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 |
| Assistance Dogs Australia |
$ 22,116.00 |
Service Dog for a person with a physical disability |
NSW |
| Asthma Foundation of WA |
$ 15,000.00 |
The Triple E Asthma Challenge |
WA |
| Banyule Community Health |
$ 50,000.00 |
Youth Worker to work with Senior students experiencing significant social and personal issues |
VIC |
| Belmore PCYC |
$ 30,000.00 |
Learning To Live Project - sport, education and leisure activities to engage and involve the "at risk" youth of the area |
NSW |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters (Melbourne) Inc |
$ 20,000.00 |
A Mentoring Project for 'At Risk' Young People |
VIC |
| Bravehearts Inc |
$ 5,885.00 |
Ditto Music CD Roll-out - music with personal safety messages for school children |
NSW |
| Bridgewater PCYC |
$ 4,900.00 |
Jujitsu Equipment and Uniforms for classes for 'at risk' youth |
TAS |
| Bridgewater PCYC |
$ 7,920.00 |
Gagebrook Outreach - social workers for after school activities |
TAS |
| Bush Childrens Education Foundation of NSW Inc |
$ 20,000.00 |
The 'Through to Uni' Project |
NSW |
| Canine Helpers for the Disabled Inc |
$ 15,000.00 |
The Facility Dog Program Expansion |
NSW |
| Care Works |
$ 20,933.00 |
The Telopea Family Support Service "Equip" Project |
NSW |
| Caretakers Cottage |
$ 11,880.00 |
Psychologist for Caretakers Cottage |
NSW |
| Central Coast Kids in Need Inc |
$ 10,000.00 |
Accommodation costs for seriously ill children |
NSW |
| Centre Against Child Sexual Assault |
$ 4,400.00 |
an early intervention high school-based program aimed at addressing the problems of sexual assault and domestic violence |
NSW |
| Cerebral Palsy League of Queensland |
$ 2,402.00 |
Laptop for a disabled 6 yr old girl for use with special communication programs |
QLD |
| Chain Reaction Foundation |
$ 25,000.00 |
The Mt Druitt Learning Ground Project |
NSW |
| Chinese Parents Association for Children with Disabilities |
$ 5,000.00 |
Friends Connection - School holiday programs for children with disabilities and their siblings |
NSW |
| Coffs Harbour PCYC |
$ 4,440.00 |
Hollow Log Cultural Awareness Program - a 12 week cultural awareness program for young indigenous males who are identified as young offenders and youth 'at risk'. |
NSW |
| Community Programs Inc |
$ 35,154.00 |
Early Intervention for Indigenous Children |
NSW |
| Concern Australia |
$ 22,500.00 |
Hand Brake Turn Central Coast Program - a structured 8 week training program for disadvantaged youth |
NSW |
| Cooinda Family Support Group Inc |
$ 999.00 |
Laptop for school use by 13 year old boy with moderate Autism Spectrum Disorder |
VIC |
| Cystic Fybrosis Victoria |
$ 15,000.00 |
Physiotherapy Equipment |
VIC |
| Daystar Foundation |
$ 23,000.00 |
Garden Club - Organic Gardens for Ingleburn & Ambervale Public Schools to engage disadvantaged youth and teach them landscaping skills |
NSW |
| Doncare Community Care and Counselling Service Inc. |
$ 720.00 |
12 sessions of Speech Pathology for disabled child |
VIC |
| Epilepsy Assoc. of SA & the NT Inc. (T/A The Epilepsy Centre) |
$ 5,000.00 |
epiYOUNGcarer - a three day, two night retreat for children, between 11 -16, who are the major carer for someone with epilepsy |
SA |
| Family Resource and Network Support Inc |
$ 2,500.00 |
An Oxford Advance Patient Lifter for a 4 yr old girl |
NSW |
| Fanconi Anaemia Australia LTD |
$ 3,500.00 |
Travel Grants - Fanconi Camp 2008 - the first Australian camp for families with Fanconi Anaemia |
SA |
| Foundation21 Inc |
$ 25,000.00 |
Speech Clinic Therapist |
SA |
| FRANS |
$ 16,620.00 |
The Teenage Independence Program |
NSW |
| Gold Coast Project for Homeless Youth Inc |
$ 25,000.00 |
Healthy Minds Pilot Project - counselling for homeless youth |
QLD |
