Who we’ve helped
Thanks to generous donations and support, so far this year we’ve been able to assist the following not-for-profit organisations with a range of projects and initiatives that help children with special needs.
| Organisation | Funding | Purpose | State |
Anchor Community Care |
$25,000 |
Education for children experiencing homelessness |
VIC |
Aunties & Uncles (Illawarra) Inc. |
$10,000 |
Extended Family Network program – a support network for families of disadvantaged children |
NSW |
Barwon Family Resource Centre Inc (BFRC) |
$12,500 |
Counselling program for children from a disadvantaged background |
VIC |
Bateau Bay Police and Community Youth Club |
$20,000 |
Development of a recording studio for local youths |
NSW |
Blacktown PCYC |
$6,600 |
Behaviour program for young crime offenders |
NSW |
Cerebral Palsy League of Queensland |
$24,090 |
Making a Difference - medical and educational support |
QLD |
Community Lifestyles Inc |
$13,954 |
Triple E Club, respite care for up to 40 children with disabilities |
SA |
Fresh Hope Association Inc. |
$24,960 |
Expansion of children's counselling program |
QLD |
Hawkesbury Early Childhood Intervention Service |
$10,000 |
Picture Exchange Communication Program - provides children and families a means of communicating with each other when verbal communication is developing very slowly |
NSW |
Hopestreet Urban Compassion |
$10,000 |
Homework assistance program for children and parenting support group |
NSW |
Interchange Northern Region Inc |
$10,000 |
Summer holiday program for families caring for a child/ren with a disability |
VIC |
KidsXpress Ltd |
$15,000 |
Support for 15 children facing significant childhood challenges |
NSW |
Lake Macquarie Police and Community Youth Club |
$8,670 |
Community recruitment program designed to assist families of disabled children |
NSW |
Leukaemia Foundation of Australia |
$25,000 |
KIDZ Club - an early intervention therapy for children experiencing stress and poor behaviour due to the illness of a family member |
VIC |
Menslink |
$50,000 |
Expanding the Project Oriented School Mentoring Program for young boys in Grades 3 and 4 with behavioural problems |
ACT |
MOIRA Inc |
$7,220 |
Purchase of a standing frame for 14 year old girl who has Cerebral Palsy |
QLD |
MontroseAccess |
$11,944 |
Wheelchairs for children |
QLD |
Newcastle Police and Community Youth Club |
$22,800 |
Fifteen week program for 12 youth, which aims to reduce their criminal activity and increase opportunities for employment |
NSW |
Northern Beaches Interchange |
$23,842 |
Bi-monthly weekend recreation group for teenagers with disabilities |
NSW |
Operation Flinders Foundation Inc. |
$15,000 |
An eight-day survival trek through the Flinders Ranges for 'at risk' teenagers. The trek is designed to encourage teamwork and develop trust, leadership, initiative and self-confidence. |
SA |
Paedaitric Continence Association |
$24,700 |
The Chait Program, which will assist in the treatment of children diagnosed with Neuronal Intestinal Dysplasia (NID) |
VIC |
Royal Society for the Blind |
$25,000 |
Labs Just Cause - training and placement of assistance/companion dogs. 'At risk' children and youth will help to train the dogs. |
SA |
Rozelle Neighbourhood Centre Inc. |
$19,000 |
Community recruitment program designed to assist families of disabled children |
NSW |
Rugby Youth Foundation |
$25,000 |
‘Rugby in the Park’, a program that gives disadvantaged kids the opportunity to experience what many of us take for granted |
NSW |
St Kilda Police and Citizen's Youth Club Inc. |
$5,543 |
A Friday night youth activities program |
VIC |
StreetWork Incorporation |
$25,000 |
Adolescent intervention strategy that targets young people with problematic behaviour |
NSW |
Technical Aid to the Disabled (TAD) |
$14,250 |
Build or modify equipment that meets the individual everyday needs of children with a disability |
NSW |
Telopea Family Support Service |
$10,880 |
Early intervention program targeting children up to 6 years old |
NSW |
The Spastic Centre |
$5,546 |
Purchase of a standing frame for an 11 year old girl with Cerebral Palsy |
NSW |
The Spastic Centre NSW |
$6,800 |
Purchase of a standing frame for an 11 year old girl with Cerebral Palsy |
NSW |
The Spastic Centre of NSW |
$5,285 |
Purchase of Voice Output Communication Device for a 4 year old boy |
NSW |
Zaidee's Rainbow Foundation |
$25,000 |
Production and installation of Zaidee's Plaques into Intensive Care Units in major hospitals throughout Australia. The plaques will explain what Zaidee gave as a donor and encourage people to discuss with their families how they could also become donors. |
VIC |
Zoe's Place Children's Hospice |
$10,000 |
Respite services equipment |
QLD |
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