National Breast Cancer Foundation
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The National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) is the leading community-funded national organisation in Australia, supporting and promoting research for the prevention and cure of breast cancer.
Since the establishment of the NBCF in 1994, over $67 million has been awarded to 256 research projects across Australia to improve the health and well-being of breast cancer
victims. Research programs funded by the NBCF cover every aspect of breast cancer, from increasing understanding of genetics
to improving ways to support women and their families.
Underpinning the NBCF’s approach is the National Action Plan for Breast Cancer Research and Funding, a blueprint for accelerating our knowledge and understanding of breast cancer. The National Action Plan focuses on funding collaborations with other like-minded organisations, including the state-based Cancer Councils and Cancer Australia. This ensures a long-term, cost effective
and coordinated approach to research while providing an opportunity to accurately monitor and report outcomes to supporters.
The NBCF does not receive any government funding, and therefore relies on corporate and community support to continue its work. Key fund-raising initiatives of the NBCF are October Pink Ribbon
campaigns, including Pink Ribbon Breakfasts, Pink Ribbon Day, Pink Magazine, Global Illumination and Pink Ribbon Licensed Product. In addition, the NBCF works with a range of corporate partners on cause-related campaigns.
The NBCF also works with third parties on major fund raising
events such as the Mother’s Day Classic, a national walk or run for breast cancer held annually, and reaches the youth market through the Fashion Targets Breast Cancer
campaign.
“Hope is one of the greatest gifts we have been given. It carries no price tag but its value is priceless. We cling to it when the future looks uncertain and praise it when things turn out better than we could have ever imagined. Hope is the foundation on which we build our dreams and aspirations. It has been the cornerstone upon which ordinary people have accomplished extraordinary things.”
Sandy Lynam Clough
NBCF Ambassadors
NBCF Sports Ambassadors:
Since the establishment of the NBCF in 1994, over $67 million has been awarded to 256 research projects across Australia to improve the health and well-being of breast cancer
Breast cancer
Breast cancer is cancer originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. Cancers originating from ducts are known as ductal carcinomas; those originating from lobules are known as lobular carcinomas...
victims. Research programs funded by the NBCF cover every aspect of breast cancer, from increasing understanding of genetics
Genetics
Genetics , a discipline of biology, is the science of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms....
to improving ways to support women and their families.
Underpinning the NBCF’s approach is the National Action Plan for Breast Cancer Research and Funding, a blueprint for accelerating our knowledge and understanding of breast cancer. The National Action Plan focuses on funding collaborations with other like-minded organisations, including the state-based Cancer Councils and Cancer Australia. This ensures a long-term, cost effective
Cost-effectiveness
Cost-effectiveness analysis is a form of economic analysis that compares the relative costs and outcomes of two or more courses of action. Cost-effectiveness analysis is distinct from cost-benefit analysis, which assigns a monetary value to the measure of effect...
and coordinated approach to research while providing an opportunity to accurately monitor and report outcomes to supporters.
The NBCF does not receive any government funding, and therefore relies on corporate and community support to continue its work. Key fund-raising initiatives of the NBCF are October Pink Ribbon
Pink ribbon
The pink ribbon is an international symbol of breast cancer awareness. Pink ribbons, and the color pink in general, identify the wearer or promoter with the breast cancer brand and express moral support for women with breast cancer....
campaigns, including Pink Ribbon Breakfasts, Pink Ribbon Day, Pink Magazine, Global Illumination and Pink Ribbon Licensed Product. In addition, the NBCF works with a range of corporate partners on cause-related campaigns.
The NBCF also works with third parties on major fund raising
Fundraising
Fundraising or fund raising is the process of soliciting and gathering voluntary contributions as money or other resources, by requesting donations from individuals, businesses, charitable foundations, or governmental agencies...
events such as the Mother’s Day Classic, a national walk or run for breast cancer held annually, and reaches the youth market through the Fashion Targets Breast Cancer
Fashion Targets Breast Cancer
Fashion Targets Breast Cancer is a charity campaign launched in the UK in 1996 by Breakthrough Breast Cancer . M & S has sold a wide range of charitable women's clothes for Breakthrough Breast Cancer for many years. The charity is best known for its famous 'target' logo t-shirt designed by Ralph...
campaign.
“Hope is one of the greatest gifts we have been given. It carries no price tag but its value is priceless. We cling to it when the future looks uncertain and praise it when things turn out better than we could have ever imagined. Hope is the foundation on which we build our dreams and aspirations. It has been the cornerstone upon which ordinary people have accomplished extraordinary things.”
Sandy Lynam Clough
Patron and Ambassadors
NBCF Patron:- Sarah MurdochSarah MurdochSarah Murdoch is an Australian model and actress.-Career:Brought up in Sydney, Australia, Murdoch attended The McDonald College of the Performing Arts, a performing arts school in Sydney, where she studied ballet...
NBCF Ambassadors
- Abbe Sweetman
- Ada NicodemouAda NicodemouAda Nicodemou is a Greek Cypriot-born Australian actress, best known for her role as Leah Patterson-Baker in the soap opera Home and Away.-Early life:Nicodemou was born in Larnaca, Cyprus. She has been an Australian resident since 1987....