| Guide Dogs for the Blind Association of Queensland |
$ 4,571.00 |
Children's Orientation and Mobility Aids |
QLD |
| HeartKids Australia |
$ 28,496.00 |
In Hospital Family Emergency Assistance Program |
NSW |
| Interchange Northern Region Inc |
$ 10,000.00 |
costs to provide a free summer holiday that will give respite from the stress, frustrations, worries and isolation often experienced by families caring for a child with a disabilities |
VIC |
| Kids Camps Inc |
$ 37,760.00 |
Busselton Regional Camps - camps for isolated children in regional areas |
WA |
| Kilmany UnitingCare |
$ 20,379.20 |
MyTime: Respite for families who have children 0-5 age with disabilities |
VIC |
| Landsdale Family Support Association Inc |
$ 25,000.00 |
Siblings Camps - cost of weekend camps for the school-age siblings of children with a disability |
WA |
| Learning Links |
$ 4,000.00 |
Support for Infants to Help them Learn (Leckey Early Sitting and Early Activity Systems) |
NSW |
| Lighthouse Foundation |
$ 13,800.00 |
A computer for each lighthouse foundation home for homeless children in VIC |
VIC |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation |
$ 30,000.00 |
Wishes for Indigenous Children Living in Australia |
NSW |
| Mamre Association |
$ 2,500.00 |
A customised compression garment for a boy with cerebral palsy |
QLD |
| Misson Australia |
$ 8,810.00 |
The Breakaway Art Program |
NSW |
| Montrose Access |
$ 4,718.00 |
Wheelchairs for Children |
QLD |
| MontroseAccess |
$ 800.00 |
Gator Walking Aid for disabled 6yr old |
QLD |
| Muscular Distrophy Association of WA |
$ 30,000.00 |
The Cough Assist Campaign |
WA |
| Muscular Dystrophy Assiciation Inc |
$ 2,552.00 |
Camp for children with a neuromuscular condition and siblings |
SA |
| Nevus Support Australia Inc |
$ 35,000.00 |
Nevus Support Australia Camp/Conference 2008 - cover costs of camp for children, families and caregivers affected by CMN (a rare disease) |
ACT |
| Northern Beaches Interchange |
$ 26,220.00 |
A Teenage Adventure Group |
NSW |
| ozED |
$ 12,000.00 |
OzED 2008 National Family "Campfrence" - funding to host a family focused camp/conference for children with the rare genetic disorder Ectodermal dysplasia |
WA |
| Paradise Kids |
$ 20,000.00 |
Phase Two of the Paradise Kids Illness Support Program |
QLD |
| Paramatta Young Christian Workers |
$ 12,904.00 |
The Reach Out: Skills for the Future Program |
NSW |
| Redkite |
$ 18,000.00 |
Telegroup Counselling for families of children with cancer |
NSW |
| Riding for the Disabled |
$ 4,520.00 |
Creation of an Early Intervention Program for Eight Financially Disadvantaged Children with Physical Disabilities |
NSW |
| Rozelle Neighbourhood Centre |
$ 25,000.00 |
Weekend Volunteering Project - respite groups for people with disabilities |
NSW |
| SCARF |
$ 17,850.00 |
The Homework Help & Holiday Theatre Program |
NSW |
| Spinal Muscular Atrophy Association of Australia Inc |
$ 7,500.00 |
Cough Assist Machine |
VIC |
| Sports Challenge Australia |
$ 20,000.00 |
Generational Change Program - Sporting program for 'at risk' children aged 9 to 12 years |
WA |
| St Gabriels School for Hearing Impaired Children |
$ 12,500.00 |
The Hear the Children Early Intervention Program |
NSW |
| St George Divison of General Practice Inc |
$ 37,375.00 |
The UpZone (UZ) Youth Clinic - funding to employ a part-time practice administration support person to assist with the expansion of their current Youth Clinic |
NSW |
| Starlight Childrens Foundation |
$ 20,000.00 |
Children’s and Adolescents Art Packs Program - used as a distraction activity during workshop programs for sick and hospitalised children |
NSW |
| Stride Foundation |
$ 20,000.00 |
Making a Difference - Preventative Programs for Young Australians |
VIC |
| Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre |
