Charitable Support
St George's Cancer Institute is a charitable trust that has been established to raise funds to provide cancer services at St George's Cancer Care Centre. The Institute's priority is to ensure New Zealanders have access to the latest technology in cancer treatment in addition to generating funds to support patients on treatment.
Charitable Support
The St George’s Cancer Institute is a charitable trust set up in conjunction with the St George’s Hospital and the St George’s Cancer Care Centre. It raises funds to support the cancer services at the Centre. This includes raising funds for the purchase of state-of-the-art equipment and technology to benefit the patients at the Centre. The equipment is then leased to St George’s Cancer Care Centre at commercial rates, and all income from this goes towards patient services and support grants.
Who we are
The Trustees of the St George’s Cancer Institute are:
- Cilla Glasson, Director (Board Chair and Chair of Fundraising Committee)
- Rob Black, Director
- Peter Pryor, Director
- Chris Weir, Director
- Michelle Vaughan, Director and Medical Oncologist
- Avtar Raina, Director and Radiation Oncologist
Charitable Support has included:
- Purchasing new equipment
- Radiation and chemotherapy treatments
- Psychologist and counselling support to patients and their whanau
- Wellness programmes and lymphoedema service
- Research
How you can help us
One in three Kiwis will have some experience of cancer, either personally or through a relative or friend.
If you’d like to help us care for the patients and their whanau, you can contribute to the St George’s Cancer Institute’s fundraising efforts.
There are three ways to donate to the St George’s Cancer Institute including:
• A one-off donation
• A regular donation
• A gift through your will
For more information, please use the contact details below:
P: +64 3 375 6294
M: +64 21481 535
E: pascale.matthews@stgeorges.org.nz
Fundraising Coordinator
St George's Cancer Institute
C/- St George's Hospital
Private Bag 4737
Christchurch 8140
Our Sponsors
The Institute is a registered charitable trust raising funds to provide the latest equipment and technology and assistance with cancer services to St George’s Cancer Care patients.
The most critical issue facing New Zealand is our ability to treat cancer patients. Linear accelerators provide life-saving radiation treatment. With greater capacity, patients will also receive the optimal number of treatments based on international best practice.
St George's Cancer Institute
St George’s Cancer Care Centre in Christchurch is now equipped with cutting-edge radiation therapy technology, thanks to a generous donation of $615,000 from the Hugo Charitable Trust which has purchased a Surface Guided Radiation Therapy (SGRT) system.
This is set to significantly improve treatment outcomes and the overall experience for cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy.
The donation is the latest in a long line of contributions by the Hugo Charitable Trust, which was established in 2017 by Maryanne Green in honour of her late father, Irish-born philanthropist Hugh Green. The Trust has donated over $19 million to a wide range of New Zealand organisations, with a strong focus on healthcare, education, and social services.
Hugo Charitable Trust