Perkins Plunge

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About Perkins

Since 1998, the Perkins has grown to become one of the nation's leading adult medical research centres, where a close-knit team of more than 450 research and clinical staff work together to defeat the major diseases that impact our community.
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Research

Perkins researchers focus on some of the major diseases that affect our community. In particular we focus on cancer, diabetes, heart disease and neuromuscular diseases.
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Your support will help us to deliver a healthier future through medical breakthroughs, new treatments and fostering the next generation of scientific talent.
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You can support Perkins work in many different ways. From participating in an event, to attending a workshop in the BioDiscovery Centre, to volunteering your time, or supporting our research, we welcome your involvement.
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Nov 9

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SWIM FOR OUR LIVES

Get your team together for this 12-hour overnight swim relay fundraiser event and make a splash for medical research in WA!

Teams of 8 or more people, aged from 14 and up are invited to register, raise funds, and dive in to this challenge.

Once you register, you’ll get a Welcome Pack containing:

Perkins Plunge guide, fundraising support, and training schedule
Facebook community access for training and fundraising tips
Incentives to help you reach your fundraising goals
And much more.

And we’re never far away – you’ll also have access to John, your Perkins event host, and Celia, your Perkins Swim Coach, who will guide you through the event and make sure you have everything you need to get started and Swim for our lives!

Swimmers will embark on a night of camaraderie and determination, swimming laps in a relay format to support groundbreaking medical research initiatives into the hardest to treat cancers, heart disease, diabetes and rare genetic diseases. Participants pushing themselves in the pool symbolises the collective effort needed to propel medical research forward and improve health outcomes for all West Australians.

In addition to the exhilarating swim relay, participants can look forward to a night filled with entertainment, refreshments, and an inspiring, shared sense of achievement as they plunge through the darkness in support of medical research. The Perkins Plunge powered by MinRes promises to be an experience like no other, where teamwork and determination converge to create lasting change.