- Alice MillsAlice MillsAlice Mary Mills OAM is an Australian sprint freestyle, butterfly and individual medley swimmer who represented Australia at the 2004 Athens Olympics, winning two relay gold medals....
- Australian Girls ChoirAustralian Girls ChoirThe Australian Girls Choir is a choir which is part of the Australian School of Performing Arts. It was founded in 1984 by Judith Curphey, OAM, and has since achieved recognition world wide, with many considering it to be the most accomplished girls' choir in Australia.-History:Founder and...
- Brigitte DuclosBrigitte DuclosBrigitte Duclos is an Australian television and radio presenter.Currently she is a co-host of the breakfast radio program on Mix 1011 in Melbourne titled Mix Mornings alongside Anthony 'Lehmo' Lehmann.-Media career:...
- Catriona RowntreeCatriona RowntreeCatriona Rowntree is a presenter for Australian Nine Network's Getaway program.Rowntree studied journalism at Macleay College in Sydney, after working as a researcher with Business Review Weekly, 2GB and Prime Television...
- Cindy PanCindy PanCindy Pan is an Australian physician and television personality, who specialises in sexual health and women's health. Pan was born in Sydney, and was raised on a CSIRO research station in Badgerys Creek where her father was a scientist...
- Corinne GrantCorinne GrantCorinne Grant is an Australian comedian and television presenter.-Career:After briefly studying as a nurse in Wodonga, she embarked upon a career as an actor in Melbourne, obtaining a degree in drama. After graduating, Grant started doing stand-up comedy to overcome her stage-fright. Her first...
- Deborah HuttonDeborah HuttonDeborah Hutton is an Australian media personality. She is a former model, television presenter, magazine editor, and designer of her own brand of home wares, "Deborah Hutton Living." She is a spokesperson for the charity group Models with Arthritis, a patron of Camp Quality, and a supporter of...
- Duncan ArmstrongDuncan ArmstrongDuncan John D'Arcy Armstrong, OAM, is a former Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medalist.Armstrong was a freestyle swimmer in international competition during the 1980s, who won gold in the 200-metre freestyle at the 1988 Seoul Olympics...
- Fifi BoxFifi BoxFifi Box is an Australian radio broadcaster and television personality, formerly hosting The Shebang with Marty Sheargold on Triple M, and presenter on the Seven Network's Sunrise program....
- Gai WaterhouseGai WaterhouseGai Waterhouse is a Scottish-born, Australian resident horse trainer, businesswoman and a former actress-Career:...
- George McEncroe
- Georgie GardnerGeorgie GardnerGeorgie Gardner is an Australian journalist and television personality.Gardner is currently the news presenter on Today as well as being a fill-in host...
- Gretel KilleenGretel KilleenGretel Killeen is an Australian journalist and author. Killeen is well known for being the primary host of Big Brother Australia from its inception in 2001 until the 2007 season ....
- Jane FlemmingJane FlemmingJane Christina Flemming is a former Australian Olympic track and field athlete. She completed her HSC in 1982 at Mater Christi College, Belgrave...
- Juanita PhillipsJuanita PhillipsJuanita Phillips , is an Australian journalist and news presenter, currently working for the ABC as main weeknight presenter for the New South Wales edition of ABC News at 7pm and evening presenter for ABC News 24 bulletins....
- Karl StefanovicKarl StefanovicKarl Stefanovic is an Australian Gold Logie winning television presenter.Stefanovic is currently a co-host of the Nine Network's breakfast program, Today.-Early years:...
- Kate CeberanoKate CeberanoKate Ceberano is an Australian singer. She achieved success in the soul, jazz and pop genres as well as in her brief forays into musicals with Jesus Christ Superstar and film...
- Katrina WarrenKatrina WarrenDr Katrina Warren is an Australian veterinarian, best known as the host of several popular television programs.- Background Information :...
- Kerri-Anne KennerleyKerri-Anne KennerleyKerri-Anne Wright Kennerley is an Australian television personality. She is one of Australia's most seasoned light entertainment hosts...
- Kim WatkinsKim WatkinsKim Watkins was the co-host of Network Ten's morning show 9am with David and Kim which aired until 11 December 2009 and was replaced by The Circle...
- Lyndsey RodriguesLyndsey RodriguesLyndsey Rodrigues born July 23, 1981 in Sydney, Australia, is an Australian TV host, actress and former MTV VJ, known as a co-host of the MTV TV series Total Request Live...
(Pink Hope) - Lauren PhillipsLauren PhillipsLauren Phillips is a Welsh television actress best known for playing the character of "Kelly" in the Welsh soap Pobol y Cwm.She also plays Sara in Welsh drama Caerdydd.-External links:...
- Layne BeachleyLayne BeachleyLayne Beachley is a former professional surfer from Manly, Australia. She won the World Championship seven times.-Surfing career:At the age of 16 Beachley became a professional surfer. By the age of 20 she was ranked sixth in the world. Beachley became the Women's ASP World Champion in 1998, and...
- Lisa WilkinsonLisa WilkinsonLisa Wilkinson is an Australian journalist and television personality.Wilkinson is currently a co-host of the Nine Network's breakfast television program Today.-Career:...
