Fundraising, Partnerships and Engagement

We are grateful to all the individuals, families, volunteers, corporations, workplaces and other organisations who supported us this year, and helped ANZUP reach their goals . The generosity of the community helps us fund worthwhile projects, novel nimble trials, or bridge the gap when government grant funding is not enough to complete our work . With growth of our supporter base and opportunities to raise more funds, the Board made the decision to introduce a new fundraising role . In August 2019, Julijana Trifunovic was employed as Head of Partnerships and Engagement for the organisation . Julijana will be supporting the board’s direction and implementing a fundraising strategy to help grow sustainable, cost effective and regular revenue streams through fundraising .

Community Support

The Noel Castan Fellowship

ANZUP was delighted to launch the Noel Castan Fellowship at the 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) in Brisbane.

The Noel Castan Fellowship was established by Anita Castan, in memory of her husband, who passed away from cancer two decades ago . “I understand the value of supporting clinical trials and take this opportunity to congratulate ANZUP on its many successes to date and its collaborative approach . ”

The aim of the Noel Castan Fellowship is to build ANZUP’s research capacity and increase the translation of information collected from our trials, which will contribute to better understanding of how to optimise patient care . The Noel Castan Fellowship was awarded to members, Hui-Ming Lin and Kathyrn Schubach . Hui-Ming Lin’s ‘Bioinformatics’ project is an analysis of the lipidomic and cytokine profiles from ANZUP’s ENZAMET study, which may identify novel biomarkers from the enzalutamide response, and provide new therapeutic targets to overcome enzalutamide resistance to improve the outcome of prostate cancer patients .

NOEL AND ANITA CASTAN Kathryn Schubach’s ‘Quality of Life’ project will develop new questions in trials, using existing data innovatively enhancing and facilitating collaboration and thereby drawing attention and meaning to ‘the patient experience’ and aligning with the mission of ANZUP’s clinical research to improve outcomes .

Special donations

In November 2019 one of ANZUP’s key supporters Gary Morgan (Executive Director) and Michelle Levine (Chief Executive Officer) of Roy Morgan Research, donated $100,000 for ANZUP’s clinical trials research into prostate cancer . Gary and Michelle kindly hosted a dinner presentation for ANZUP to help raise awareness and funds for our clinical trial research . ANZUP Chairman Prof Ian Davis and member researcher Assoc . Prof Louise Emmett informed the group about ANZUP’s latest prostate cancer clinical trial research projects . We are extremely grateful for their on-going support .

We are also grateful to Sorbact and Ian Garrow for donating $20,000 to the Below the Belt Fund and launching the Below the Belt Pedalthon Melbourne fundraising with this gift . These pledged funds will be used for a prostate cancer project .

BEV AND JOHN PURVEY ANZUP’S TRIVIA NIGHT

Fundraising Heroes – Bev & John Purvey

A special thank you to Bev and John Purvey for choosing ANZUP as their charity of choice for their 70th birthday party celebration. In lieu of gifts, it was suggested that guests consider a donation to bladder cancer research conducted by ANZUP. Over $10,500 was kindly donated. Bev was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2018 and is now recovering from her latest treatment. It is her mission to share her experience and inform people about the signs and symptoms of this rare cancer and is happy to tell her story in the future to help raise awareness and even more funds for ANZUP.

The party, held at The Pullman on the Park, Melbourne was a wonderful celebration of their birthday milestone, with over 100 guests including her specialist and ANZUP Member Prof Shomik Sengupta and ANZUP CEO Margaret McJannett. Entertainment for the night was the fabulous Kylie Minogue show. Fun was had by all while supporting a great cause

Macquarie Bank Morning Tea ANZUP’s Trivia Night

ANZUP was delighted to host the inaugural Trivia Night on Thursday 22 August at the Lord Dudley Hotel in Paddington, Sydney.

The event was a great success with a full house of 65 people competing for the trivia master team title and raising over $5,300 for the Below the Belt Research Fund. Congratulations go to the Trials and Trivulations team, trivia champions for the evening. A special mention also goes to 2nd place winners and ANZUP members – Georgie’s Angels led by Patti Bastick.

Our thanks go to the Lord Dudley Hotel for their generous support and hosting the event. Thank you also to prize sponsors – Lisa McGuigan wine, Lion, Flight Centre, Gin Lane and Baby Coffee Co.

ANZUP’S TRIVIA NIGHT

Key Partnerships List

ANZUP would also like to acknowledge the below supporters for their kindness.

• Belinda Jago • Sorbact • Roy Morgan Research Ltd • The Lin Huddleston Charitable Foundation • The Macquarie Group Foundation • The Nordia Foundation

On Thursday 8 August, 100 Macquarie Bank staff members attended a charity morning tea organised by the Macquarie Giving Committee to raise awareness and funds for ANZUP.

ANZUP member Assoc. Prof Louise Emmett presented to the group about ANZUP, what we do, and how clinical trials work. Louise also talked about theranostics and the new trial ENZA-p.

The group was then invited to a morning tea and to make a donation to ANZUP. ANZUP T-shirts, hats and water bottles were also available for purchase and proved very popular amongst the Macquarie staff.

It was great to see so many people interested in ANZUP and wanting to learn more about what we do.

The morning tea raised over $5,800 including dollar for dollar matching from Macquarie. A great effort all round!

Our thanks go to Macquarie Bank for making this opportunity possible. A special mention also to Macquarie’s Pedalthon team, the Macquarie Crankers who raised over $7,000 for the Below the Belt Research Fund.

MACQUARIE BANK MORNING TEA