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If you’ve been affected by cancer – as a patient, cancer survivor, or carer, you can use your experience to share your story, help others, give back and to be heard.

Once you’ve registered, we will email you with opportunities to engage with us and also send you our regular community newsletter to keep you up to date with our latest news and information.

So, we can best match you with opportunities to get involved with our work, can you please take a few minutes to fill out this form.

First name

Last name

Gender

Prefer to self-describe (optional)

Postcode

Phone

Birthday

Do you identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander?

Do you speak another language other than English at home?

If yes, which language(s) (optional)

Do you identify as LGBTQI+?

Are you or the person you care for living with a disability?

(i.e. sensory impairment, mobility impairment, learning disability, or other)

If yes, please tell us about the disability(s) (optional)

Have you had cancer?

What cancer were you diagnosed with? (optional)

Have you cared for someone with cancer?

What cancer was the person you care for diagnosed with? (optional)

How would you like to be involved with Cancer Council? (optional)

Tick all that apply.

Completing surveys to inform our services, research, policy and advocacy work
Attending workshops and events
Participating in focus groups
Reviewing cancer resources and publications
Providing input into the design of Cancer Council’s services
Sharing your cancer experience to help with our advocacy and/or fundraising priorities
Engaging with politicians and policy advisors
Public speaking/ sharing your story
Contributing to research projects as a community representative (research governance)
Participating as a community representative in research grant review processes
Being a community representative on project working groups or steering committees
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Have you done any work (paid or volunteer) with any other health agencies / not for profits / support organisations? (optional)

If yes, please provide details (optional)

Do you have experience in any of the following (check all that apply) (optional)

Public speaking
Sharing your personal experience of cancer
Sitting on project working groups / steering committees as a
Community Representative
Working directly with researchers
Reviewing of grant applications for funding
Fundraising events
Engaging with politicians and policy advisors
Reviewing information resources for publication
Online User Testing
Other

Please provide details (optional)

Are you currently involved with Cancer Council in any other way? (e.g., peer support groups, fundraising, attended workshops etc.) (optional)

If yes, please provide details (optional)

By completing this form, you have provided Cancer Council Victoria (CCV) with your personal, sensitive and health information. We may also collect further personal information about you through our ongoing communication.

CCV’s Privacy Policy and Collection Statement contains general information about how we will handle and hold your personal information, and how you can contact us to seek to access or correct your personal information or make a complaint.

In addition to the uses and disclosures described in our Privacy Policy and Collection Statement, we will use and disclose your personal information to send you our regular community newsletter and to invite you to engage with us on latest opportunities.

By submitting this form, I agree to Cancer Council Victoria collecting and holding my personal, sensitive and health information in accordance with its Privacy Policy and Collection Statement and using such information to contact you about your cancer experiences and some of our activities.

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