The Children’s Cancer Foundation created the Victorian Paediatric Cancer Consortium (VPCC) in 2021, bringing together leading researchers, academic and clinical organisations to make things better for children and adolescents with cancer.
Before the creation of the VPCC, Victoria’s top-tier hospitals, universities, and research institutes dedicated to paediatric cancer operated independently without a formal alliance to address their common objective.
The VPCC has revolutionized the fight against childhood cancers in Victoria by establishing a central hub that promotes collaboration among diverse disciplines statewide. This approach encourages research breakthroughs, fosters innovation, provides essential training, and ensures the delivery of best-practice clinical care.
Creating a paediatric ecosystem, the VPCC has unified the paediatric research and clinical community to leverage existing capabilities and improve outcomes for children and their families. It presents the most ground-breaking opportunity for childhood cancer that Victoria has ever seen.
VPCC Partners
In the 2023 budget, the State of Victoria committed $35 million to the work of the VPCC, conditional upon the Children’s Cancer Foundation contributing a further $10 million.
The next big challenge for the Foundation lies in raising the $10 million to continue this vital work.
Read more about the work of the Victorian Paediatric Cancer Consortium (VPCC) here.