Melanoma Institute Australia (MIA) is calling on Australians to join its national campaign, Melanoma March 2025, to raise awareness and funds to save lives from melanoma.
This national campaign, now in its 14th year, is MIA’s flagship fundraising campaign and involves participants either walking or running at family-friendly events across the country during the month of March. The events, organised by volunteer committees impacted by melanoma, are also a wonderful opportunity for the community to come together to honour lives lost to melanoma and support those impacted by the disease.
Melanoma March events will be held every Saturday and Sunday throughout the month of March.
This year, all funds raised will go towards the updating and clinical promotion of the National Melanoma Clinical Guidelines. This was a key priority identified in the 2022 State of the Nation in Melanoma Report and is vital to ensure melanoma patients across Australia benefit from current evidence-based clinical best practice. The National Melanoma Clinical Guidelines are not funded by Government, and so funds raised at Melanoma March 2025 will provide the necessary support to help achieve our mission of zero deaths from melanoma and also to lower the overall health burden from this disease.
This year’s campaign also aims to shine a spotlight on the dangers of tanning and the need for all Australians to follow the five sun safe rules to prevent melanoma and other skin cancers.
Australia has the highest melanoma rates in the world. One person is diagnosed with melanoma every 30 minutes and one person dies from the disease every 6 hours. It is the most common cancer affecting 20–39-year-old Australians.
‘This is our biggest Melanoma March campaign yet, with 28 events spanning the country and reaching every single state and territory,’ said MIA CEO Matthew Browne. ‘It is heartwarming to see Australian communities joining together in the fight against this disease,’ said Matthew.
Australians are urged to register now for a Melanoma March event near them.
Those who can’t attend an event can still support the campaign by getting active and hosting a March Your Way activity with friends or individually.
Melanoma March is an initiative of Melanoma Institute Australia.
It is proudly supported by Melanoma Patients Australia and Australian Melanoma Research Foundation