Thank you for taking on the Dry July challenge for Bowel Cancer Australia this year. We are pleased to announce we raised an astounding $384,404.24 and are extremely grateful for your awareness and fundraising efforts.

By taking part in Dry July, you’re supporting the expansion of Bowel Cancer Australia's specialist Bowel Care Nurse program, providing more bowel cancer patients with the care they deserve, as close to home as possible, so they can live their best lives.

A specialist Bowel Care Nurse is a registered nurse who has specialist knowledge and experience caring for patients with bowel cancer. Serving as a point of contact for patients and their families as they navigate the health system – providing advice, education, support and direct patient care.

Thanks to the support of Dry July fundraisers and donors like you, Bowel Cancer Australia was excited to this year fund five new specialist Bowel Care Nurses in Hobart (TAS), Mackay (QLD), Revesby (NSW), Rockingham (QLD), and Windsor Gardens (SA).

These dedicated Bowel Care Nurses help to improve bowel cancer outcomes in their communities by enabling patients to take a more active role in their bowel care treatment. Making sure patients and their families understand their options and receive the critical support they need – from that initial point of diagnosis all the way through their treatment pathway.

Despite being the third most diagnosed cancer, bowel cancer patients don’t receive the same level of support as other common cancers.

Every bowel cancer patient deserves to have access to a dedicated Bowel Care Nurse.

On behalf of all the patients, their loved ones and staff at Bowel Cancer Australia, we would like to thank you for your support and contribution to making a positive difference in the lives of people living with bowel cancer.