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TROPIC • HEALTH

COUCH’s Top 10

COMPREHENSIVE CARE
Tropic takes a look at the top
10 highlights of Far North
Queensland’s homegrown
charity COUCH and the 1
COUCH Wellness Centre.

With a proud history and a passion 2 LOCAL CHARITY SINCE 2006
for delivering better cancer health Since its inception nearly 15 years
services in the Cairns region, local ago, COUCH’s mission is to ensure
charity COUCH and its COUCH accessibility to best quality cancer care
Wellness Centre have come a long and services for the people of Far North
way since the first campaign was Queensland. The Charity’s first major
launched in 2006. To celebrate project was the Liz Plummer Cancer
COUCH’s success – and vision for Care Centre, followed by the opening of
the future – Tropic spoke to the the COUCH Cancer Wellness Centre in
2019. All money raised and donated to
COUCH team to highlight their the charity stays in the local community
achievements and services. for local services. 3 WHAT’S IN A LOGO?

1 LIZ PLUMMER CANCER To mark the next phase of the COUCH
CARE CENTRE charity and the opening of the COUCH
Wellness Centre, the COUCH branding
When the Liz Plummer Cancer Care and logo was refreshed in 2018 to better
Centre welcomed its first patient for reflect its breadth of services and update
treatment on 27 June 2011, it was the its symbolism. Designed by Tropic
culmination of years of campaigning, Studio, the refreshed branding works
fundraising and lobbying by COUCH on a variety of levels. Each colour in the
and the community. Named in honour COUCH charity logo reflects a service
of Liz Plummer who shared her cancer or project delivered by the charity – the
journey with the public and crystallised Wellness Centre is the blue and green
the need for radiation treatment in element of the charity’s logo, for example.
Cairns, the drive for better services While the two swirls of the logo represent
was spearheaded by COUCH Charity an embrace – neatly encapsulated in
Founders, Charles and Pip Woodward. the curve of a C for COUCH, it is also
Thousands of patients who would interpreted as a listening ear – something
normally have to travel to Townsville the staff at COUCH Wellness Centre are
and beyond for treatment are now able renowned for.
to receive treatment and care locally. 2

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