Quick Links: Funding Bodies
The Department of Veterans Affairs provides aids and equipment to Gold and White Card holders with a clinically assessed need. The range of appliances, include walking frames, continence products and oxygen based on a referral from a Local Medical Officer or health professional (e.g. an occupational therapist).
Phone: 133 254
http://www.dva.gov.au/health/rap/rap_index.htm
Manages the issuing of hearing service payments for eligible clients to access hearing assessments and devices from hearing service providers of their choice. The services include hearing assessments, the cost of the hearing device and its fitting, and the government contribution to the maintenance and repair of hearing devices.
Phone: 1800 500 726
http://www.health.gov.au/hear
An Australian Government program that assists eligible people who have permanent and severe incontinence to meet the cost of continence products. CAAS clients receive a subsidy of up to $470 per year on continence products ordered through Intouch.
Phone: 1800 330 066
www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/Content/continence-caas.htm
State and Territory Equipment Schemes:
ACT:
ACT Equipment Scheme
Offers funding to assist permanent residents of the ACT with long term disabilities to obtain and maintain a range of equipment to live at home in the community.
Phone: 02 6244 2580
www.health.act.gov.au/c/health?a=da&did=10039863&pid=1059610195
NSW:
Program of Appliances for Disabled People (PADP)
Assists eligible residents of NSW who have a permanent or long-term disability to live and participate in their community by providing appropriate equipment, aids and appliances.
Phone: 02 9391 9000
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/policies/pd/2005/PD2005_563.html
NT:
Territory Independence & Mobility Equipment Scheme (T.I.M.E.S.)
Offers funding to assist residents of the NT with a long-term disability to live and participate in their community by providing appropriate equipment, aids and appliances.
www.nt.gov.au/health/contact/contacta.shtml#times
QLD:
Medical Aids Subsidy Scheme (MASS)
Provides eligible Queensland residents with permanent and stabilised conditions or disabilities, access to subsidy funding for the provision of MASS endorsed aids and equipment.
www.health.qld.gov.au/mass/default.asp
SA:
The Independent Living Equipment Program (ILEP)
A Department for Families and Communities program to assist people with disabilities to remain living safely and independently within their homes and the community by providing them with equipment.
Phone: 08 8266 5260
www.ilc.asn.au/ilep/
TAS:
Community Equipment Scheme
Provides a variety of equipment, continence aids and appliances to eligible Tasmanian residents living in the community who have a disability of long term or indefinite duration or require equipment as part of discharge from a hospital or residential care.
South Phone: (03) 6222 7226
North Phone: (03) 6348 7906
North WestPhone: (03) 6426 2429
www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/services/view.php?id=352
VIC:
Victorian Aids and Equipment Program
Provides subsidised aids, equipment and home modifications to people who have been assessed as needing assistance to continue living safely and independently in their own home for as long as possible. The program may also assist families and carers.
Phone: 1800 783 783
http://nps718.dhs.vic.gov.au/ds/disabilitysite.nsf/sectionthree/aids_equipment
WA:
Community Aids & Equipment
Provides an equitable accessible and consistent statewide scheme for the provision of equipment and home modifications for the benefit of people with a long-term disability, who are eligible for services from the Commission and living in the community.
Phone: 08 9426 9200
http://www.disability.wa.gov.au/DSC:STANDARD::pc=PC_90385
Grants & Philanthropic Funding:
Supports children's charities in Australia to improve the lives of disabled and disadvantaged kids. The Foundation is not a single purpose charity. As a result we can help a cross-section of young people with special needs.
Phone: 02 9236 3534
www.stgeorgefoundation.com.au
A children's charity operating in 14 countries around the world supporting sick, disabled and disadvantaged children (from neonatal to the age of 18) who are in need. Provides specialised equipment and services to individuals, children?s hospitals and paediatric wards in the state, schools, institutions and even other specialist charities.
Phone: 02 4965 4911
www.varietynsw.com.au
Seeks to help seriously ill children and their families lead happier, healthier lives. Their core work involves supporting several children's programs across Australia including Ronald McDonald houses, Learning Programs, Family Rooms, Blood Bank, Family Retreat, Family facilities and Grants.