- Liz EllisLiz EllisElizabeth "Liz" Ellis AM is a retired Australian netball player, a member of the national team from 1992 until 2007 and captain for the last four of those years. She is the most capped international player for Australian netball....
- Mel Doyle
- Mel SymonsMel SymonsMelanie 'Mel' Symons is an Australian media personality, who is best known for appearing on a number of television shows on the Seven Network, most notably Saturday Disney from 1997 until 2002, and Ground Force from 2002 until 2005....
- Melinda Gainsford-TaylorMelinda Gainsford-TaylorMelinda Gainsford-Taylor is a retired Australian athlete, who specialised in sprint events.In 1995 Gainsford-Taylor won the World Indoor championship over 200 m...
- Michael MooreMichael MooreMichael Francis Moore is an American filmmaker, author, social critic and activist. He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11, which is the highest-grossing documentary of all time. His films Bowling for Columbine and Sicko also place in the top ten highest-grossing documentaries...
- Natalie BassingthwaighteNatalie BassingthwaighteNatalie Bassingthwaighte is an Australian actress, singer-songwriter and television personality. She began her career as an actress on the television series All Saints. She then starred in the American television movie Counterstrike...
- Natarsha BellingNatarsha BellingNatarsha Belling is an Australian news presenter on Network Ten.Belling is currently presenter of Ten Morning News and Ten News at Five: Weekend with Matt Doran.-Career:...
- Rebecca GibneyRebecca GibneyRebecca Catherine Gibney is a New Zealand born Australian actress.-Biography:Gibney was born the youngest of six children, and brought up in Wellington. She has said she wasn't so much funny as a "bit odd" as a child. "I was a bit like Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family...
- Sami LukisSami LukisSami Lukis is an Australian television and radio personality. She appeared on the Nine Network as the weather girl on Today, and for Network Ten on the children's educational program Totally Wild...
- Sara GroenSara GroenSara Groen is an Australian actress and television presenter.-Career:Whilst studying at Bond University in Queensland, she appeared in an episode of The Lost World in 2001, followed by an episode in Farscape a year later...
- Sharyn GhidellaSharyn GhidellaSharyn Ghidella is the weekend presenter on Seven News Brisbane.Ghidella was born in Babinda, in Far North Queensland. Her career in television began in the region, as a reporter and presenter for North Queensland Television . She also produced and presented the regional weekly current affairs...
- Shelley CraftShelley CraftShelley De Billinghurst Craft and known professionally as Shelley Craft is an Australian television personality....
- Sonia KrugerSonia KrugerSonia Melissa Kruger is an Australian television presenter. She is best known for co-hosting the popular Australian version of Dancing with the Stars, hosting 10 Years Younger in 10 Days and for the role of Tina Sparkle in the hit 1992 film Strictly Ballroom.-Early life:Born in Toowoomba,...
- Sophie FalkinerSophie FalkinerSophie Falkiner is an Australian television presenterSophie has previously presented an entertainment news series Confidential on FOX8...
- Tracey SpicerTracey SpicerTracey Spicer is an Australian journalist, who worked as a national presenter for Network Ten's news bulletins Ten Weekend News, Ten Morning News and Ten Late News - Weekend Edition in the 1990's and 2000's....
- Virginia GayVirginia GayVirginia Gay is an Australian actress most known for her work on the Australian TV dramas Winners & Losers , and All Saints .-Education:...
- Yumi StynesYumi StynesYumi Tasma Stynes is a television presenter for an Australian morning show The Circle and television channel Max.-Early life:...
- Zoe VentouraZoe VentouraZoe Ventoura is an Australian actress. In early life she attended Penrhos College in Perth, Western Australia. Ventoura is best known for portraying Melissa Rafter in Packed to the Rafters...
- Zoe NaylorZoe NaylorZoe Naylor is an Australian actress as well as journalist, presenter, MC, model, voice-artist and producer.-Early life:...
NBCF Sports Ambassadors:
- Stephanie BrantzStephanie BrantzStephanie Brantz is an Australian sports presenter. She began her television career in 2000 on SBS , and has since worked on the Nine Network and Fox Sports...
- Alex CullenAlex CullenAlexander Shaun Cullen is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a former Member of Provincial Parliament in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and a former member of Ottawa City Council, representing the Bay Ward in Ottawa's west end.-Early life and city politics:Cullen was born February 18,...
- Scott StrangeScott StrangeScott Strange is an Australian professional golfer who competes on the European Tour and the Asian Tour.Prior to turning Professional, Strange frequently represented the Western Australia amateur team in Australian Golf Union events...
- Cameron WilliamsCameron WilliamsCameron Williams is an Australian journalist.Williams is currently co-host of Weekend Today alongside Leila McKinnon.- Career:Williams's journalism career began 1984 with a cadetship at The Courier-Mail newspaper in Brisbane. From there he moved to The Australian offices in Melbourne, where he...
- Jarrod SammutJarrod SammutJarrod Sammut is an Australian born Maltese rugby league player who plays for Bradford Bulls in the Super League. He previously played for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League...