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Our Shake It Up Heroes, Team Bailey, have been tackling the Point to Pinnacle in support of Shake It Up Australia and Young Onset Parkinson’s Di...
At Shake It Up we have many adventurous supporters who take part in all kinds of athletic events to raise both funds and awareness for Parkinson’s. ...
150,000 Australians are currently living with Parkinson’s disease, with a further 38 diagnosed everyday. It’s the fastest growing neurolog...
In January this year, Sean was diagnosed with Early Onset Parkinson’s Disease at just 36 years of age. The diagnosis came as a shock to Sean and...
At Shake It Up we have many incredible supporters who fundraise for us year on year. One of these supporters, Lisa, has now held five fundraising even...
150,000 Australians are currently living with Parkinson’s disease, with a further 38 diagnosed every day. It’s the fastest growing neurolo...
Shake It Up ambassador Liz Cantor grew up in Sunshine Beach, Noosa, where her love of surfing was rewarded with a sponsorship from Billabong at just 1...
Shake It Up supporter Kylie Christian recently held a huge local community fundraising event with a unique twist – ‘mop chops’ for h...
When Robyn was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2017 on her 62nd birthday, she began seeking support and educating herself about the diseas...
When Hannah’s mum was diagnosed with Parkinson’s earlier this year, she decided, along with her family, to educate herself and the people ...
This week’s Shake It Up hero is our supporter Tanya, who took on a huge challenge along with her husband Peter, to walk a section of the Portugu...
Gary is a regular feature in our Shake It Up Hero stories – and for good reason. Gary has been visiting Mt Everest year on year, including as a ...
Did you know that you can support Shake It Up by taking part in an athletic event? Comedian, runner and digital producer Shivé Prema did just that w...
For people looking to make a difference for Parkinson’s, there are so many ways to get involved to raise funds and awareness. One way many of ou...
This year’s Pause 4 Parkinson’s campaign included so many fantastic community fundraisers, and we loved seeing familiar faces fundraise ag...
A big thank you to everyone who pledged and participated in our Pause 4 Parkinson’s 2023 campaign this year. With the help of 71 fundraisers, ...
When Hans vanHamond was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, it was a confirmation of the battle he had been waging for almost two years. Prior to hi...
Annelise Kumri is a content creator, motherhood and lifestyle influencer, and makeup artist. After joining the Shake It Up team as an ambassador in ...
For this year’s Pause 4 Parkinson’s campaign, we were thrilled to have the support of so many fundraisers hosting events and coming up wit...
Every year, we have so many creative community fundraisers for Pause 4 Parkinson’s and Parkinson’s Awareness Month. We love seeing the dif...
Did you know that 38 Australians will be diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease today? The Lambooy family are on a mission to make sure more people ...
Shake It Up ambassador Phoebes Garland is the Co-founder and Head of Consulting of Garland & Garland, a fashion brand management & consultin...
April 11 is World Parkinson’s Day.
It’s a chance to spread the word and raise funds to stop the fastest growing neurological disease on th...
Last year, ABC Sydney held an online auction, and winner Joanne Colquhoun of North Epping won the karaoke event. Joanne lives with Parkinson’s D...
Shake It Up ambassador Kristy Johnson has a goal: to raise as much awareness about Parkinson’s disease (PD) as she can, and draw attention to th...
This year, Shake It Up welcomed Gilligan’s Hotel and Resort as our major sponsor for 2023 and our Pause 4 Parkinson’s campaign.
Gilligan&#...
On Saturday, February 11th, we celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, which was established by the United Nations General Asse...
Our community fundraisers are integral to the Foundation, raising vital funds for Parkinson’s research, and awareness in their communities about...
Our fundraising hero this week is Jackson, who cut off his mullet in November to raise funds for Parkinson’s research. Jackson ha...
This Giving Day, 29 November, support Parkinson’s Research with a donation to Shake It Up. 100% of your donation will go directly to cutting-ed...
This week we are featuring a fundraising hero with a heart-warming idea! Karena put together a reunion baseball game for her Dad to celebrate his base...
Our heroes this week are the team trekking the Bay of Fires in Tasmania this week for Shake It Up.
The team has 14 participants, Marion, Jess, May, Tr...
Our newest Shake It Up Ambassador, Amy Ruffle, completed the Run Melbourne Half Marathon on the weekend, raising funds and awareness for ParkinsonR...
Happy Birthday to Shake It Up supporters Emmanuelle and Joshua who chose to fundraise for Parkinson’s research at their birthday party. The pair...
Father-son duo Brian and Mark Upton are no strangers to a challenge. They raced and run in some iconic triathlon events, including multiple Iron Man c...
In May this year, Sarah Buckpitt and her cycling friends put together the Pedal for Parkinson’s Tasmania Tour. Riding 500km across 5 days, the t...
Have you heard about our hero Gary who treks Mt Everest for Shake It Up? Gary has been visiting Mt Everest year on year, including as a virtual challe...
Our heroes this week are the West Family, who committed to move every day for the month of April as part of Pause 4 Parkinson’s and Parkinson’s Aw...
A big thank you to everyone who PARTICIPATED and PLEDGED in our 2022 Pause 4 Parkinson’s campaign for Parkinson’s Awareness Month in April...
Shake It Up supporter and Parkinson’s advocate Sheenagh Bottrell was so kind to sit down with us recently to share her Parkinson’s story. ...
This week we are featuring Shake It Up fundraisers, father-daughter duo, Owen and Kiera Turner, stars of their fundraising challenge, the Shake-Off Fa...
Our hero this week is Sarah Buckpitt who has started a Pedal for Parkinson’s Challenge in Tasmania to raise funds for Shake It Up. Together with...
This week we are featuring Suzanne Cox, a Shake It Up fundraising hero, who in 2020 ran 130km over 14 days and in 2021 ran a 45km ultra marathon throu...
In Parkinson’s Awareness Month (April) this year, Michael Jennings, Joe Macrae, John Collison and Lucas Overton will take on the Newcastle Half ...
Congratulations to our hero this week, Corene, who challenged herself to walk 10,000 steps every day for the month of January for her partner Nath who...
Singer/Songwriter, Amanda Canzurlo, who has long performed under the pseudonym of Bloom, has been gaining acclaim for her smooth deep vocals and her f...
Our hero this week is Wendy, who took on the Blackmores Sydney Running Festival Half Marathon. Due to Covid-19, this event was run virtually and parti...
Today we celebrate the achievements of Gary and his team of Everest Trekkers – our heroes for a number of years now! They recently completed the...
How many push ups can you do?
Our fundraising hero this week is Tom who has taken on a monumental challenge to complete 10,000 push ups for Parkinson&...
Brett Stewart and his family and friends are raising funds for Parkinson’s through sales of a book that Brett has written, called Isabelle May. ...