Mortlake College 2026

Welcome to Mortlake College 2026 Relay For Life!

Relay is a fun and moving experience that raises vital funds for the Cancer Council’s research, prevention, and support services. It’s a chance for the community to recognise and celebrate local cancer survivors, those going through a cancer experience and their carers, to honour and remember loved ones lost and to raise money to help save more lives. Join the thousands of Australians who take part in Cancer Council’s Relay For Life each year and make strides towards a cancer free future: start or join a team in the 2026 Relay today!

How do I become involved?

There are several ways you can become involved with the Mortlake College Relay
• Register, via this website, with Relay for Life. The cost of this registration includes a shirt that you can wear during the relay, and a donation to the Cancer Council.
• Just turn up on the day and make a donation at our registration desk or throw some money in our donation tin.
• Help us to sponsor the event – prizes, food etc
• Buy something from our food stalls or enter our silent raffle.
What inspired us to conduct a Relay for Life at Mortlake College?

Our relay is inspired by a number of people in our school community who have been affected by skin cancer. Together with a fabulous team of student leaders, this group have come together to help protect others from the suffering of skin cancer.

Our School Captain, Isabella Pickford is the lead member of our Relay for Life team. When Isabella was just a toddler, her mum was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma.
After years of surgeries and chemotherapy, her life was saved by a clinical trial. The estimated cost of getting a patient onto a clinical trial is $5000, so that figure has become our initial target. How wonderful if our relay could raise enough money to save someone else’s mum!

After losing her own mother to melanoma, Assistant Principal, Anne De Manser is, herself, a melanoma survivor. Constant monitoring and early detection saved her life 12 years ago when a stage 1 melanoma was removed from her leg.
Through our Relay for Life we hope to raise awareness of the need for skin checks and monitoring.

At just 27, Health and PE teacher Amy Lodge has already had several surgeries to remove skin cancers from her face and neck. Amy is a great example of the fact that skin cancer is not just an older person’s disease.
At Mortlake College we value our ‘no hat, no play’ rule and want to help inform others of the need to be vigilant from a young age.

Maths and Drama teacher, Geoff De Manser grew up on the beach in New Zealand. He is now paying the price for those sun drenched years with multiple basal cell carcinomas on his face being removed with painful and unsightly chemotherapy cream.
We hope that some of the money we raise can be directed toward further education about the dangers of skin exposure to UV.

More Information

Check with our Relay team – 55992204 | [email protected]. au for further information.

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Mortlake College 2026 - Event Information

Registration

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You can purchase tickets through the ‘Join Now’ button.

You can buy additional tickets for your friends and family! After you purchase the tickets, they will be sent an email to complete their registration for a Fundraising Page. So, make sure you have their email address before you buy their tickets!

If you are buying tickets for someone who does not have an email address, and they have given you permission to manage their account. You can click ‘I wish to manage this account’ when filling out those tickets’ details. Then you will be able to edit their fundraising page on your account.

There will be limited on the day registrations available.

Adult
(18+)

Youth
(6–17yrs)

Child
(0–5yrs)

General

$30

$20

FREE

 Refund Policy

Cancer Council do not offer refunds, and our general policy is to treat your money as a donation. Should you have made an error whilst registering or donating please contact your local Cancer Council office for assistance.

Program

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Thanks for your interest in Relay For Life! Here’s an overview of what will be happening on the day

  • 7am Opening Ceremony
  • 8am Breakfast buns
  • 9am School walking
  • 11am Coffee van & cakes
  • 11.30am School walking
  • 1pm BBQ & activities
  • 2pm Whole school walk
  • 3.30pm Community Info Market
  • 6.30-Survivors and Carer’s walk
  • 7pm Closing Ceremony

What happens on the day?

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Get excited because the Relay has arrived! Head on down early to check-in and do a few laps before breakfast.

Come to school in your Relay for Life shirt, or in something purple from your wardrobe.

Community walkers are welcome at any time throughout the day- please make sure you register with the desk.

Bring your gold coin donation and some spare change to buy a breakfast roll or a lunchtime sausage.

We have some prizes for our best fundraisers on the day.

Here's what to expect at our Relay:

Continuous walking – our aim is for each house to carry their baton for 12 hours continuously.

Ribbon Wall of Remembrance- place a ribbon on our wall to remember a loved one.

Food- to sustain our walkers there will be bacon and egg rolls available to buy for breakfast, coffee and cakes at recess and a BBQ lunch.

Fundraising activities – silent auction, children’s activities

What to bring to Relay

Be sure to come to Relay prepared! Check the forecast the night before and be prepared for inclement weather. Here’s a list of things that teams should be sure to have handy on the day:

  • Shelters for your House team
  • Team banners and decorations
  • Team Costumes
  • Hat, sunglasses, sunscreen and lip balm
  • Comfortable walking/running shoes

What not to bring

  • Pets (guide dogs and service dogs are welcome)
  • Bikes, scooters or roller blades/skates
  • Glass

Under 18s

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Parent or Guardian

If you are under 18 years of age, you are required to complete the Youth Consent Form. This form is triggered within the registration process. You will need your parent/guardian available when registering to confirm consent and their email address. The consent form confirmation will be sent to your guardian.

All youth are required to have the consent of their parent/guardian. Failure to do so will result in the youth being unable to attend the Relay For Life event.

Youth Team Supervisors

All participants under 18 years of age are required to have a supervisor over the age of 21 present with their team for the duration of the event. You must register your supervisor by completing the Youth Supervisor Form that is emailed to you upon registering a youth. It is the responsibility of the parent, guardian, team captain or youth to ensure the youth supervisor has completed this form. If a youth team attends Relay For Life without the required number of supervisors over the age of 21, the team will not be able to participate. Please note that for youth teams, you must have 1 supervisor per 10 youth participants.

If the youth team consists of more than 10 youth participants, Cancer Council Victoria requires that two adult supervisors be present at all times throughout the Relay For Life event.

Survivors & Carers

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Relay for Life is a time for our community to come together and celebrate cancer survivors, remember those who are no longer with us and fight back against cancer.

If you or anyone you love has ever heard the words "You have cancer", you know how much it affects us and the people around us. None of us should ever have to face cancer alone, so whether you’re a Survivor, Carer or even a Fighter, getting involved in your local Relay for Life can introduce you to others who are facing similar challenges and create opportunities for sharing stories, friendship, and hope.

To acknowledge your journey through cancer, you’re invited to be our Guest of Honour at Relay for Life. Click on 'Register Now' to walk in the Survivors, Fighters and Carers Lap of Honour or just come along for the celebrations!

If you are having trouble registering, please contact our support team – Grant Stutsel – 1300 65 65 85 | [email protected].au

Sponsors

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Thanks to our fantastic sponsors:

Relay For Life is a community event and it would not be possible without the support we receive from our community.  In particular, there are local businesses that provide us with monetary and in-kind support.

These businesses will be listed on our site as they come on board.

If you would like your business to become a sponsor of Relay For Life , please contact us at [email protected]

Find us on Socials!

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Connect with us to keep up-to-date with all things Relay:

  • Facebook
  • Instagram

Thank you to our generous sponsors

Leaderboard

Raised so far

$191

Our goal

$5,000