Ward 9E Trust Foundation, Royal North Shore Hospital (AU, 54330166770) Browse events

The Fundraising Department at Royal North Shore (RNSH) raises money to support the work of the hospital and to ensure the comfort and well-being of patients and staff.   We reach out to the communities in our local government areas of Lane Cove,  Willoughby, North Sydney and Mosman.    Royal North Shore Hospital is a tertiary referral hospital and provides many state-wide services. These include: Severe Burn Injury Service Neonatal Intensive Care Severe Spinal Injury Service Neuro-interventional radiology Cardiology Northern Sydney Cancer Centre Pain Management Service.  As a result, donations are also received from grateful patients and families outside our immediate area.   Individuals, local business and community groups are pleased and proud to be associated with RNSH and are generous, public spirited supporters.   Approximately 3000 staff care for more than 100,000 patients each year at RNSH.   We also train the doctors, nurses and allied health professionals of the future.   RNSH is a teaching hospital of the University of Sydney (medicine, allied health), the University of Technology, Sydney (nursing), and the Australian Catholic University (nursing and allied health).   The Kolling Institute of Medical Research is located on the RNSH campus. Researchers and clinicians are involved in practical medical research, designed to bring breakthroughs in the laboratory to the patients’ bedsides.   Thoughtful, generous donors, like you, find both the acute medical care provided to the local community and the ongoing research into improving the care and treatment of patients across NSW, to be worthy of support.   Your donation or bequest can be directed to a particular area or be a general donation. You can be confident that it will applied exactly as you wish.   We want to provide the very best in medical equipment, underwrite practical research and continue to educate the young people who will look after all of us in the future.   We can do it - with your help.

Ride Like Crazy (AU, 85296010948) Browse events

Ride Like Crazy is a mass participation cycling event, which is an initiative of Ride Like Crazy Incorporated and is supported by the South Australia Police. The purpose of the event is to raise funds for nominated South Australian charities with a focus on cancer research, prevention and treatment and to promote road safety. The two charities for Ride Like Crazy 2014 are Neurosurgical Research Foundation and the Flinders Medical Centre Foundation.

Jodi Lee Foundation (AU, 22313584765) Browse events

    Bowel cancer is 90% curable if detected early. Despite this, it is the second most common cause of cancer-related death in Australia. The Jodi Lee Foundation exists to educate people about the importance of bowel cancer screening and that early detection saves lives.   Our primary objectives are to:   1. Promote awareness about the high incidence of bowel cancer and encourage early detection through regular screening from age 40    2. Establish and promote a bowel cancer screening program that allows businesses to offer tests to their employees    3. Build an online questionnaire, in conjunction with the Cancer Council SA and CSIRO, to help people self-assess their risk of developing bowel cancer based on their family history

Dainere's Rainbow Brain Tumour Fund - Sydney Children's Hospital Foundation (AU, Dainere's Rainbow Brain Tumour Fund - Sydney Children's Hospital Foundation - N/A) Browse events

   

Telethon 7 WA (AU, 90546102726) Browse events

The Channel Seven Telethon Trust is a registered charity with a philosophy that financially supports the medical and social welfare of children and young people and funds research into children’s diseases. In 1968 the board of Channel 7 Perth made a conscious decision to serve the community and created a continuous 20 hour broadcast to raise money called "Telethon".  The first appeal raised $104,829 - a lot of money in 1968.  A charitable trust was registered with an independent group of people dedicated to improving the lives of children and young people throughout Western Australia appointed as Trustees whose role would be to decide on where the funds were distributed each year.  

Hunter Melanoma Foundation (AU, 75185968305) Browse events

Muscular Dystrophy Australia (AU, 55094123627) Browse events

Leukaemia Foundation - Tasmania (AU, 19059492321) Browse events

WIGWAM, Wig Library Loan Service- Cancer Services CCLHD (AU, WIGWAM, Wig Library Loan Service- Cancer Services CCLHD - N/A) Browse events

Brainwave (AU, 45121628368) Browse events

Inspirational Teens Inc (AU, 83596273161) Browse events

Spine and Limb Foundation (AU, 63279515027) Browse events

Australian Gynaecological Cancer Foundation (AU, 17152685295) Browse events

Dugong Conservation Research, University of Queensland (AU, Dugong Conservation Research, University of Queensland - N/A) Browse events

Bond University Centre for Autism Spectrum Disorder (AU, 88010694121) Browse events

Platypus Charity (AU, 11066794947) Browse events

Whittle Palliative Care Unit - Tasmania (AU, 18154006318) Browse events

Palliative Care aims to enhance the quality of life of people living with a life limiting illness, focusing on comfort rather than cure. The JW Whittle Pallaitive Care Unit is a dedicated palliative care inpatient unit providing 24 hour care.

Down Syndrome Association of the Northern Territory lnc (AU, 74662925504) Browse events

The Down Syndrome Association of the Northern Territory is a provider of support services helping parents and families of individuals with Down syndrome to reach their full potential. Services include family network and friendship groups, rural and remote visits, school support, computer aided learning program, community awareness and advocacy support.

Foresight (AU, 38008622311) Browse events

Established 35 years ago, Foresight was the first Australian, not-for-profit dedicated to the prevention and cure of avoidable blindness. Foresight works with countries in the Asia Pacific region providing eye surgery, medical equipment, training and preventative health programs. Focused on more than the cure, we are committed to preventing the conditions that lead to blindness. Foresight  works with local governments to empower communities so that sight saving services, are eventually delivered by local surgeons and health workers.

Heart Research Centre (AU, 87267901425) Browse events

We are an independent research centre, with a goal of improving the lives of people living with cardiac disease and preventing further cardiac events. Our focus on effective cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention means that we undertake research into the psychological, social and behavioural aspects of cardiovascular disease. We seek to understand what factors help in recovery, what makes for a better quality of life for these patients, how they can be assisted to modify risk behaviours and how they can be supported in self-management.

Jacaranda Cottage (AU, 55011455621) Browse events

FARA (Friedreich Ataxia Research Association) (AU, 96514615574) Browse events

FARA supports scientific research of the neurological, degenerative disease Friedreich Ataxia (FA). FA affects mostly young children and teenagers, initially causing co-ordination, balance and speech problems. It is progressive, and currently there is no treatment or cure. FARA is the only funding body for Friedreich Ataxia research in Australia and needs your help. It is a race against time for all FA sufferers and their families.

The Schizophrenia Research Institute (AU, 31068846319) Browse events

The Schizophrenia Research Institute is the only national medical research institute solely dedicated to discovering the ways to prevent and cure schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that will affect one in one hundred young people in Australia.

Intracranial Hypertension Australia (AU, 83492081737) Browse events

  Intracranial Hypertension Australia (IHA) is a non-profit health promotion organisation whose goal is to provide information and support to patients, their families and medical practitioners – and ultimately, raise awareness of this ‘invisible’ condition.   Intracranial Hypertension is a debilitating neurological condition, affecting approximately one in 100,000 people.   There is no known cause and no known cure.   The main objectives of the Intracranial Hypertension Australia (IHA) is directed towards: raising awareness; encourage research into this life altering condition; and providing a support platform to those affected by IH and their families.  

River's Gift (AU, 30165280541) Browse events

Established in 2011 by two devastated, yet focused and determined parents searching for answers surrounding the death of their 4 month old son, River Jak Adam. River's Gift has evolved into a global movement, with thousands of supporters across the world and the formation of a dedicated research partnership that is committed to finding a cure for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)