Supporting people with cancer Grant initiative
Successful funding recipients: Grant Round 7, 2015
Key to priority target groups:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
Culturally and linguistically diverse communities
Rural/Remote communities
People whose outcomes are poorer
Grant Recipient
Lung
Foundation of
Australia
Partner organisations
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University of
Melbourne
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Cancer
Council NSW
Rare Cancers
Australia
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Cancer Council
Victoria
Western Australia
Health & Palliative
Care Services
Hume Regional
Integrated Cancer
Services
Gippsland Regional
Integrated Cancer
Services
Flinders University
Palliative Care
Australia
Cancer Council
Victoria
Cancer Council
Western Australia
Ethnic Communities
Council of Victoria
University of Sydney
NSW Cancer
Survivor
Centre/Prince of
Wales Hospital
Kinghorn Centre
Project Name /Description
Nurse-Led Lung Cancer Support Service:
Establish a new Nurse-Led Lung Cancer
Support Service to provide clinicallybased, patient-centred support for
people affected by lung cancer and
mesothelioma, including those in regional
and rural locations.
Improving cancer symptom awareness
among the Vietnamese community:
Location
National
(QLD)
VIC
Engage the Vietnamese community to
develop culturally-specific resources and
a supporting community engagement
campaign to raise awareness about
cancer symptoms and promote earlier
presentation to healthcare in the
Vietnamese community.
Cancer information and support webinar
series for the Chinese community:
NSW
Develop and implement online, audiovisual webinar information sessions in
Mandarin and Cantonese to address the
unmet needs of people in the Chinese
community who are affected by cancer;
and compile existing supportive care
services and resources available to the
Chinese community.
Rare Cancers Patient Support Program:
Develop a one-stop-shop for people
affected by rare cancers, including an
online directory of more than 200 rare
and less common cancer types and a
National
(NSW)
register of cancer specialists and
multidisciplinary teams with expertise and
interest in rare cancers.
Breast Cancer
Network
Australia
Cancer
Council
Australia
Cancer
Council
Queensland
 Australian Greek
Welfare Society
 CanRevive
 Chinese Cancer
Society of Victoria
 Cancer Council QLD
 Cancer Council SA
 Cancer Council NSW
 Cancer Council
Victoria
 Local Aboriginal
Health Organisations
Secondary breast cancer information
resources for Greek and Chinese women
National
(VIC)
Develop and disseminate evidencebased, culturally appropriate and inlanguage resources for Greek and
Chinese women affected by secondary
breast cancer.
A web-based resource for culturally and
linguistically diverse (CALD) communities
affected by cancer
National
(NSW)
Develop a culturally-specific and
accessible web-based resource to meet
the identified needs of specific CALD
communities affected by cancer.
Capacity building of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander people affected by
cancer and Aboriginal health workers
QLD
Design and deliver evidence-based
cancer control courses for Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander health workers and
build local cancer support networks for
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
people affected by cancer living in
regional and rural Queensland.
Aboriginal
Health and
Medical
Research
Council (NSW)
 Cancer Council NSW
Local Led Aboriginal Cancer Support
Networks
Develop locally led Aboriginal cancer
networks to support local communities
affected by cancer.
NSW