About the Longest Table

The Longest Table is your way to fundraise for cancer research by simply hosting a meal. Feast,  have fun & fundraise to fight for a future free from cancer!

What is the longest table?

The Longest Table is your way to fundraise for cancer research by simply hosting a meal. Feast, have fun & fundraise to fight for a future free from cancer!

The official date to host is Saturday, 27 July 2024, but you can register a Longest Table event anytime it suits you until 31 August 2024.

Hosting your Longest Table is easy and by fundraising you’ll help progress lifesaving cancer research through The Hospital Research Foundation Group – fighting for better diagnosis, improved treatments, and ultimately finding cures for some of the most heartbreaking cancers affecting our loved ones.

How to host a Longest table

Register to host

We’ve made registering and fundraising easy – choose a time and place to host your Table and follow the prompts online to register! You’ll join over 1,200 hosts who’ve come together over the last 11 years to #ForkCancer. When you join us as a host, you'll also receive your own forkin' awesome Host Goodie Bag! It's jam-packed with things to help make your feast fabulous. You’ll also receive other goodies along the way to celebrate your fundraising milestones.

Plan your table

The official date to host is Saturday, 27 July 2024, but you can register a Longest Table event anytime it suits you until 31 August 2024.

Once you set your date, start planning your event – order in pizza, host the ultimate picnic, book a restaurant table, or plan the ultimate dinner party! You’ll find a bunch of online resources in your online fundraising hub to make planning everything easy.

Dine & Donate

Invite all your mates, family, and work colleagues to your Longest Table and get fundraising!
If people can’t make it, ask for a donation to your online fundraising page instead. Perhaps you have lost a loved one to cancer, or maybe you just want to help find a cure - share your motivation for hosting a Longest Table on your social media channels and let's #ForkCancer together.

Check out these tables!

The Longest Table in Numbers

Over 1,200

Heroic hosts have taken part

Over $2,800,000

Has been raised for lifesaving cancer research! But we can't stop now...

"In Honour of My parents"

Mardi decided to host a Longest Table to raise money for cancer research after both her father was diagnosed with breast cancer and her mother with uterus cancer.

“My parents are amazing, strong people and I appreciate them so much and wanted to do this Longest Table as a massive thank you and I love you!”

Mardi, The Longest Table host since 2022

Other Ways to Get Involved

Sponsor a table

Find a mate’s table to sponsor - or even a strangers! We’re grateful for all donations, large and small, in the fight for a cancer-free future.

Partner with us

Will your organisation join us in the fight to save lives from cancer? Contact us to find out how you can get involved.

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Join the party

...and find us on social

#forkcancer