$ 25,000.00 |
The purchase of Cochlear implants for children on the waiting list |
NSW |
| Sydney Heritage Fleet |
$ 25,000.00 |
Youth Work Boat Building and Sailing Experience Program - provides young people with learning disabilities access to maritime industry |
NSW |
| Technical Aid To The Disabled |
$ 11,800.00 |
The Next Step Project - The project is a "step and rail" device that enables children with a disability to have easier access to bathroom facilities. |
NSW |
| The Australian Childrens Music Foundation |
$ 28,600.00 |
Music for Youth at Risk |
NSW |
| The John Berne School |
$ 20,000.00 |
The Kokoda for Kids At Risk Program |
NSW |
| The Shepherd Centre |
$ 12,500.00 |
Early Intervention Programs |
NSW |
| The Spastic Centre |
$ 11,028.00 |
A manual wheelchair & seating system for a disabled child |
NSW |
| The Spastic Centre |
$ 5,275.00 |
Seating and a headrest for a disabled child |
NSW |
| The Spastic Centre |
$ 10,000.00 |
Vechicle Modifications for a disabled child |
NSW |
| The Spastic Centre |
$ 17,854.00 |
A Communication Device with Mounting for a disabled child |
NSW |
| The Spastic Centre |
$ 200.00 |
Adapted Feeding Equipment for 2 disabled children |
NSW |
| The Spastic Centre |
$ 499.00 |
Communication software program for a 5 year old |
NSW |
| The Spastic Centre |
$ 2,750.00 |
A mounting device for specialist communication equipment for a child with cerebral palsy |
NSW |
| The Spastic Centre |
$ 719.00 |
SwitchIt Maker2 and Big Jack switch (activities program and special joystick for disabled child) |
NSW |
| The Spastic Centre |
$ 699.00 |
Boardmaker Deluxe communication program for disabled child |
NSW |
| The Spastic Centre |
$ 1,480.00 |
a techtalk device for 4 year old girl |
NSW |
| The Spastic Centre |
$ 13,068.00 |
Liberator -14 Communication Device for a 17yr old |
NSW |
| The Spastic Centre |
$ 3,452.00 |
Voice output communication device and mounting system for a disabled child |
NSW |
| The Spastic Centre |
$ 14,042.00 |
Funding of power wheelchair for a 4 year old boy |
NSW |
| Therapy Focus |
$ 145.00 |
Clicker 5 literacy skills program for disabled 16yr old |
WA |
| Transplant Australia Ltd |
$ 25,000.00 |
11th Australian Transplant Games - travel and accommodation costs for 30 participants |
NSW |
| Variety Club of Victoria Inc |
$ 11,000.00 |
Circus Oz Program - funding to help cover the cost of taking 1350 children with social and economic disadvantage, disability and illness and their families to a night at the circus with no charge to the families |
VIC |
| Vermont South Special School |
$ 1,500.00 |
Soccer goals and net for special needs students |
VIC |
| Very Special Kids |
$ 30,256.00 |
Life is for Living - Out Of Home Respite Program - |
VIC |
| Xavier Childrens Support Network |
$ 4,233.00 |
Leckey Therapy Chair for a disabled child |
QLD |
| Xavier Childrens Support Network |
$ 24,600.00 |
Xavier loan pool - 7 pieces of equipment for families of disabled children to loan |
QLD |
| Xavier Children's Support Network |
$ 645.00 |
Special Needs Stroller for a disabled 2 1/2 year old |
QLD |
| Xavier Children's Support Network |
$ 2,615.00 |
High/Low Bed for disabled 12 yr old girl |
QLD |
| Xavier Children's Support Network |
$ 2,687.00 |
Adjustable bed for disabled 4 yr old |
QLD |
| Xavier Children's Support Network |
$ 2,995.00 |
Electric bed for disabled 3 1/2 yr old |
QLD |
| Xavier Children's Support Network |
$ 2,729.00 |
a Leckey Mygo Hi Low Base for 6 year old boy |
QLD |
| YMCA |
$ 4,337.00 |
YMCA Victoria AquaSafe program (Swimming and survival lessons) |
VIC |
| YMCA |
$ 4,745.00 |
New Beginnings Respite Camp for displaced children living with extended family |
NSW |
| Youth Insearch |
$ 25,170.00 |
Youth Insearch Camps - costs for camps for disadvantaged children |
NSW |
