At 45, Neil was fighting fit. A prostate cancer diagnosis was the last thing he ever expected.

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Pink Yellow Blue Disco

Join Flinders Foundation for a dazzling night of dining, dancing and disco fever 🕺at the 2024 Pink Yellow Blue Disco to raise funds for cancer research and care at Flinders.

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Going Dry this July

As we get ready for another Dry July, we're excited to announce our new mission: to fund an ultrasound machine for the Flinders Infusion Suite.

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31 new health and medical research projects funded thanks to you!

Cutting-edge research will lead to new discoveries with the announcement of $750,000 in funding to support health and medical researchers across the Flinders Medical Precinct.

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Posted 3 May 2024

Going Dry this July

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As we get ready for another Dry July, we're excited to announce our new mission: to fund an ultrasound machine for the Flinders Infusion Suite.
Posted 19 Apr 2024
Cancer
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Tour de Cure cyclists make a wheel-y big impact for cancer research

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This year’s packed three day tour saw over $400,000 raised for medical research with 73 riders and 35 support crew coming together from across Australia.
Posted 3 Apr 2024
Cancer

John's passion for supporting multiple myeloma research

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John Cortazzo shares his experience of living with multiple myeloma on Radio Italiano
Posted 25 Mar 2024
Kids
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Farewell to Neonatal Unit’s ‘milk lady’

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When Pat Rhodes first set foot in the Flinders Medical Centre Neonatal Unit in 1983 she’d never handled a baby before.
Posted 25 Mar 2024
Cancer
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Cutting-edge cancer research underway

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Thanks to the generosity of supporters four new Flinders University cancer research projects have been funded!
Posted 25 Mar 2024
Research

Thank you for ‘embracing’ body image research

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Flinders Foundation has partnered with The Embrace Collective, led by renowned Australian of the Year 2023, Taryn Brumfitt, to support critical body image research in Flinders University’s Embrace…
Posted 25 Mar 2024
Patient Care

Susan grateful for life-saving care

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When Susan Arthure contracted COVID-19 on the return flight from a long-awaited trip back to her homeland of Ireland, she found herself in the Flinders Medical Centre Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Posted 25 Mar 2024
Kids

A fun-tastic day for our ‘Flinders kids’!

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The sun was shining for an incredible and ‘fun-tastic’ day at the Flinders Foundation Fun-tastic Kids Fun Fair at the South Adelaide Football Club in December, with nearly 6,000 kids and families…
Posted 22 Mar 2024
Research
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Introducing the first Ryan Hodges Fellow, Dr Ramin Hassankhani

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Thanks to you, the Ryan Hodges Fund, in partnership with Flinders Foundation has committed $160,000 to two research positions, expanding the Precision Dosing Program which Ryan benefited from.

Posted 12 Mar 2024
Research

31 New Health and Medical Research Projects Funded

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Cutting-edge research will lead to new discoveries with the announcement of $750,000 in funding to support health and medical researchers across the Flinders Medical Precinct.

Meet the heroes who inspire us every day

Get to know the incredible individuals whose stories motivate us to do more. From amazing researchers to resilient families, their journeys are our inspiration.

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Grateful Ollie’s neonatal journey

“There was often a new complication, and phone calls at 3am when he was very sick,” recalls Rhiannon. “In the early days we were told that we just needed to celebrate Oliver getting through each hour. It was a stressful and anxious time.

“But he was in the very best hands; he was in the place he needed to be.”

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Survival starts here – Robyn Combes

Robyn Combes is living proof that cancer isn’t a death sentence.

Diagnosed with breast cancer 24 years ago, which spread to her lungs, chest and spine in 2017, Robyn has become a beacon of hope and a voice for cancer sufferers and survivors.

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Henry sitting in a hospital chair with a Smiley Scope virtual reality device
Meet Henry

Henry is a bright, busy little boy, who is a regular visitor at Flinders Medical Centre.

Through generous donations, we have been able to fund special initiatives and innovative technology at Flinders Medical Centre, helping patients like Henry by making hospital a better, brighter place for kids.

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Jun
14

Karen Fitzgerald Fund lunch

Join the Karen Fitzgerald Fund at their annual luncheon as they raise money to support at-risk South Australian children and young people.
Join the Karen Fitzgerald fund as they host the 2024 Karen Fitzgerald Fund Luncheon supporting at-risk South Australian children and young people.
14 Jun 2024
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Jun
14

Karen Fitzgerald Fund lunch

Join the Karen Fitzgerald Fund at their annual luncheon as they raise money to support at-risk South Australian children and young people.
Join the Karen Fitzgerald fund as they host the 2024 Karen Fitzgerald Fund Luncheon supporting at-risk South Australian children and young people.
14 Jun 2024
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Jul
01

Dry July

We’re going Dry this July to make a difference in the lives of Flinders Infusion Suite patients.
Go Dry this July to make a difference in the lives of cancer patients at Flinders/Flinders Infusion Suite patients
1 Jul 2024
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Jul
01

Dry July

We’re going Dry this July to make a difference in the lives of Flinders Infusion Suite patients.
Go Dry this July to make a difference in the lives of cancer patients at Flinders/Flinders Infusion Suite patients
1 Jul 2024
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Aug
23

Adelaide City Plunge

Abseil 70 metres from the top of the InterContinental Hotel and raise vital funds to support Flinders Foundation
Abseil 70 metres from the top of the InterContinental Hotel and support health and medical research and improve patient care across the Flinders medical precinct.
23 Aug 2024
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Aug
23

Adelaide City Plunge

Abseil 70 metres from the top of the InterContinental Hotel and raise vital funds to support Flinders Foundation
Abseil 70 metres from the top of the InterContinental Hotel and support health and medical research and improve patient care across the Flinders medical precinct.
23 Aug 2024
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