Tiny Sparks WA (AU, 83166760514) Browse events

Tiny Sparks WA is a not-for-profit charity run by local volunteer families, dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of mothers enduring high risk pregnancies, newborns requiring the neonatal intensive care unit or special care nursery, and the communities supporting them in Western Australia. www.tinysparkswa.org.au

Critical Care for Wyndham Appeal (Werribee District Hospital Charitable Foundation) (AU, 26406981245) Browse events

Werribee Hospital Foundation, in conjunction with Mercy Health, is committed to raise $2million over the next two years to ensure the new Critical Care Unit has the resources and equipment required to provide the best possible health care to the people of Wyndham. "Our community needs Critical Care available locally, where family and friends can be close by".

St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (AU, 22052110755) Browse events

As a tertiary public healthcare service, St Vincent’s provides acute medical and surgical services, emergency and critical care, aged care, diagnostics, rehabilitation, allied health, mental health, palliative care and residential care, as well as undertaking research and educating the next generation of healthcare professionals. We have over 5,000 staff and 848 beds. St Vincent’s strives to never lose sight of what makes our service unique. We understand that each patient is an individual with their own hopes and fears. We acknowledge the whole person, not just their illness. The essence of St Vincent’s lies in our approach to the smaller, day-to-day interactions with our community; these are the defining moments that transform care from good to exceptional.

St John Ambulance (AU, 69061844380) Browse events

St John Ambulance (Vic) Inc is a self-funded charity that has been providing services to Victorians for almost 130 years. Our volunteer and community activities are funded by generous donations, support from individuals and organisations. By supporting St John you are supporting your own community – you are supporting life.

Proudies Foundation (AU, 31726724043) Browse events

Warrick was a Great Southern football player from North Albany who was part of Claremont's 2011 senior playing list with a bright future at the club and a promising prospect for an AFL draft pick. Warrick was involved in a serious car accident on the night of Friday 15th July, 2011 just north of Mount Barker on his way home for the weekend, when he was a passenger in a car that hit a horse before running into a tree. He was the only person injured in the accident, even though there were other cars involved. Warrick was airlifted to Royal Perth Hospital that night and kept in the ICU.    Warrick was on life support for a few weeks with multiple operations to help keep the pressure off his brain, as his head wore the most damage from the accident. His skull was removed to help relieve the pressure on his brain and then a shunt (permanent drain) was placed in his body for future recovery.   After months of Warrick slowly progressing and his body stabilising, he was moved from the neurological ward at Royal Perth to Brightwater care facility in Marangaroo on 7th December 2011. Warrick underwent a cranioplasty on 16th March 2012 which involved putting a titanium plate in his head to replace the front of his skull. It all went well. He's a champ!   Warrick's Mum Trish and sister Alix moved to Perth to be with him each day on his long road to recovery, followed later by his brother Mark and then dad Kevin, who due to maintaining income through their family business in Albany, made the long trip every week-end to Perth to be with his son. Warrick can't communicate except to blink or move his fingers inconsistenly, but he does show signs of knowing people and can respond to questions or prompts from time to time.   There's still a long way to go. That's why we still need everyone's constant support. Visits from people and spending time with Warrick help more than you realise. The Foundation has assisted financially to renovate Warrick's home so he can access it, and bought a van and equipped it with wheelchair facilities: Trish and Kevin are now caring for Warrick full-time in their family home as Warrick moved in late in 2014. You can contact them to arrange a visit by inboxing the Proudies Foundation Facebook page or the Foundations email address.   Warrick's home community in Albany and his Claremont Football community have worked tirelessly to offer the assistive technology, transport, equipment, healthcare and therapies that Warrick requires in order to recover. Rehabilitation is difficult and ongoing and the Proudlove family have been overwhelmed by the support they have recieved. Warrick remains a much-loved member of our community and the Foundation will continue, with your help, to offer the financial support he needs, as he has not received  insurance compensation for his injuries. He is fighting hard and needs your help. Thank you in advance for your valuable, ongoing support!

Headway Gold Coast Inc (AU, 64639044056) Browse events

Spinal Home Help Incorporated (AU, 75293912831) Browse events

Spinal Home Help (SHH) volunteers provide one-to-one peer mentoring support to people with spinal cord injuries and their immediate family members. Support is provided as the client transitions from hospital through rehabilitation to living at home and reengaging with the community.

