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It's our 2 Year Anniversary… let’s celebrate with a new name! - RCD Foundation
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News & Stories. It’s our 2 Year Anniversary let’s celebrate with a new name! Two years ago today (31 July, 2013) the Robert Connor Dawes Fund was officially established in Australia by the ‘Charities and Not for Profit Commission’. I had no idea then what that would mean or become, I just knew it felt like the absolutely right thing to do. It felt then and still does today like a positive salve on the never healing wound of Connor’s loss. He is solid gold. I am indebted to our Ambassadors: James Tomkins,...
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Fundraising for brain tumour matters / Rcdfoundation.org
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News & Stories. WHEN MANY BRAINS ARE BETTER THAN ONE. There are many ways to get involved in RCD events or projects so supporting brain matters can be whatever you want it to be. As easy as baking a cake, gathering the bookclub or shooting off an email around the office, we like to put the fun in fundraising. Whether you have an event already in the works or would like to do something special for brain matters, we can help you out. We can provide you with. An event poster template. Help us put the issue ...
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Music Matters Grants / Music Therapy / RCD Foundation
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News & Stories. When the heart sings. Offer blocks of 10 private in-home music therapy sessions for children and young adults under 25 who have been diagnosed with a brain tumour. Upon confirmation of receiving a Music Matters grant you will be contacted by a registered music therapist in your area who will arrange sessions with you. We are working in partnership with the Australian Music Therapy Association. For more about music therapy visit their website. Picture by: Chris Eastman. Work at a hospital?
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Impact / RCD Foundation
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News & Stories. TWO YEARS OF MEANINGFUL PROGRESS. We are powered by many big hearts and brains that volunteer time, money and services. As a result we are able to put 100% of tax deductible of donations and funds raised towards our brain matters projects. Here is the impact you’ve made. As of May 2016. Monash Children’s Cancer Centre. 75 000 over 12 months. Directed towards a personalised medicine brain program. Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne. 150 000 over 2 years. 75 000 over 3 years. Researchers i...
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Calendar - RCD Foundation
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News & Stories. Events on the horizon. AUSTRALIAN INDOOR ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS. Is excited to announce the inaugural 2016 Australian Indoor Rowing Championships (AIRC) to be held across the month of November. This is the chance for you to participate in a National Indoor Rowing Event, without leaving your hometown. Events will be run at registered Event Centres throughout Australia, using the same categories, races and common goal of:. Seeing who are the Australian Indoor Rowing Champions. We are a regist...
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Brain Matters - RCD Foundation
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News & Stories. Stories from the RCD Foundation. RCD Ambassador Tamsyn off to Rio. July 27, 2016. From competitor to commentator, our ambassador Tamsyn Lewis Manou will be heading to the Rio Games now just days away! Tamsyn has a long record of success on the athletics track, winning a total. Solving one puzzle to help another. May 31, 2016. CERN Butterfly Release 2016. May 5, 2016. Hello Mr Vice President Joe Biden. May 2, 2016. Next-gen tech for brain cancer treatment. April 24, 2016. March 31, 2016.
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Brain Week 2015 - RCD Foundation
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News & Stories. Bringing Bubbly Brains Together. We were delighted to team up with 15 schools in this year’s Brain Week. Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and New Zealand were all represented, raising funds through bake sales, selling RCD merchandise, holding brainy tournaments, and a Grey Day. Representatives from each school commended the efforts of their peers, and their determination to show some heart for the brain. Captain of Haileybury, Harrison Jones. Grey Day in May. To out delight we had a...
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Our Inspiration Connor - RCD Foundation
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News & Stories. His awesomeness inspires our movement. Latin’s not for everyone. But it was for Connor. A brilliant student, he thrived and loved Latin. After his diagnosis, his latin class coined the phrase. It featured on bands and tshirts that his schoolmates sold to raise money for his treatment. Now, Aeternum Fortis is our eternal reminder of the amazing person he was. HOWDY and G’DAY MATE. A TALE OF ADVERSITY. Throughout Connor’s treatment, his mum Liz kept a journal documenting the ups and b...
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A 'header' from the Brighton Soccer Club - RCD Foundation
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News & Stories. A ‘header’ from the Brighton Soccer Club. The term 3 season sees the Brighton Soccer Club making brains matter with #beaniesforbraincancer. Players will be warming up in beanies which is the perfect way to get hyped up before a match on wintery weekends. The club is even encouraging visiting teams to do the same, helping us to spread the word about brain matters even further. All in exchange for a gold coin donation to the Robert Connor Dawes Fund. Towards our brain matters projects.
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"From one friend to another" - RCD Foundation
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News & Stories. 8220;From one friend to another”. Shauna O’Carroll looked into the state of music therapy in Australia for her final semester journalism project. As part of her research, Shauna interviewed Liz and Una. Below is her article. Music Therapy in Recovery, from one friend to another. Today I don’t feel like doing anything, I just want to lay in my bed…. Liz Dawes sings the lyrics of the popular Bruno Mars song softly, a slight trembling in her voice. Sixteen months later he passed away. I did ...
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