Eight grants totaling over $840,000 have been awarded to increase equity for people in population groups with poorer cancer outcomes.
The Assistant Minister for Indigenous Health Senator Malarndirri McCarthy announced the Supporting people with cancer grants today, including three directly aimed at reducing the impacts of cancer on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
The remaining five grants will fund a range of community organisations to support priority groups affected by cancer around Australia.
The Supporting people with cancer grant initiative is an annual grants program that funds community organisations and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations to better support people affected by cancer at a community level.
Since its inception in 2005, 137 grants totalling $11.55 million have been funded through this initiative, with funded projects attracting over $9 million in contributions from grant recipients and served communities.
The community programs will support locals including through screening, early detection, cancer prevention and care management nationally and in regional and remote communities.
