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Wings4Kidz Ltd
(AU, 43610573978) Browse events
YTD Raised: $193,414.52
(AU, 43610573978) Wings4Kidz mission is to transport kids and their families from regional areas to major cities to access specialised paediatric medical care. Wings4Kidz is a not-for-profit charity and provides a free, professional and reliable flight and ground transport service for children in regional communities, who have serious or life threatening illnesses, and are required to travel to major city based hospitals for treatment. Wings4Kidz aims to lessen the significant burden and effect of long distance travel for these children and families by providing a specialist free air and ground transport service, and keeping these families together during this difficult journey.
Monash Children's
(AU, 82142080338) Browse events
YTD Raised: $183,511.02
(AU, 82142080338) Monash Children's Hospital is Victoria's second largest, and Australia's third largest provider of integrated children's health services, with over 30 specialist services programs. Monash Children's Hospital provides the highest levels of care right where it is needed in the growing south eastern suburbs of Melbourne. With approximately 330,000 young residents aged 0-19 years living in our catchment area - a quarter of the state's child population. Monash Children’s Hospital is part of Monash Health, Victoria’s largest healthcare service. It’s a network of paediatric healthcare services across Monash Medical Centre, Dandenong and Casey Hospitals. We deliver specialised, innovative, family-centred care across the south eastern region of Victoria. Our dedication and passion is evident in the individualised care we provide to our children and their families. In addition to providing excellence in clinical care, Monash Children’s Hospital also leads the way in paediatric research and education. It is our endeavour to integrate emerging research and knowledge to produce the highest standards in paediatric clinical care. We see young people as our precious future and we will continue to care for them when they need our help. We are excited about our new Monash Children’s Hospital, which is set to open in 2016.
Ronald McDonald House Adelaide
(AU, 30061528747) Browse events
YTD Raised: $174,705.32Ronald McDonald House provides support and accommodation for country families who have a child being treated at the Women's & Children's Hospital for a serious illness.
Ronald McDonald House Perth
(AU, 17197600778) Browse events
YTD Raised: $174,017.46Since opening in 1990, Ronald McDonald House Perth has provided ‘a home away from home’ to more than 3500 rural families with a child undergoing treatment for a serious or life threatening illness at Princess Margaret Hospital. Our families view Ronald McDonald House as their haven, providing them with a safe and comfortable environment during their stay which enables them to concentrate solely on their child. Thanks to your support, we are able to continue to provide consistent levels of excellence in the accommodating these regional families.
Spinal Cord Injuries Australia (SCIA)
(AU, 93001263734) Browse events
YTD Raised: $148,044.78
Every day one person across Australia will hear the dreaded phrase: “I’m sorry, but you will never walk again” You can imagine what a devastating impact these words can have on a recently injured person, their family, colleagues and friends. SCIA’s focus is to get people ‘back on track’ following a spinal cord injury—finding the solutions to obstacles that may arise and providing support to ensure people with a spinal cord injury remain actively involved in personal, social and vocational activities. SCIA’s services encompass all of life, from hospital to home to workplace, and the organisation strives to develop programs to educate and support the SCI community. The organisation endeavours to provide the relevant information and services to assist those with a spinal cord injury, their family, friends and the wider community and to ensure that advances in research and service development throughout the world result in advances for those with a spinal cord injury here in Australia.
National Jockeys Trust
(AU, 21495206153) Browse events
YTD Raised: $94,580.64The National Jockeys’ Trust was established by the Australian Jockeys Association in 2004 to provide support for riders who have encountered life changing, career ending injuries and who are in need of assistance. The principal purpose of the National Jockeys Trust is to provide support for former and current jockeys, and their families who are in necessitous circumstances as a result of serious injury, illness or death of a jockey.
Geelong Hospital Appeal
(AU, 45877249165) Browse events
YTD Raised: $81,113.88Annual Appeal raising funds to improve the quality of healthcare services at Barwon Health and within the Geelong Community.
