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12 Buckets
Striving to equip primary school students in need of mentoring with the skills, support and connections to build resilience and work towards a brighter future.
Ability Centre
The In-Home Baby Intervention Service (IBIS) is a therapy-based support service based in the family home that bridges the gap from the time a baby is identified as having a potential developmental delay or disability until a formal diagnosis can be made at 24 months.
Ability Solutions
Assisting children with high care needs by creating new opportunities for enjoyable physical and social interactions. The High Care Kids program will identify and engage children who are disadvantaged due to disability and provide the chance for more kids to have fun in their home, school or community environment.
Amanda Young Foundation
Through the Kiddy Canter Program, a fun and educational tool kit is provided to early learning centres, kindergartens, pre-primary classes and parents to teach basic hygiene practices to kids, reducing the chances of them contracting infectious diseases, including deadly meningococcal.
Anglicare WA
The Young Hearts program is a domestic violence counselling service for children, dedicated to breaking the cycle of family abuse. Young Hearts puts young people first, helping those most vulnerable in our community build healthy relationships and develop skills to thrive in the future.
Asthma WA
The Paediatric Respiratory Hub will be the first service of its kind in WA and combines paediatric respiratory testing with comprehensive individualised education from a Respiratory Health Educator, and an appointment with a Respiratory Specialist – all at the one appointment.
Australian Children’s Music Foundation
Through music disadvantaged children and at-risk youth are provided a creative and imaginative outlet to realise that the challenging world they have been exposed to is not the only one possible. Providing instruments and weekly teaching sessions to disengaged kids is a catalyst to a better life.
Autism Association of WA
Providing support to children with autism and their families through the Early Indicators and First Steps Playground Program for younger children, to teaching computer and tech skills to adolescent children through Coder Club 4 Autism.
Autism West
The Telethon Holiday Makers Program allows young people with autism to explore their strengths in a fun and engaging atmosphere. It’s a great opportunity for participants to meet like-minded peers and have some new fun experiences along the way.
Cahoots
Delivering fun-filled, supportive recreation camps for children with intellectual disabilities, whilst providing much needed respite for their families.
Camp Quality
Providing a dedicated coordinator to support families through their cancer experience by creating opportunities for children and parents to relax, laugh and have fun with others who are going through a similar experience.
Carers WA
Young carers supporting families where someone has an illness or disability are offered respite from the responsibilities of their role by attending an overnight camp and meeting other young people in the same situation, reinforcing the message that they are not alone.
Conductive Education
Provides WA children with complex motor disorders and allied neurological conditions access to conductive education programs – a comprehensive and unique system of education focusing on all aspects of development.
Constable Care
Young people in the Goldfields region will have the opportunity to engage in a creative program that develops critical thinking and decision-making skills. Through theatre, students examine important social problems and issues being experienced in their school community.
Curtin University
Kerry Stokes Chair of Child Health, named in honor of Seven Network chairman and Telethon trustee Mr. Kerry M Stokes AC for the enormous contribution he has made to child health research in Western Australia, will drive ground-breaking health and medical research benefitting children.
Cystic Fibrosis WA
The Regional Support and Vulnerable Families Programs provide school, community and hospital-based education, financial support, counselling, advocacy and a means to connect to other parents and carers, including siblings.
Down Syndrome WA
The developmental playgroups and peer support programs provide up-to-date information and targeted support to help families adjust to a down syndrome diagnosis and give children the best chance to develop to their full potential.
Dyslexia SPELD Foundation of WA
Children in regional areas are particularly at risk of literacy difficulties. The ability to understand and use language forms the basis of literacy and academic learning, socialisation and participation in the community and within the family, and allows children to explore new concepts, share ideas and express emotions.
Edmund Rice Camps
Empowering and inspiring at-risk kids aged between 7 and 17 years through the delivery of respite camps aimed at improving mental health and resilience.
Foodbank WA
The School Breakfast Program provides children with a healthy breakfast to encourage them to attend school and be ready for learning at the start of the school day. Children experiencing disadvantage learn the importance of starting the day with a good breakfast in order to learn and play.
Hannah's House
Dedicated to Supporting children with life-limiting conditions and complex needs and their families. Our vision is to provide care, comfort and joy for every child with a life-limiting condition and their family in ‘Hannah’s House’ and in their own home.
Healthy Strides Foundation
Kindy Moves will provide an intensive early intervention program for children with neurological conditions and injuries in the community. The program will combine the research backed approaches in a new and unique way to improve quality of life for meaningful participation.
Heart Kids
The Beyond The Heart program allows parents of children with CHD across metropolitan, regional, and rural Western Australia to feel emotionally and practically supported, and well-informed and educated, throughout their child's health journey, during hospital stays and within the community.
Horse Power
A range of horse orientated programmes designed to improve the health, well-being and social inclusion of Children who suffer a range of challenges as a result of Illness, Trauma, Physical restrictions, Learning difficulties, Mental Health issues or Autism.
Inclusion Solutions
Eight local community football (soccer) clubs across Perth will welcome children to be part of the United Reds Football League, with a focus on providing children with disabilities the opportunity gain a sense of belonging within their local football club.
Joondalup Health Campus
The ORIGINS project is a ten-year research study of pregnant women, babies and their partners aimed at improving the next generation through early diagnosis and intervention. This study will investigate how early environment and lifestyle influences affect child development.
