At Arrow, we couldn’t be prouder of the achievements of our scholarship recipients. The latest round of scholarships has delivered outstanding results, with nurses returning Distinctions and High Distinctions in their post graduate studies. Cristina Lucas Cristina Lucas from…
Laura Garbo recently completed her first major Marathon, an incredible achievement made even more meaningful by her decision to run in support of Arrow, raising over $2,000 for stem cell transplant patients. The Arrow cause is close to Laura’s heart,…
St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney has marked a remarkable milestone: the 50th anniversary of Australia’s very first bone marrow transplant. The commemoration began with Associate Professor Anthony Dodds, who reflected on that groundbreaking moment in 1975 when the first bone marrow…
The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) have recently concluded an excellent piece of research into what matters most to those dealing with paediatric stem cell transplants, and we are proud to have played some small part in that project through…
100 years of life What does 100 years of life look like after a bone marrow transplant? It looks like Lisa, Jonathon, and Kerrin — three extraordinary Australians who’ve not only survived bone marrow transplants, but have gone on to…
This year our Fundraising Manager, Kags Garrard, was joined by colleagues and friends to form Team Arrow, as they took on the 2025 City 2 Surf. Below, Kags reflects on a successful day: Last weekend, I laced up my running…
Jenny Nixon is no slouch. She’s a mother to two sets of twins, who she raised as a single mum from when they were six and three years old, and is a proud grandmother to four. She runs her own…
At the heart of Liverpool Catholic Club is community. The club itself boasts a range of amenities all designed to bring people together: to eat, be entertained, skate, get fit, host functions and parties, keep the kids entertained… In short,…
Arrow is fortunate to have people taking on all sorts of challenges to raise money for our patient support program. Charlotte Pinney is one of them. Here’s her story in her own words: This year, I will be running in…
In 2016, Freya received an Arrow scholarship to support her studies in the Graduate Certificate of Cancer Nursing. At the time, she couldn’t have imagined just how far that opportunity would take her. With a genuine passion for people and…
We’re delighted to share that Ritika Saxena, one of our recent Hawkesbury Canoe Classic PhD Scholarship recipients, has now submitted her PhD dissertation (entitled Improving the differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into functional haematopoietic stem cells, called ‘iHSCs’) at…
Arrow’s dedicated supporters turned out in style this June for a fashionable fundraising event: a glamorous race day at Royal Randwick, hosted by the ASX Refinitiv Charity Foundation. The event was part of their ongoing mission to raise vital funds…
Poppy Pickett has had more than a lifetime’s worth of medical poking and prodding, with transfusion after transfusion, endless visits to hospitals and specialists, and months in isolation. And she’s only five years old. Poppy was diagnosed with Diamond-Blackfan Anaemia…
We’re pleased to be able to support the continuing education of Sherry Jia, a nurse from the Cancer Centre at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney. Sherry is the most recent recipient of the Professor Geoffrey Driscoll Nursing Scholarship which…
Why does a charity invest in sending nurses and allied health professionals and researchers to conferences, especially international conferences like the 51st EBMT (formerly the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation) Scientific Meeting, recently held in Florence? Because it…
Thursday 7th November 2002 is a day Serina Dosen will never forget. It’s the day she received her new stem cells, and a second chance at life. But it’s also the day she began her “new normal” life, with a…
This month, we were honored to receive a generous donation of $31,953 from ASX Refinitiv Charity Foundation, presented to our Fundraising Manager, Kags Garrard, by Barbara Colvin and Gerard Doyle from the ASX Foundation. This incredible donation reflects a full…
It’s time to pop the (non-alcoholic) champagne and say a big THANK YOU to Dry July and everyone who participated to support Arrow in the 2024 campaign. It was our first ever Dry July here at Arrow, and we were…
We’re pleased to announce that five healthcare professionals have received Arrow travel & conference scholarships, sponsored by Jazz Pharmaceuticals Australia, to attend conferences within Australia dedicated to bone marrow and stem cell transplant and cellular therapies. Congratulations to: Maureen O…
When is a leukaemia cell not like a leukaemia cell? When it’s pretending to be a superhero and hiding in plain sight. And that’s what Michael Ashby’s research is about. Not superhero disguises exactly, but it’s a good analogy for…
“We’d only kayaked at night once before. And that was by accident.” That’s not a sentence you expect to hear from someone who has just done their first ever Canoe Classic. The Hawkesbury Classic Paddle is a 111km overnight paddle…
