28/09/2026
Finding suss looking spots is only half the job… The other half is knowing each one is properly followed up and biopsied / treated.
Since we began checking back in 2010, this gap was one of the biggest issues with our model. Sure, we can make sure each patient knows it’s their responsibility to follow-up, but for us - this didn’t seem enough. Especially for those who live hours from their nearest specialist.
Thankfully, we just received news which might change all this… Skin Check Champions has today been awarded a $20,000 CommBank Staff Foundation Community Grant - for our . 💛
These funds will help support an experienced skin cancer nurse to personally contact and follow-up with each patient with a highly suspicious lesion. All the way through to a confirmed outcome. So nobody’s left wondering “what now?” Closing the loop on our model to find it, follow it up - and get it fixed. Turning a ‘potential’ diagnosis - into a confirmed one.
This system has been in the works for the past few years (thanks to a CommBank Grant in 2024). Now, every call, text, referral and result can be safely logged in dermengine and Salesforce ANZ via . Essentially switching on a solid, scalable database of initial and pathology confirmed diagnosis. Providing vital data for collaboration, research and strategic healthcare infrastructure - getting us closer to a targeted national skin check program.
A very special thanks to Blake Sinclair, our CommBank relationship manager. Blake was a close mate of Wes Bonny, whose death in 2010 spawned the start of this charity. He was there the night the idea was born, and was instrumental in getting this grant across the line.
Thank you sir. 🙏
Also, we’d like to thank to every CommBank staff member who gives through the Staff Foundation: you’re now part of every skin cancer we find and follow through to successful treatment. Without your contributions, this might never have kicked into gear.
Together, we are making history.
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