Help end the postcode lottery for regional Australians with blood cancer
Rick just donated $120- Andrew just donated $22.58
- Quan just donated $100
- Andrew just donated $1,020
- Sharon just donated $33.15
- Mary just donated $263.75
- Deborah just donated $109.21
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- Tony just donated $520
- Alice just donated $30
- James just donated $90
- julie just donated $54.12
- Jacquie just donated $211
- Emma just donated $11.65
- Jo just donated $1,000
- Murray just donated $22.58
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Every dollar you give helps to ease the burden for regional families facing blood cancer.
Because where you live shouldn’t determine if you live.
Here's how your donation makes a difference
$53 |
could mean that a family is provided with the emotional support they need from a trusted health professional. |
$80 |
could provide the first night of accommodation for a family who has urgently relocated for life-saving treatment with nowhere to stay. |
$250 |
could give a family struggling with a new diagnosis access to a support program specific to their blood cancer journey. |
$560 |
could cover one week of accommodation for families facing blood cancer who live far away from life-saving treatment. |
Leukaemia Foundation
Marnie’s postcode made blood cancer harder.
Living in Wannon in regional Victoria, Marnie received a blood cancer diagnosis after 18 long months of enduring painful, distressing symptoms.
Marnie knew something was wrong when she experienced severely itchy skin – itchiness so bad that she had trouble sleeping. However, she struggled to get an accurate diagnosis, until eventually a doctor recognised her symptoms and sent for blood tests.
Marnie was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of blood cancer, one week before her 22nd birthday.
Your donation today can help give everyone, no matter where they live an equal chance of surviving blood cancer. Please donate today.
- Rick just donated $120
- Andrew just donated $22.58
- Quan just donated $100
- Andrew just donated $1,020
- Sharon just donated $33.15
- Mary just donated $263.75
- Deborah just donated $109.21
- Anonymous just donated $11.65
- Tony just donated $520
- Alice just donated $30
- James just donated $90
- julie just donated $54.12
- Jacquie just donated $211
- Emma just donated $11.65
- Jo just donated $1,000
- Murray just donated $22.58
- Katelyn just donated $6.13
- La just donated $33.15
- Nicholas just donated $15
- Pamela just donated $15
Right now in Australia, it’s a postcode lottery, but together we can end it.
We know that timely diagnosis and treatment can save lives. But the harsh reality is, where you live can have a massive impact on your blood cancer journey. And regional Australians are faring worse than city people – by a country mile.
Challenges facing regional Australians include:
- Greater barriers to prompt and accurate diagnosis
- Longer wait times and greater distances to travel for specialised care
- Regional Australians are 17 times more likely to report locational and financial barriers to care than people living in cities
Please, support the Leukaemia Foundation today to provide vital support, accommodation and game-changing new programs that level the playing field for regional Australians.
Your support before June 30 can make a difference.
- Safe, welcoming accommodation close to treatment, for families relocating for lifesaving care.
- Highly tailored specialist care and emotional support delivered by health professionals
- Online education and support services
- Innovative programs like Regional Access to Care for Haematology (ReACH) that will promote earlier, accurate diagnosis and bring care closer to home for regional Australians
