Our condolences goes out to Ricky Bannister’s family and friends. Ricky fractured his C5 vertebrae on the 15th April 2013 after a horse riding accident. After 1 year and 6 months of fighting severe health issues Ricky sadly passed away,…
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Team Dubois take on the City 2 Surf
On the 9th August Sydney will be taken over by tens of thousands of runners joining the fun of the City to Surf. Amongst them will be Team Dubois: five siblings running for their father who lives with paraplegia after…
Melissa takes on the Age Run
In June this year Melissa Williams’ friend Ben came off his motorbike and fractured his neck. Thankfully his spinal cord has survived intact and he’ll make a full recovery but as Melissa say’s “accidents do happen and not everyone will…
Xander's 1000Km ride for a cure
Over $20,000 raised! Go Xander! Not your average weekend cycle ride! In June 2014 Xander Beccari cycled from Brisbane to Wollongong — a journey of over 1000km — to raise funds for spinal cord injury research. Xander explains, “One of my good…
A huge boost from ICAP Charity Day
Each year the ICAP offices around the world dedicate a full day of trading to charity. Since its inception, 21 years ago, ICAP Charity Day has raised over a staggering A$200 million! SpinalCure is honoured to have been included in…
Gallagher Australia
International insurance broker Gallagher Australia held their inaugural Golf Day at Sydney’s verdant Killara course, on a blistering 37°C October afternoon. Thanks to the efforts of long-time SpinalCure supporter Andrew Quartermaine, and with the generous backing of Gallagher CEO Andrew…
Stephanie runs for research
Stepping up to the the start line at Sunday’s Bridge to Brisbane was SpinalCure supporter Stephanie Chandra. A civil engineer with Beca, Stephanie even manages to make a SpinalCure t-shirt look elegant! Her efforts have raised an impressive. $751 for spinal…
It's broke, so they're fixing it!
We are proud to be able to help finance the research work of Dr Marc Ruitenberg and his team at the University of Queensland, and so we were doubly pleased when we heard these talented scientists were going help finance us!…
Dale and Kristy
On New Year’s Eve 2011 Kristy Banks, a jockey riding in the Toowoomba races, fell from her horse becoming a paraplegic. With support from her husband, Dale Groves, Kristy has since accomplished many things including getting back on a horse…
Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery donates $100,000 from Midwinter Ball
Each year the journalists from the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery and the politicians they cover, get together for a black tie knees-up, The Midwinter Ball, before Parliament takes its winter break. Fundraising aspects of the night included the auctioning of such things as…