Starlight Children's Foundation
(AU, 80931522157) Browse events
YTD Raised: $23,505.00The Starlight Children’s Foundation transforms the experience of hospitalisation and treatment for seriously ill children and their families. Every minute of every day a child is admitted to hospital in Australia. For thousands of these children, they are faced with a diagnosis that will change their life, and the lives of their families, forever. While health professionals focus on treating the illness, Starlight is there to lift the spirits of the child - giving them the opportunity to laugh and play, build resilience and improve their wellbeing. For more information on Starlight, visit www.starlight.org.au or call 1300 727 827.
Eastern Health Foundation
(AU, 68223819017) Browse events
YTD Raised: $13,535.72From new surgical equipment to a warm welcome from volunteers, patients in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs benefit from the work of the Eastern Health Foundation. The Foundation supports Eastern Health to achieve its vision of great health and wellbeing. With vibrant community partnerships, the team works with more than 675 volunteers, five auxiliaries, numerous community groups, corporate organisations, trusts and foundations to allow Eastern Health to continue to provide positive health experiences for people and communities in the east. Each donation is a valued contribution to our work and we are grateful to our committed donors, corporate partners, bequestors, volunteers, auxiliaries and community groups for their support.
Make-A-Wish Australia
(AU, 97006497632) Browse events
YTD Raised: $12,883.78Make-A-Wish® Australia grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. Make-A-Wish wishes can make a positive difference to the child’s mental and emotional health, and help increase their strength and willingness to overcome their condition. By fundraising for Make-A-Wish® you are helping to make the life-changing wishes of seriously-ill children come true when needed most. Donations to Make-A-Wish Australia solely benefit children in Australia and all donations $2 and over are tax-deductible.
Barbara May Foundation
(AU, 35141248900) Browse events
YTD Raised: $11,834.66The Barbara May Foundation provides sustainable maternal health care in developing countries. Every year over half a million women die from childbirth in developing countries which is about 1,000 women for every 100,000 births. For every death, another 30 women, which is estimated to be 2 million women, will suffer an obstetric fistula injury. The Foundation supports the work of medical missionaries Dr Andrew Browning and Valerie Browning AM in Africa who are developing a simple and sustainable network of maternal health care to decrease the high incidence of women and babies who die or are injured during childbirth.
TLC for kids
(AU, 34335920537) Browse events
YTD Raised: $11,006.00TLC for kids is Australia’s sole provider of immediate distractions and urgent relief for children in hospitals and their families. Administered only by clinicians who refer families in need of assistance, TLC’s services work to minimise emotional, logistical or financial distress in over 600,000 patients and their families, annually. www.tlcforkids.org.au
Ronald McDonald House Charities
(AU, 26037589412) Browse events
YTD Raised: $7,417.00Ronald McDonald House Charities creates, finds and supports programs across Australia that help seriously ill children and their families.
Ronald McDonald House South East Queensland Inc
(AU, 88438652383) Browse events
YTD Raised: $7,200.00Ronald McDonald House is the cornerstone program of Ronald McDonald House Charities and is a home-away-from-home for families with a seriously ill child undergoing treatment. When you're stuck in hospital, having family around you can make all the difference. Ronald McDonald House gives families somewhere low cost and comfortable to stay; rather than a hospital waiting room. Sometimes you just need the most important people around you. McDonald’s Corporation and its licensees support RMHC in a number of ways including directly funding the national charities administration costs to ensure every possible dollar from community donations goes directly to the programs and services for the children and their families.
Brainwave Australia
(AU, 35351986486) Browse events
YTD Raised: $6,845.00Supporting children with brain illnesses and injuries through the provision of rehabilitation and mobility equipment with the aim of getting children out of hospital and back in the home environment as well as a program of events providing fun and respite which include family days, camps, parent nights and Christmas parties.
Epworth Medical Foundation
(AU, 97420694950) Browse events
YTD Raised: $6,814.08Epworth HealthCare is the largest not-for-profit private hospital group in Victoria. Delivering excellence in world-class care to well over 122,000 inpatients and a similar number of outpatients each year, Epworth receives no direct government funding and relies on the generosity of the community to enable it to stay at the forefront of advancements in technology.
Heartfelt Giving the Gift of Photographic Memories (AU, 41174106253) Browse events
YTD Raised: $6,500.00Heartfelt is a volunteer organisation of professional photographers from all over Australia dedicated to giving the gift of photographic memories to families that have experienced stillbirths, premature and ill infants and children in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units of their local hospitals, as well as children with serious and terminal illnesses. Heartfelt is dedicated to providing this gift to families in a caring, compassionate manner. All services are provided free of charge.