Kalrarrin
The Kalparrin Hospital Support Program will provide practical, emotional support and information to families caring for children with developmental delay, disability, genetic condition or a chronic medical or health condition, who are inpatients or outpatients at Perth Children’s Hospital.
Legacy Club of WA
Upgrading camp facilities and accommodation for children who have lost a parent in Australian armed services. These camps develop skills, build friendships and develop bonds with others grieving the loss of a parent or spouse.
Make a Wish Foundation
Providing dream come true wishes to children facing life threatening illnesses, creating hope, joy, happiness and unforgettable memories.
Muscular Dystrophy WA
The Adolescent Resilience and Capacity Building Program is based on research from the Telethon funded Adolescent Early Intervention Pilot project and builds social and development skills to help children cope in adverse situations.
Ngala Family Services
Building the capacity of WA families, services and communities to work together through the Platforms Framework, an innovative research-based program to facilitate localised planning and service integration.
OzHarvest
Providing the delivery of nutritious food through the Food Rescue Program which improves the health and wellbeing of vulnerable children and young people from family violence and disability support services.
Parkerville Children and Youth Care
Child and Family Advocate services for the Multiagency Investigation and Support Team (MIST), providing support and advocacy to children and families following disclosure of child sexual abuse.
Perth Children’s Hospital
Perth Children’s Hospital is one of the world’s leading paediatric hospitals and trauma centres, delivering first class care to children with state of the art facilities. Thanks to Telethon, the hospital has established the Telethon Clinical Research Centre to ensure all children throughout WA have access to the latest and most effective therapies. Grants also provide cutting edge medical equipment and world best interventions for sick children.
Rebound WA
The ''Giving Kids a Go'' program works to remove barriers, both physical and mental, so that children with a physical disability can have the same participation opportunities as their able-bodied peers.
Redkite
The Cancer Journey Program provides professional support that enables children and young people with cancer to cope with the emotional, social, financial, practical and educational impact of cancer, leading to improved quality of life.
Saba Rose Button Foundation
rehabME INTENSIVE COLLECTIVE (RIC) aims to provide a program that allows special needs children to access intensive therapy in Perth. It aims to provide families and children the opportunity to meet with quality therapists to set and achieve personal, individualised rehabilitation goals.
Starlight Children’s Foundation
The Livewire Ward and Workshop Program transforms the hospital experience for young people with chronic health conditions, mental health issues and disability by offering resilience enhancing and age appropriate activities for social connectivity, creative expression and personal development.
Superfins WA
Providing swimming lessons to children with physical and intellectual disabilities through the Learn to Swim Program, reducing the incidence of drowning and making young people with disabilities feel safer around water.
Telethon Kids Institute
With top scientific minds and world-class facilities the Telethon Kids Institute discovers causes, cures and treatments to improve the lives of kids and young people. TKI is responsible for many ground breaking discoveries bringing together community, researchers, practitioners, policy makers and funders, who share the vision of improving the health and wellbeing of children through excellence in research. Leading researchers work hard to free young people from many diseases and conditions including cancer, leukaemia, diabetes, autism, asthma and cystic fibrosis. Improving the health of Aboriginal children and community is also a priority.
Telethon Speech and Hearing
Through the Power of Speech, Power of Children project Telethon Speech and Hearing aims to provide Western Australia with the most effective and extensive set of language support programs, accessible from anywhere across the State.
The Fathering Project
Inspiring and encouraging fathers and father figures in our community to be more present and pro-active at every stage of their kids’ life.
The Salvation Army
The Balga Early Learning Centre provides teachers that deliver an early intervention program for at risk children, ensuring they have the skills needed to start school and develop at their own pace.
Therapy Focus
Providing equipment, access to programs and modifications to homes and vehicles for children and young people with disabilities to improve mobility, health and wellness and assist them to move independently in their home and community.
Thriving
Helping children and adolescents affected by physical, mental or behavioural conditions through the provision of supervised, individualised and progressive exercise to improve fitness and movement.
Type 1 Diabetes Family Centre
Supporting children with Type 1 diabetes and their families through specialised programs and services including camps, nutrition and insulin workshops and clinical psychology support.
University of Western Australia
Testing an innovative approach to giving nebulised surfactant to infants with breathing difficulties after birth, and, putting a new lens on childhood leukaemia by applying a world-first method developed at UWA to test for low levels of residual leukaemia after treatment.
VisAbility
Books and Blocks with Bazza is a specialised dog-assisted playgroup for pre-school aged children who have a developmental delay or disability, giving them a very soft introduction to therapy and helping to alleviate their fears and anxiety.
WA Disabled Sports Association
Rhythm Rebels aims to use highly modified activities and adaptive musical equipment to engage children with severe and complex disabilities in music to gain the physical, cognitive and social/motivational benefits of music, While Wheelchair Warriors engages children with disabilities in competitive Olympic/Paralympic style multi-sport activities.
Wheels for Hope
Providing loan wheelchair accessible vans to assist families to transport their children safely to school, medical and therapy appointments, social activities and family outings, changing lives for WA families with disability with the gift of mobility.
Women & Infants Research Foundation
Providing ongoing research into preterm births, which remains the primary reason for neonatal deaths in Australia.
Youth Focus
To prevent youth suicide and depression by providing professional counselling to support young people during vulnerable stages, giving them the resilience to deal with life’s challenges.