John Bettens walks 3000 kilometres from Rome To Santiago to raise $1 million for cancer help at The Gawler Foundation.

Download press release On April 1st 2011, John Bettens will set off on fundraising journey walking the Pilgram’s Path, or the The Camino. His journey will take him from St Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Italy, to Saint James Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. The arduous journey will take over four months covering around 25 [...]

Dealing with cancer

Leader Newspaper – Moonee Valley 20th Dec 2010 Isabelle Henry wants every other cancer sufferer to know that there is light at the end of the tunnel. The 60-year-old Ascot vale nurse was diagnosed with uterine cancer in April last year and plummeted into a journey of emotional turmoil. Facing the possibility of death on [...]

Integrated cancer care – A different paradigm

by Siegfried Gutbrod “Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense regardless of how it turns out.” Václav Havel After spending five years overseas, I came back to Australia and rejoined The Gawler Foundation in April this year in the role of Therapeutic Director. I [...]