Brain Matters
Stories from the RCD Foundation
Educational video series with Dr. Greg Wheeler
September 30, 2019
The PNET Cancer Foundation has facilitated the production of a series of educational videos with Dr. Greg Wheeler – a leading paediatric radiologist and oncologist at the Peter MacCallum Cancer...
United Unicorns for Zoe
September 25, 2017
Meet the brave Geelong family campaigning and fundraising for brain cancer research. In March 2017 five-year-old Zoe Stanley was diagnosed with Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM), a very rare and...
AIM BRAIN at work - how Olivia's diagnosis inspired a $50k fundraising drive
July 23, 2017
Meet the incredible Melbourne family who’ve raised more than $51,000 for brain matters in just five months. Since receiving a shock diagnosis of their daughter Olivia’s ependymoma in January...
Harry the hero: our latest ambassador
February 16, 2017
We are delighted to have Harry join the Robert Connor Dawes Foundation as our newest Ambassador. Harry Dunn is a survivor. He has faced, as a teenager, one of life’s cruellest obstacles: a...
Hayley & Pippa's brain matters
September 8, 2015
In what has quickly become one of our proudest stories, Hayley White and Virginia Rea joined Liz to donate $20 000 to the Royal Children’s Hospital, in honour of Pippa Rea. This donation was...
We'll miss you Pippa
April 1, 2015
A very sad day for the Robert Connor Dawes Fund and all that loved and admired the gorgeous & beautifully wise, strong and spirited Pippa. We feel privileged to have been able to offer her...
Key Donation in Memory of Campbell Hoyt
November 20, 2014
The Robert Connor Dawes Fund is pleased to announce that it will be supporting paediatric ependymoma research at the Weill Cornell Medical Centre in New York. This donation will be made in memory of...
Joyful Callum
May 1, 2014
Angels & Heroes stories are true tales of courage and heart from the families & friends of those who have fought a brain tumour. Callum was diagnosed at 13 months with a malignant brain...