Helping children survive cancer. Empowering young people beyond it.
For more than 46 years, CCRF has funded childhood cancer research helping improve survival and outcomes for children and families. As more children survive than ever before, we are also helping respond to the long-term challenges many young people face beyond treatment.
Funding discoveries that change lives
Every week, Australian families hear the words no parent wants to hear: “Your child has cancer.”
Childhood cancers are different to adult cancers. They can’t be prevented, and many treatments still rely on therapies developed decades ago.
That’s why research matters — not just to save lives, but to improve the futures of children and young people long after treatment ends.
Childhood cancers behave differently to adult cancers. Dedicated research is the only way forward.
Learn more →From lab science to clinical trials, see the projects your support makes possible.
Explore projects →Real outcomes: higher survival, gentler treatments and a growing community of survivors.
See the impact →Surviving cancer is only part of the story.
Finishing cancer treatment can bring new questions, challenges and opportunities. CCRF's Adolescent and Young Adult Survivorship Program supports young people aged 15–25 as they adjust to life after cancer, helping them navigate what comes next and connect with the right people and services. Designed with young people and shaped by lived experience, the program provides advocacy, navigation and guidance built around what matters most to each young person.
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Every child deserves the chance to survive and thrive after cancer. I’m proud to support CCRF and the incredible work they do.
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“Something good has come out of something bad.”
Diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukaemia as a baby, Georgia Lowry has grown up with CCRF as part of her story. Today, as a childhood cancer survivor and CCRF Ambassador, she uses her experience to help others understand why research matters and why better futures for children with cancer are worth fighting for.
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