Phone: 02 9875 6666
www.rmhc.org.au/home
Brings magic and joy to children and young people with a life-threatening illness by granting their most cherished wishes.
Phone: 1800 032 260
http://www.makeawish.org.au/about/default.asp
Works to ease pressure and alleviate suffering by supporting children and their families through cancer by providing emotional guidance, financial assistance and educational services throughout the difficult treatment period and beyond.
Phone: 1800 334 771
www.redkite.org.au
Aims to brighten the lives of seriously ill and hospitalised children and their families, throughout Australia. Hospital programs include Starlight Express Rooms, Starlight Fun Centres and Starlight Express Vans. Starlight's Wishgranting program grants the wish of children aged four to eighteen who suffer from any serious illness, and meet eligibility criteria. Starlight Escapes provides children and their families with fun group outings and activities, throughout the year.
Phone: 02 9437 4311
www.starlight.org.au
Provides unique practical and emotional support and survival skills to relieve the distress and suffering of patients and their families around Australia facing, and living with, cancer or any other life-threatening illness.
Phone: 1300 364 673.
www.can-survive.org
The principal fundraising body for Princess Margaret Hospital ? WA, providing the hospital with vital medical equipment and specialist services, as well as implementing capital projects.
Phone: 08 9489 1100
www.pmhfoundation.com
A charity that co-ordinates non emergency flights for financially and medically needy people. All flights are free and may involve patients or compassionate carers travelling to or from medical facilities anywhere in Australia.
Phone: 1300 726 567
www.angelflight.org.au
Raises funds which are dedicated to eliminating cancer and diminishing suffering from cancer through Research, Treatment, Patient Care and Prevention and Early Detection.
Phone: 131120
www.qldcancer.com.au
Plays an integral part in the treatment of children with cancer in WA and supports research through the Children's Leukaemia & Cancer Research Laboratory.
Phone: 08 9340 8330
www.childcancerresearch.com.au
Extending from the flagship John Hunter Children?s Hospital in Newcastle, Kaleidoscope also includes children's facilities at hospitals across the region, including Maitland and Muswellbrook, as well as the wide range of community-based services, mental and dental health. Kaleidoscope, with its bright, easily recognisable logo, makes it easier for families to access the health care their children need.
www.kaleidoscope.org.au
Aims to integrate new research findings and innovative treatments into patient care as quickly as possible ? providing hope to cancer patients by improving cure rates and quality of life. Also hosts leading research programs such as cancer drug resistance, cancer genetics, gene therapy and a wide range of clinical research and trials.
Phone: 02 9515 6677
www.sydneycancer.com.au
Aims to be a leader in preventing cancer and finding ways of curing cancer in children through world-class research, to ensure the best possible quality of life for these children and their families, to share the vision with others and increase awareness, participation and funding.
Phone: 1800 685 686
www.ccia.org.au
An independent organisation committed to unlocking the mysteries of disease. Scientists investigate conditions such as birth defects, cancer, and epilepsy.
Phone: 1800 436 437
www.cmri.com.au
A non profit organisation that is committed to bringing hope and happiness to every child living with cancer, their families and communities through ongoing quality recreational, educational, hospital and financial support programs.
Phone: 02 9876 0500
www.campquality.org.au
A registered charity dedicated to providing treatment, research, care and support for people with leukaemia and other forms of cancer.
Phone: 03 9342 7888
www.bmdi.org.au
Builds relationships between children, young people, their families and the community. It advocates for children and young people and contributes to community knowledge about their issues.
Phone: 1800 061 000
www.barnardos.org.au
The Australian organisation for young people living with cancer. Its mission is to support, develop and empower young people living with cancer by providing an Australia-wide peer support network for 12-24 year-olds.
Phone: 1800 226 833
www.canteen.org.au
A part of community life, clubs may either provide service or raise money for their community. Most of the money raised goes back into the community, either directly or indirectly through National and International Projects.
http://www.lionsclubs.org.au/
A worldwide organisation of more than 1.2 million business and professional men and women who put the ideal of humanitarian service into action.
http://www.rotary.org.au/
Phone: 02 4940 8033