$235,384
AMOUNT RAISED
163
SWIMMERS
19
TEAMS
Take The Plunge
Join The Perkins Plunge - Powered by Mineral Resources (MinRes). Sign up for a 12-hour, overnight, team relay swim to be held at HBF Stadium to support medical research at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research.
Medical research is the only way you can turn the tide on the diseases that are robbing us of the people we love.
By supporting WA’s best medical researchers beat the world’s toughest diseases, you are giving yourself and those you love the opportunity to live longer, healthier and better lives.
Like research, the Plunge will push you to the limits and beyond in the hope of funding life-saving discoveries that will change the course of cancer, heart disease, rare genetic diseases and more.
Get ready for a night of laps to support the labs!
How it Works
SIGN UP
Teams of 8 or more will swim through the night to raise funds for WA’s own Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research.
RAISE FUNDS
We all want our friends and family to live longer and healthier lives. Start your fundraising to power the next medical research breakthrough.
SWIM FOR OUR LIVES
Swim for better health, kinder treatments and to fuel research for life. Swim for those we’ve lost, those we wish to protect and for your own good health in the future.
Our Fight
1 IN 4 AUSTRALIANS
are killed by cardiovascular disease.
1 IN 2 AUSTRALIANS
will be diagnosed with cancer by 85 years of age.
2 Million Australians
live with a rare disease.
Your Impact
Swim to beat the world’s toughest diseases
There would be no advances in medicine without medical research and there would be no medical research without you.
By participating in the Perkins Plunge, powered by MinRes, you are helping WA’s best researchers beat the world’s toughest diseases.
Click below to read about just a few of the projects that your swim will make possible.
Leaderboards
Title Partner
Mineral Resources – THE POWER BEHIND THE PLUNGE
The Perkins Plunge powered by Mineral Resources (MinRes) is made possible by a long-standing partnership between the Perkins and MinRes. Long-term supporters of WA medical research into the diseases that most affect families, MinRes has made a significant contribution to cardiovascular research for over six years. The company has one of the largest teams in the Perkins annual charity bike ride, the Cancer 200–Ride for the Perkins and is a founding member of the Perkins Alliance – a group of organisations that have come together to provide support to offset event infrastructure costs.
MinRes is the title partner for the Perkins Plunge and we are thrilled to welcome them to the pool!
Community Partners
