What is the Jim Bacon Foundation?

The Jim Bacon Foundation provides practical support and financial assistance to cancer patients and their families by making funds available to organisations that offer cancer treatment and palliative care services.

The Foundation keeps in regular contact with service providers, hospital auxiliaries, community groups and health professionals to ensure the needs of individuals are met and services aren’t duplicated.

The Foundation also provides an annual scholarship program for up to three university students studying:

• the care and treatment of cancer;

• visual arts; or

• political science.

The Vision

The Jim Bacon Foundation addresses a range of needs, particularly for people experiencing financial difficulties, as they are identified by the individuals involved and at the discretion of those providing care, including:

• information to help people when they are diagnosed with cancer, to prepare for, and cope with, their treatment;

• aids and equipment, furniture, clothing, travel expenses, and accommodation for patients and/or their family; and

• assistance with costs incurred during treatment, and special needs to provide quality home care.