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ANZUP ANNUAL REPORT 2022
Fundraising, Partnerships and Engagement ANZUP has been fortunate to maintain a strong level of support, from new and existing donors and supporters, to help us achieve our mission: improve the lives of people affected by bladder, kidney, testicular, penile and prostate cancers through practice-changing multidisciplinary collaborative clinical trials.
Joe’s book, Finding Hope in Times of Uncertainty: A Guide to Thriving in the Challenging World of Today, shares practical ways to tackle uncertainty in your daily life and help you bounce back after a crisis. Joe generously donated $5 from each copy sold to support ANZUP clinical trials.
Although we have faced challenging times with the pandemic, we have developed and implemented new fundraising strategies, including virtual campaigns and communications to keep raising funds and awareness.
Joe’s podcast Simplify Cancer invited ANZUP Ambassador, comedian, journalist, and testicular cancer survivor Michael Shafar, for episode ‘Finding the Comedy in Cancer’. Joe and Michael shared their testicular cancer experiences and how finding humor through life can help get us through difficult times. You can listen to this very entertaining podcast via
We have received support through participation in community activities, gifts in wills, corporate partnerships, trusts and foundations, appeals, and participation in our fundraising events. Thank you to ANZUP’s valuable donors and supporters for their continued support of ANZUP’s practice-changing multidisciplinary collaborative clinical trials.
Highlights Sharing Life-Changing Research Stories In mid-2021, ANZUP developed its first integrated appeal. The purpose of the appeal was to inform our donors and supporters about our award-winning international clinical trial, ENZAMET. Trial participant Owen Reid shared his experience of prostate cancer and how the ENZAMET clinical trial made a significant difference to his health. The appeal was a great success with not only raising funds but also raising awareness of the work ANZUP is undertaking. Following on from the appeal, we shared another trial participant Rob Lewis’s prostate cancer story on the ENZA-p clinical trial in our ‘A little below the belt’ magazine and Below the Belt Bulletin. Our thanks go to Owen and Rob for sharing their stories.
Community Support Testicular cancer survivor, author and podcaster Joe Bakhmoutski has been a wonderful supporter of ANZUP over the years.
https://simplifycancer.com/ep079/
Michael Shafar hosted ANZUP’s Comedy Night, Laugh Your Way in May 2021. The event launched the Below the Belt #YourWay Challenge, with 65 attendees, at Seed Spaces in Sydney, who generously supported ANZUP with the venue and onsite support. Michael invited his comic pals (and some of Australia’s best comedians), Suren Jayemanne, Daniel Muggleton, and Sam T to support the event and cause, bringing many laughs with their hilarious one-liners and anecdotes.
Gabs Festival The Great Australasian Beer Spectapular (GABS) was held with Festivals in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane during May and June 2021, and they supported ANZUP as one of their official charity partners. Globally recognised as one of the best beer festivals in the world, GABS is like Disneyland for craft beer enthusiasts of all ages. Not only was there amazing street food, and other beverages including non-alcoholic options, but the event stared Michael Shafar who performed his comedy show during the festival in support of ANZUP. We also sold (and sold out!) ANZUP and Below the Belt merchandise at the events and received 10% of all raffle sales for the biggest beer prize. Along with ongoing communications raising awareness about ANZUP and below the belt activities via their channels, the GABS Festival also provided a feel-good factor of giving back to cancer research. The event raised over $6,000 for ANZUP. Our thanks go to the GABS Festival organisers for their support.
