About Blakes Army

OUR GOAL

The primary goal of Blake’s Army Limited is to raise much-needed funds for research into improved treatments and cures for bone marrow failure syndromes. The secondary goal is to financially support families who are affected by bone marrow failure.

Our fundraising

We raise funds through:

business support;
donations from individuals; and
Blake’s Army Awards & Gala Fundraising Nights.

Our net profit is applied toward our charitable objects which are:

to promote the prevention and control of bone marrow failure syndromes;
to provide assistance and support to persons who have a bone marrow
failure syndrome, including assistance and support to those persons’ families;
to promote a greater awareness and understanding in society of bone marrow failure syndromes; and
to fund research into the prevention, control, treatment and cure of bonemarrow failure syndromes.

We may also provide gifts, grants and other payments to Maddie Riewoldt’s Vision, Arrow Bone Marrow Transplant Foundation, Redkite, Canteen and other charities.

Blake’s Army Limited is lean in its operation and currently 100% volunteer based, which means a very high percentage of funds raised will reach expected targets.

Maddie Riewoldt’s Vision

Maddie Riewoldt was just 26 years old when she died of aplastic anaemia. She fought the illness for five years, during which time she endured several bone-marrow transplants, hundreds of blood transfusions and various other invasive treatments.

Maddie didn’t want anyone else to go through what she did. In 2015, her family established Maddie Riewoldt’s Vision as her legacy. The aim of the organisation is to fund the research required to develop new treatments and cures for bone marrow failure syndromes.

Maddie Riewoldt’s Vision has so far raised over $10 million and supported more than 30 medical research projects in partnership with medical research institutes, hospitals and universities across Australia.

Find out more about Maddie Riewoldt’s Vision.