Our Story
Born from passion and a purpose to be the voice for Australians affected by skin cancer.
Our Mission
Our Mission is to provide support, education, fund research and drive advocacy for all skin cancers. We are creators, thinkers and survivors coming together to raise awareness and collaborate on projects that will deliver real change.
We knew we needed to change this culture and we decided to do it with our four pillars...
Advocacy
Making skin checks more accessible through the use of our skin check truck.
Education
Raising awareness of early
detection and prevention.
Research
Funding melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer clinical trials.
Support
Facilitating one-on-one support and our Melanoma Mates initiative.
How it all started…
Australian Skin Cancer Foundation started December 2021 with just a marquee, a few teardrop flags, 3 board members, a few volunteers at Bondi Beach, and a thousand ideas!
Our drive to start the foundation was because of the lack of support for patients across Australia. They needed a voice and we wanted to be it! Australia is #1, along with New Zealand, for melanoma diagnosis, and yet the most popular thing to do on a hot summer day is to get a tan. We knew we needed to change this culture and we decided to do it with our 4 pillars – Advocacy, Education, Research and Support.
ASCF Launch, December 2021, Bondi Beach
Research Funding: Where our donations go
BETTER Trial Launch
$100,000
Melanoma Brain Metastases
August 2022
Thanks to our first Mission Melanoma campaign, ASCF proudly contributed $100,000 to help launch the BETTER clinical trial, which explores new treatment options for melanoma brain metastases.
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BETTER Trial Expansion
$110,000
Melanoma Brain Metastases
February 2023
Following an incredible show of community support in our second Mission Melanoma walk, ASCF donated a further $110,000 to expand the BETTER trial and include more patients, hospitals, and international investigators.
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Chris O’Brien Lifehouse
$100,000
SCC Clinical Trial
February 2024
After walking 633km from Merimbula to Melbourne, the ASCF team raised $100,000 for a clinical trial at Chris O’Brien Lifehouse. The trial focuses on using immunotherapy to treat Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC), aiming to reduce the need for invasive surgery.
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Melanoma Institute Australia
$30,000
Melanoma March in Dubbo
March 2024
Raised through Jay Allen’s 333km Canberra to Sydney walk, this donation supports MIA’s research goal of achieving Zero Deaths from Melanoma. Presented at the Melanoma March in Dubbo by ASCF board director Sally Everett.
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