St George Hospital - SESIAH (AU, 66329169412) Browse events

The St George Hospital and Community Health Service is part of South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service, and is located in Kogarah, a southern suburb of Sydney, NSW, Australia.  It offers a comprehensive range of inpatient and community-based health services. The hospital is an accredited principal teaching hospital of the University of New South Wales and is a  As a major tertiary and teaching hospital, St George accepts patients from other parts of Sydney, NSW and beyond. Its primary objective is the effective delivery of quality healthcare services to some 250,000 residents of southern Sydney. St George Hospital services an area bounded by Botany Bay, Cooks River in the north, Georges River in the south and Salt Pan Creek in the west. Approximately 35% of the St George area's residents are from a non-English speaking background. The hospital is also the nearest provider of specialist medical services for around 200,000 residents of the Sutherland Shire. Major areas of research conducted at the St George Hospital and Community Health Service aim to facilitate better health through preventative medicine and education, as well as the discovery of new medicines and treatments for disease and injury. Each year the hospital admits more than 50,000 patients (including day only) and provides outpatient treatments for over 770,000. St George Hospital has approximately 600 beds, employs more than 2500 staff (full-time equivalents) and is one of the largest hospitals in Sydney. The Mission Statement of the St George Hospital and Community Health Service is "Good Health Care - Better Health". To do this we provide high quality, comprehensive, cost effective health services to the people of the St George area and those referred to us for specialist services from other parts of NSW and in particular, from other parts of South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Health.

Calvary Wakefield Hospital - SA (AU, 85106314229) Browse events

Calvary Wakefield Hospital has been providing care to South Australians since 1883. The hospital has built a tradition in excellence for patient care.   Calvary Wakefield Hospital has 180 high technology acute private hospital beds.   It is a major tertiary hospital with a strong focus on neurosurgery, cardiac services and orthopaedic surgery. A day surgery, consulting suites, 24 hour private emergency centre, level 3 ICU, CCU, angiography suite, high dependency unit and the free standing Wakefield Surgicentre day surgery make up a comprehensive medical precinct.   We are focused on continuing to enhance the important relationships with our medical practitioners. They are a very important and valued aspect of our service, and together with our staff, combine to create our successful hospital community. At Calvary Wakefield Hospital we are committed to providing high quality and safe patient care, delivered with compassion.

Calvary Mater Newcastle - Medical Oncology Experimental Therapeutics Group (AU, 75081149126) Browse events

  Little Company of Mary Health Care, a national Catholic health care organisation, are stewards of the heritage of compassion begun by the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary, who came to Australia in 1885.   We serve communities and individuals through more than 20 health, aged and community care services throughout New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and the Northern Territory by providing:   Public and private hospitals Retirement living and residential aged care Community care and Comprehensive palliative care   Foundational to the spirituality of Mary Potter was the recognition of, and deep respect for, the unique dignity and beauty of the human person and a desire that all persons experience the care and concern of others. Through interaction with our Calvary services, people will have a greater sense of their own worth and dignity. Their experience will be that someone cares about whom they are, what they are experiencing and what they need. Their needs will be met with a commitment to excellence in service and care. This is the heart of “being for others”.

Calvary Health Care Kograh Sydney (AU, 95105757453) Browse events

  Calvary Health Care Sydney is a public health care facility specialising in palliative care and rehabilitation. It operates under the auspices of the Little Company of Mary, a Catholic health care organisation. As stewards of the Little Company of Mary philosophy, we express our mission as: Valuing: The uniqueness of the individual Mutual respect and A team inspired vision   Redeveloped and refurbished in 2001, Calvary Health Care Sydney comprises a 100-bed hospital and integrated community services that together provide a comprehensive range of palliative care and rehabilitation services to the community. It is an associate teaching hospital of the University of New South Wales.   Our facility and services are staffed by a multidisciplinary team of dedicated and motivated health professionals, support and administrative personnel and enhanced by the contribution of specially selected and trained volunteers.