Life's Little Treasures Foundation - "Improving the lives of premature & sick babies"
(AU, 94232874269) Browse events
YTD Raised: $5,710.78The Life’s Little Treasures Foundation is Australia's leading charity dedicated to providing information, support, friendship and assistance to families of children born prematurely or sick. Our services are available in the hospital (neonatal & special care units) & in the community when families come home. It also actively works alongside, educating & providing assistance to key healthcare providers who support these families. Ph: 1300 697 736 Email: [email protected] Web: www.lifeslittletreasures.org.au Our Mission To improve the lives of premature and sick babies by providing information and assistance to families and supporting research
Heart and Lung Transplant Trust (Victoria) Inc.
(AU, 68585966022) Browse events
YTD Raised: $5,621.32The Heart and Lung Transplant Trust (Victoria) Inc. is a not-for-profit association whose membership consists of heart and lung transplant patients, recipients, their carers and families. Our vision is for a bright and active future for all those involved with or in need of a heart or lung transplant. We actively encourage organ donation and support The Alfred Hospital Melbourne, the transplant team, patients, recipients, their families and carers throughout the journey. Formed in 1994, five years after The Alfred Hospital performed its first pioneering heart transplant, HLTTV is managed by a committee of dedicated volunteers who have each experienced the heart or lung transplant journey. We are a partner of DonateLife and are a Deductible Gift Recipient, so donations of $2 and over are tax-deductible.
Mission Armenia Ltd
(AU, 33097445808) Browse events
YTD Raised: $5,324.15About Mission Armenia Mission Armenia Ltd is an Australian registered charity (Reg. No. CFN 17305). The charity was established in 2001 to promote, support and help expand the work of Mission Armenia NGO (Non Government Organisation) - one of Armenia’s largest non-governmental humanitarian agencies. www.mission.am Mission Armenia NGO was established in 1993 and provides financial, emotional, spiritual, physical and medical assistance to over 10,000 refugees. It also provides regular home care and centre-based support for 8,000 elderly people, through its 24 soup kitchens and numerous community centres located throughout Armenia. Mission Armenia Ltd seeks to fill the gaps in Mission Armenia NGO’s funding. Since its establishment in 2001, Mission Armenia Ltd has supported a number of projects, including winter heating for the elderly, medical support for cataract patients, a student internship program, vocational training for the children of refugees and the purchase of a community centre. In Australia, Mission Armenia Ltd has no paid staff and relies entirely on volunteers.
Mercy Health Foundation
(AU, 60905269648) Browse events
YTD Raised: $5,275.96Mercy Health is a Catholic organisation employing over 5,000 people who provide compassionate and holistic care through our acute hospitals, aged care facilities, mental health programs, palliative and respite services, maternity and women’s health services, early parenting services and home care services. Donations enable us to advance the innovative care of women, newborn babies, the elderly, sick and dying.
Barbara May Foundation
(AU, 32468538540) Browse events
YTD Raised: $4,857.98The Foundation aims to decrease the high incidence of women and babies who die or are injured during childbirth by providing sustainable maternal health care in developing countries.
Mercy Ships Australia Limited
(AU, 30097037922) Browse events
YTD Raised: $4,799.00Mercy Ships uses hospital ships to deliver free, world-class health care services, capacity building and sustainable development to those without access in the developing world. Founded in 1978, Mercy Ships has worked in more than 70 countries providing services valued at more than $1 billion, with more than 2.35 million direct beneficiaries. Each year, more than 1,200 volunteers from over 40 nations serve with Mercy Ships. Professionals including surgeons, dentists, nurses, health care trainers, teachers, cooks, seamen, engineers, and agriculturalists donate their time and skills to the effort. Following the example of Jesus, Mercy Ships seeks to transform individuals and serve nations one at a time.
Ronald McDonald House at Westmead
(AU, 30540051012) Browse events
YTD Raised: $4,483.12We are the home away from home for families of seriously ill children being treated at the Children's Hospital Westmead.