Twelve-year-old Dusty Langby has completed an extraordinary 16-day walk from western NSW to Canberra, raising more than $500,000 to help regional children access specialist medical care....
From 1–31 May 2026, customers can buy a specially created Starlight Muffin at their local Muffin Break, with $1 from every muffin sold donated to Starlight. Customers can also make a $2 donation in-store....
A simple book swap could help put thousands of books into the hands of First Nations children. The Indigenous Literacy Foundation is calling on schools, families and communities to get involved—and it’s easier than you think. A simple idea with a big impact Swapping books might feel...
As children across Australia head back to school, hundreds won’t be returning to their classrooms. Instead, they’ll be in hospital rooms, undergoing treatment for blood cancer — the most common and life-threatening cancer affecting Australian children. This year alone, around 350 Australian children will be diagnosed with blood cancer....
This Starlight Day (Tuesday, 20 May), the Starlight Children’s Foundation is calling on Australians to help raise $1.3 million to bring happiness to seriously ill kids just like Alice. When three-year-old Alice was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive cancer behind her right eye, her family’s...
Spread the Word: New Mum’s Jam to Help Sick Kids A new range of delicious, sweet fruit jams has hit the shelves at Coles to raise funds for the Australian charity, Hospitals United for Sick Kids. Mum’s Jam: A New Way to Support Hospitals The new Mum’s Jam,...
Coles’ customers and team members raise more than $2.5 million to support medical research, health and wellbeing for children. Coles team members with Hummingbird House staff L-R: Ellen Whittaker, Filippa Byrne, Lucy Hirst, Nick Bannan and Kelly Oldham Funds raised in this year’s local fundraising drive will...
Two-year-old Harley Rigby will inspire Queenslanders to turn their small change into support for sick kids, becoming the face of this year’s Woolworths Small Change Appeal to raise funds for the Children’s Hospital Foundation. Throughout October, customers shopping at Woolworths supermarkets in Queensland will have the...
Blueberries are not only good for you – they’re also good for the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation! Delectable on their own (by the handful!), with yoghurt, in smoothies, or atop pancakes, blueberries are rich in vitamin C, as well as minerals for healthy bones and...
What are the unexpected challenges faced by Australia’s homeless women? asks Melissa Cowan Have you ever stopped to notice that the homeless people you see on the streets are mostly, if not always, men? Given that every night there are over 45,000 women experiencing homelessness in...
