaned a steel tong drum to help her cope while going through treatment in hospital. It really helped her, but after...
Ode to Connor: 10 Years On
April 20, 2023
20 April, 2023 Today marks 10 years since Connor physically left us. 10 years-sigh. It feels like 10 minutes and 1000 years and everything in between. In many ways part of me died along with Connor...
Connor's Erg 2023 - Over $100,000 USD Raised for Kids with Brain Cancer
March 8, 2023
The eighth annual Connor’s Erg Challenge was the biggest yet - raising over $100,000 USD ($150,000 AUD) for kids with brain cancer. Over 500 big-hearted participants from schools and gyms in the...