Sponsorship program
The Cancer Institute NSW provides financial assistance to a number of organisations and programs each year to help them stage events, seminars and promotions that help to minimise the burden of cancer in the community.
We also sponsor educational programs that raise awareness
about cancer in the community or that disseminate knowledge to
key stakeholders about best practice relating
to treating and caring for people with cancer.
Applying for Sponsorship
If you wish to submit a proposal for Cancer Institute NSW
sponsorship, simply download and complete the Sponsorship
Initiative Submission form and follow the prompts.
If possible, please also provide some information on how your
event, seminar or promotion aligns with the objectives of the NSW Cancer Plan
2011-15.
For further information please contact the Communications
Manager on 8374 5600.
Events and initiatives supported in 2012
Radiation Oncology Club meetings - NSW Branch of Royal
Australian & New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZR) - 3 x
meetings in 2012
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These highly regarded and educational meetings occur three times
each year and allow for valuable networking among professionals
active in the field within NSW - promoting communication and
networking among radiation oncologists, radiation therapists and
radiation oncology medical physicists. They serve as a forum for
discussing issues of education, training and research.
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Lambton High Public School - School Sport Surfing Program -
every wednesday throughout the year
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Providing rash shirts for students participating in Lambton
High School's Sport Surfing Program. By having the surf students in
the rash shirts the School will be building on its existing sun
safe kids promotion and when they are at the beach, students
represent the school and the aim is to increase awareness of cancer
and steps against prevention and early recognition.
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World Lung Foundation - 15th World Conference on Tobacco or
Health pre-conference workshop "How to develop and implement an
effective tobacco control mass media campaign" 19 March
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Cancer Institute NSW has an international reputation for
excellence in the development of anti-smoking mass media campaigns
and as such the World Lung Foundation request their partnership in
presenting this event. The workshop will closely follow the
format of the APACT preconference workshop that the two
organisations co-sponsored in Sydney in October 2010.
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COSA coordination of cancer care conference , Novotel, St Kilda
Melbourne, 6-7 March
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The Conference theme Towards New Horizons will inform
on best practice in areas that increasingly impact on coordinated
care, such as the unique needs of the elderly patient,
survivorship, care coordination of adolescents and young adult
patient. Professor Emma Ream, from Kings College London leads the
Supportive Cancer Care Research Group providing strategic
leadership for cancer and palliative nursing education and research
in the UK.
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Electronic Patient Imaging Conference 2012, Darling Harbour -
12 March
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The goal of the symposium: "Real-time localisation and
adaptation in Cancer Radiotherapy is to bring together the world's
best scientists and clinicians in the area of real-time
image-guided radiotherapy to forge the path from the current status
to future widespread implementation.
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Melanoma Institute NSW - March for Melanoma - 17 March
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Melanoma is a major Australian health problem. It is the third
most common cancer in men and women with over 10,000 cases per year
in Australia. The aim of this event is to raise awareness
about melanoma in the 15-39 year age group. This is the inaugural
"March for Melanoma" event in Sydney and the Melanoma Institute
aims to make this a feature event in its annual calendar.
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St George Hospital & Calvary Health care - 2nd Whole Person
Care Symposium "Making a difference in the face of uncertainty" -
21-22 March
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The 2nd Whole Person Care Symposium will build on the
outstanding success of the Inaugural Symposium held in 2009 and an
overwhelming demand from clinicians working with patients who have
life threatening or terminal illnesses. The Symposium will again
highlight the importance of whole person care for patients with
life threatening illness, particularly for patients with
malignancy.
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Island Style Promotions - Malfunction Surf Festival - 21-25
March
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The Malfunction is a surf event attracting participants and
visitors that are active in outdoor activities. Through these
activities and the associated lifestyles this is a group of people
that are at extreme risk to over exposure to the suns UV's
and possible skin cancers.
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HPMI bowel & lung cancer meeting - 2 June
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Prevention and early detection will be a major focus for this
event: "Cancer Day: A Portrait of Bowel and Lung Cancer". HPMI's GP
focus is based on the fact that GPs are in a prime position to
prevent and detect cancer. With over 2,200 doctors on the HPMI data
base, a large attendance is anticipated.
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Quit Education Services - seminar and group interventions -
July 2011 to June 2012
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An initiative to provide seminar and group intervention to
community and NGO services referred from NSW Quitline and other
bodies that were unable to afford fees for service. These
interventions increase the chances of quitting smoking and
maintaining cessation in populations wit high rates of smoking. It
has been well established that brief intervention and evidence
based group work substantially increase the likelihood of cessation
and this service aims to address smoking behaviour in traditionally
"hard to treat" populations.
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Action on Smoking and Health Australia Pty Ltd
(ASH) - development of "Smokefree multi-unit housing: a
guide and communication strategy for reducing SHS harm and exposure
in homes. (January to June)
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This proposal will reduce SHS (second hand smoke) exposure in
multi-unit housing by raising awareness about the problem and
solutions for resolving conflict over smokedrift. ASH has developed
a guide that now needs a communications and implementation strategy
including an evaluation plan. A review of the NSW Strata laws in
the first half of 2012 provides an opportunity to improve the
process and options for achieving smokefree housing.
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Cancer screening awareness and promotion for Chinese-Australian
community - community partnership program (Cannas Kwok) - final
report June
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The program will include a culturally and linguistically
tailored education program delivered over four weeks which will
include facilitated and supported access to clinical screening. The
aims of the educational sessions are to inform Chinese people about
the importance of cancer screening, address myths and
misconceptions and address concerns they may have about
participating in regular screening.
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Australian & New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate Cancer
Trials Group (ANZUP) - Annual Scientific Meeting - Four points by
Sheraton, Darling Harbour, Sydney, 15-17 July
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ANZUP's 2012 ASM program will showcase: • State of the art
presentations from leading international and Australian experts; •
Up-to-date management and research for prostate and other
genitourinary cancers; • Opportunities for researchers to present
their research; • Clinical trial concept development workshop; •
Overviews of current and planned ANZUP trials; • A comprehensive
program for trainees covering all aspects of genitourinary
cancers; • A Community Engagement forum; and • A
Translational Workshop.
Visit the ANZUP website
for more details.
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Medical Oncology Group of Australia (MOGA) for the Australia
& Asia Pacific clinical research development Workshop (ACORD)
Workshop - 9-15 September
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MOGA's ACORD Workshop provides invaluable training and mentoring
in the clinical trials design for up to 60 cancer researchers in
any oncology sub-specialty from the Asia Pacific region. The
Workshop will have positive impacts on the training and
professional skills of NSW oncologists leading to direct
improvements in patient care, treatment and clinical trials
outcomes that lead to better health outcomes.
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Sydney Special Children's Christmas party - 30 November,
Rosehill Gardens racecourse
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The 2012 Sydney Special Children's Christmas Party, proudly
supporting Make-A-Wish Australia, has a goal to provide in excess
of 5,000 children with a day they will never forget. The
children come from four major groups: The terminally ill, the
intellectually impaired, physically impaired and also the
underprivileged who may be suffering from domestic violence or
physical abuse.
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