Ballarat Base Hospital Children's Ward (AU, 54165190161) Browse events

Ballarat Health Services has been providing quality care for the Ballarat and Grampians region for 150 years.   We work to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, their families, and our community.   Ballarat Health Services is a total health care provider.   That means we care for patients and the community with a comprehensive range of general and specialist care, across every key medical and healthcare discipline. Acute Care Sub-Acute Care Residential Care Community Care Psychiatric Services Rehabilitation Services All of our staff, and all of the services we provide, are guided by a simple philosophy: "Don't settle for second best."   We want the best for our patients and their families, and they deserve the very best from us."   The Paediatric and Adolescent Unit at Ballarat Health Services is a 20-bed unit which offers specialist care for children and adolescents up to 18 years of age.   The staff are committed to family centred, individualised care which empowers and encourages the involvement of family members in their child's treatment and care.   Paediatric and Adolescent services at Ballarat Health Services are extensive with most medical and many surgical conditions expertly managed locally.   With up to 800 presentations of children per month to the Emergency Department, the unit admits approximately 200 children and adolescents per month. Extensive community care services compliment their inpatient care on discharge.   The unit is staffed 24 hours a day by a highly dedicated team of paediatric nurses, consultant paediatricians and hospital medical officers. Paediatric allied health staff including a social worker, dietician, speech pathologist, physiotherapist and members of the Infant and Child as well as Adolescent Mental Health services and members of the Perinatal Emotional Help Program compliment the dedicated team.

Mercy Palliative Care (AU, 77896699763) Browse events

  Mercy Health is a Catholic community benefit organisation founded by the Sisters of Mercy to deliver health, aged care and community services. Each year we care for nearly half a million people across Victoria, southern New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.   Mercy Palliative Care is a 24 hour service supporting people with an incurable illness who live in the western region of Melbourne.    Mercy Palliative Care also supports patients’ families and carers.  

Loddon Mallee Kids Inc (AU, 94500840743) Browse events

Loddon Mallee Kids (LMK) is a not for profit organisation and a deductable Gift Recipient,  that offers information, advice and ongoing support to the families of premature babies.   Last year alone, 1169 babies were born at Bendigo Health.  Of this 360 babies (a massive 30%) went through the Special Care Baby Unit which offers care to sick and premature babies.    Children born prematurely face continued physical and developmental challenges from birth up to school age and sometimes beyond.  As parents of premature children ourselves, we understand the emotional hardship that this can have on the families of those children and seek to offer not only ideas, guidance and suggestions to help the child overcome their physical and developmental challenges but also emotional assistance through empathy, friendship and understanding for their family as a whole.   This is primarily achieved through our fortnightly playgroup and weekly hospital visits to St John of God and Bendigo Health to meet with the families of newly born premature babies.     LMK relies primarily on corporate sponsorship and philanthropic donations to operate.  With your help, we can make a difference. 

Dialysis Escape Line Australia (AU, 14930035197) Browse events

DELA is a volunteer run not for profit charity that provides opportunities for people on dialysis and their families. DELA, offers 3 getaways a year at the moment, we are looking at increasing these opportunities when possible. Currently we travel to Port Douglas once a year and do 2 cruises a year. 1 cruise around New Zealand and 1 cruise around the South Pacific. DELA, hires 2 rooms and sets up a temporary dialysis unit where we take 5 machines, RO filter system and everything else that requires an effective dialysis unit. We also take our own volunteer medical team consociating of renal nursing staff from around Australia; each nurse must meet strict criteria before they are allowed to attend a getaway with DELA. Our volunteer Medical staffs consists of 4 nurses, 1 Nephrologists, 1 Technician and a representative from DELA.

Ballarat Health Services (AU, 39089584391) Browse events

    Ballarat Health Services has been providing quality care for the Ballarat and Grampians region for 150 years.   We work to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, their families, and our community.   Ballarat Health Services is a total health care provider.   That means we care for patients and the community with a comprehensive range of general and specialist care, across every key medical and healthcare discipline. Acute Care Sub-Acute Care Residential Care Community Care Psychiatric Services Rehabilitation Services All of our staff, and all of the services we provide, are guided by a simple philosophy: "Don't settle for second best."   We want the best for our patients and their families, and they deserve the very best from us."   Ballarat Health Services is the largest regional hospital in the Grampians region, and as such, is the principal referral hospital for the entire Region, which extends from Bacchus Marsh to the South Australian border, an area of 48,000 square kilometers.   More than 224,000 people, or 4.4 per cent of the population of Victoria, live in the Grampians Region.   Ballarat Health Services employs 3000 staff to ensure optimum care is provided for all patients, families and visitors.   Ballarat Health Services was established on 1st of January 1997 to unite and enhance three respected public health services: Queen Elizabeth Centre, Ballarat Base Hospital and Grampians Psychiatric Services.   Ballarat has a population of in excess of 88,000 people and is Australia's 20th largest city. The population of Ballarat is increasing at an annual rate of approximately one per cent.   The key services are based at two sites, the Base Hospital site and the Queen Elizabeth Centre site. Each site is located close to the central business district, with the remaining residential, day centres and community sites located throughout Ballarat.   Includes the acute hospital, emergency and diagnostic services as well as adult and secure psychiatric beds.   Includes the inpatient rehabilitation ward, palliative care ward, assessment ward, psycho-geriatric assessment and extended care and nursing home:   There are 13 off-site facilities in Ballarat and a number of community based psychiatric services in Horsham, Stawell, Ararat and Bacchus Marsh.   Ballarat Health Services includes acute, aged and mental health beds.   Significant efforts continue to be devoted to improving the quality, responsiveness and accessibility of psychiatric services through ensuring persons who have a mental illness,and their families are routinely provided with the range of internationally recognised evidence-based and best practice treatments proven to provide the best opportunity of recovery.   Clinicians are being supported with a comprehensive training, education and professional development program which is regularly reviewed, evaluated and assessed to ensure it is achieving the desired outcomes.    

