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S2 EP.7 - Liz Dawes - Founder, Robert Connor Dawes Foundation

54m · Stuck for Ideas · 22 Feb 06:00

Liz Dawes Liz Dawes founded the Robert Connor Dawes foundation after her son passed away from brain cancer in 2013. She has grown the charity to be the biggest paediatric brain cancer foundation in Australia. In eight years they have raised $5.7million. Liz: https://rcdfoundation.org/ https://rcdfoundation.org/music-therapy/ https://rcdfoundation.org/aim-brain/ Weekly Inspiration: www.thepadproject.org Film: Period. End of Sentence. Available on Netflix & Youtube Book: Kate Mosse - City of Tears Women in History: #womaninhistory / @katemosse

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