On August 20, your donation will be doubled to give twice as many teens the counselling they desperately need to face cancer.
When cancer crashes into a teenager’s life, the emotional toll is immediate and overwhelming. Canteen’s free counselling provides life-changing support that helps teens manage fear, anxiety and grief.
Your donation today helps provide free, tailored counselling and mental health support through Canteen. Your support can be life-changing – helping young people make sense of what’s happening, manage their emotions, and find strength in the face of cancer.
On Double Day on August 20, every dollar you give will be DOUBLED thanks to our Double Day partners. That means twice the impact.
Amount
Raised
$83,962
Total
Donors
898
Counselling Sessions Provided
699
When is it?
Double Day is on Wednesday August 20, 2025
Where will the money go?
Your donation will help fund 2,000 counselling sessions for teens facing cancer who desperately need support.
How can I have an impact?
All donations on August 20 are matched - your chance to double your impact and help twice as many teens face cancer.
Why your donations matters
When cancer enters a young person’s life, it can feel overwhelming, isolating, and impossible to navigate. Your donation on Double Day will directly fund specialised counselling services that help young people cope with the emotional toll of cancer — whether they’re dealing with their own diagnosis, grieving the loss of a loved one, or supporting a parent or sibling through treatment.
Canteen counselling services are confidential and completely free. Our counsellors and psychologists are specially trained to understand the challenges cancer brings. Young people can talk to them (online or face-to-face) about thoughts or feelings that they may find hard sharing with others. They’ll also help develop strategies to deal with the impact cancer is having on their life – and just listen.
Every dollar you give helps ensure no young person faces cancer alone.
Abbey, a Canteen young person, speaking with Cecile, one of our trained counsellors
$60
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$120
$120
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$240
$240
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$480
Give today to fund crucial counselling services for young people impacted by cancer.
Every $120 donation to Canteen on August 20 will be doubled to $240 - giving two life-saving counselling sessions to a young person facing cancer.
Your kindness helps people like Saskia get her life back
Saskia was just 17 when she was diagnosed with a rare form of oral cancer, an experience that left her facing surgeries, the loss of her ability to eat and speak normally, and profound isolation. Friends drifted away, her confidence dropped, and Saskia didn’t believe she deserved help because she didn’t "look" like a typical cancer patient.
Her mother encouraged her to reach out to Canteen. Through one-on-one counselling, Saskia was able to untangle complex emotions of anger, guilt, and grief, and Canteen helped her realise that her experience was valid and deserving of support.
Canteen became a turning point in Saskia’s recovery, offering her not only counselling, but community and hope. With Canteen’s support, Saskia found the courage to return to university to study nursing, determined to help others. While her healing journey continues, Saskia says Canteen gave her back her spark, her voice, and her belief in a life beyond cancer.
Give today to help raise $300,000 in support of young people like Abbey access vital counselling support when cancer crashes into their lives.
A big thank you to our generous Double Day partners:
We also express our gratitude to three other generous Double Day partners who wish to remain anonyomous.
A big thank you to our Supporters
The real heroes who are kindly helping us achieve our goal.
