In the face of adversity, there is always hope.
Dare to Hope is the legacy of the late Hawthorn Football Club Premiership Player and Norm Smith Medalist, Paul Dear.
Help us improve awareness and fund research for innovative treatments to better treat pancreatic cancer.
Dare to Hope Match 2025
This year’s Dare to Hope match will once again held on Easter Monday, Monday April 21st, 2025, between Hawthorn and Geelong.
This is the match that puts Pancreatic Cancer on the national stage for a day.
Stay tuned for more information about Dare to Hope 4.
Ways you can help:
Attend the game - ticketing information coming
Volunteer - email daretohopeau@gmail.com
Get in touch to find out more: daretohopeau@gmail.com
We're fighting for a brighter future for pancreatic cancer. Here's why.
Pancreatic cancer has one of the lowest survival rates out of all the major cancers. On average, only 1 in 10 people diagnosed will survive five-years post diagnosis.
Pancreatic cancer often goes undiagnosed in its early stages due to the presentation of vague symptoms such as indigestion, abdominal pain, fatigue and loss of appetite. Currently, no early detection tests are available and often patients are only diagnosed once the cancer has already spread to other organs. By then, surgery is no longer viable and only limited treatment options are available - many with significant side effects that drastically affect quality of life.
For those confronted with a pancreatic cancer diagnosis, it can feel like hope is in short supply.
Pancreatic cancer is not as rare as you think
see the facts here
We're working tirelessly to change the story.
Dare to Hope aims to improve awareness and education in addition to funding research for innovative treatments to better treat pancreatic cancer.
Creating opportunities to amplify awareness and understanding of pancreatic cancer though mainstream media.
Advocating for greater access to dedicated education and support services for patients and families living with pancreatic cancer.
Funding strategic research to discover innovative treatment options to improve survival and quality of life.
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Your generous gift will help Dare to Hope give hope to Australians living with pancreatic cancer.
Your gift can help us to create opportunities to amplify awareness and understanding of pancreatic cancer and fund strategic research to discover innovative treatment options to improve survival and quality of life.
Watch the Dare to Hope documentary
Produced by award-winning filmmaker Peter Dickson from Dickson Films, the documentary explores Paul and Cherie's relentless pursuit to defy the odds, raise awareness and demand funding for research to find innovative treatment options for pancreatic cancer, following Paul's terminal diagnosis.
Available to stream now exclusively on SBS on Demand and Kayo.
Paul & Cherie Dear
After his celebrated football career, Hawthorn Football Club Premiership Player and Norm Smith Medalist, Paul Dear and his wife Cherie were like any ordinary Australian family focused on raising their family.
When Paul was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer in September 2020, their life was turned upside down. Over his 22 month journey before passing away in July 2022, Paul together with his family, maintained optimism and persistence in taking control of their journey.
Now, through their experiences of living with cancer, Paul's legacy is Cherie's inspiration to inspire others and raise awareness for this devastating disease.
Discovering innovative treatments for pancreatic cancer
We're challenging what we know about current treatment options for pancreatic cancer by supporting novel research.
The Paul Dear Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund is bold and progressive in its thinking. Intended to challenge the mainstream, it will focus on and provide funding for emerging research that can lead to new recognised treatment options that improve quality of life and outcomes for patients.
On Monday, April 1 2024, less than two years after Paul passed away, we proudly announced the inaugural recipient of the Paul Dear Postdoctoral Fellowship.
