The Bald and the Beautiful
By Alicia Bienkowski | Community, Fundraising, Inspiration, Media Releases, News & Events“I do have quite a bit of trepidation and my husband’s ready to leave me.” Risking marital ructions and despite nerves, Perth Rotary Club President Jill Dawson had her head…
Going bald to battle sarcoma
By Alicia Bienkowski | Cancer, Cancer, Community, Fundraising, News & Events, SarcomaPerkins alumnus, Matthew Eton, is facing an important fight. In May this year, Matthew was diagnosed with synovial sarcoma – a subtype of the rare bone and connective tissue cancer…
Walking in Dublin for cancer research in Perth
By Alicia Bienkowski | Breast Cancer, Community, Events, Fundraising, Inspiration, News & Events, Perkins EventsIn so many ways COVID-19 has joined necessity as the mother of invention. For Irish grandmother, Anne Winslow, the pandemic cancelled a trip to Perth and a chance to be…
Walkers show they’re tougher together
By leafcutter_admin | Community, Community Events, Events, Fundraising, News & EventsAn event is only as good as the people in it, and the heroes that make up the Hawaiian Walk for Women’s Cancer are a testimony to that.The Perkins recently…
The Rotary Club of Cambridge welcomed Perkins Community Education and Engagement Manager Judi Lane to speak on the research undertaken at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research. Joined by…
Two chapters of the Red Hat Society visited the Lotterywest BioDiscovery Centre for Live in the Lab sessions in May. Under the guidance of Perkins Community Education Manager, Pauline Charman,…
The Lotterywest BioDiscovery Centre was full of bright young minds with the John Curtin College of the Arts Year 7 Academic Excellent Program students visiting the Perkins in April. The…