Heartfelt Homes (AU, 87164499076) Browse events

Heartfelt Homes provides short term accommodation across Australia for regional and rural patients and their families. We don’t prioritise by age, gender or illness. Our sole aim is to help every person or family who needs a short-term place to stay in a medical emergency. We keep families together in times of crisis because family really is the best medicine!

The Australian Genies (AU, 83094813948) Browse events

We grant wishes ( wheel chairs, walking frames, hospital beds etc) to terminally ill and or disabled children from ages 0 to 18

KIDS Foundation (AU, 85109669794) Browse events

The KIDS Foundation is a not for profit, health promotion charity dedicated to childhood injury prevention and injury recovery. Through KIDS Foundation programs we prevent injuries, save lives and support seriously injured children.

Nepean Hospital (AU, 31910677424) Browse events

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District is responsible for providing community health and hospital care for people living in the Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury, Lithgow and Penrith Local Government Areas (LGAs) and tertiary care to residents of the Greater Western Region. The Local Health District consists of both urban and semi-rural areas, covering almost 9,179 square kilometres and an estimated resident population of almost 350,000 people. Services provided include maternity, gynaecology, neonatal intensive care, emergency, diagnostics, paediatric, surgical, intensive care, coronary care, rehabilitation and mental health. Also on the Nepean Hospital campus are a Tresillian Family Care Centre, Menopause Service, Nepean Cancer Care Centre, Diabetes Service and the Wentworth Centre for Drug and Alcohol Medicine

Stroke Association of Victoria Inc. (AU, 14524995815) Browse events

SAV is the ONLY organisation providing HOPE, encouragement, friendship, peer and emotional support, and self awareness to Stroke survivors and their families. SAV assist Stroke survivors regain their confidence, and maintain dignity and quality of life. SAV develop new support groups and expand services to support Stroke survivors sharing information. SAV provide advocacy, lobby and work with governments.

International Centre for Eyecare Education (AU, 86081872586) Browse events

At the International Centre for Eyecare Education Ltd we know that a pair of glasses and access to eye care means improved performance at school, increased employment opportunities and, ultimately, a higher quality of life. For 10 years ICEE has worked to provide underserved communities, in Australia and 40 other countries, with access to vision care to help reduce poverty. We provide effective, affordable and sustainable eye care programmes by investing in local people, eye health education and the future of eye care access.

RMHC RIDE FOR SICK KIDS RIVERINA (AU, 23729625001) Browse events

The 2014 RMHC Ride for Sick Kids Riverina will be held from 25-29th August travelling more than 900 kilometres across five days from Wagga Wagga to Sydney. Riders will navigate some of the most remote, picturesque and at times challenging terrain in Southern New South Wales, visit schools along the way and participate in community events, while raising much need funds for local Ronald McDonald Houses.

Ronald McDonald House Randwick (AU, 29907192147) Browse events

Support is vital in maintaining our House as a ‘Home away from Home’ for seriously ill children and their families. We are able to accommodate 32 families at a time, equating to over 100 people on any given night, many of whom stay with us for months or even years while their child is undergoing treatment at The Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick. It costs $132 to house each family per night, which needs to be raised 365 days of the year. Ronald McDonald House Randwick incorporates the Ronald McDonald House, the Ronald McDonald Learning Program and the Ronald McDonald Family Room at Sydney Children's Hospital; providing support to both local and regional families. Our Family Rooms are comfortable havens inside hospitals where families have the opportunity to take a break from the hospital ward and make caring for a sick child that little bit easier.

Australian Pituitary Foundation Ltd (AU, 13088357902) Browse events

The APF’s mission is to provide support to those who have experienced pituitary gland conditions. We promote awareness and disseminate information among the medical community, public, pituitary patients and their families. http://www.pituitary.asn.au