Every child deserves the chance to be the best they can be, to get the most out of life, regardless of their ability or background. For some families, having a child with special needs can be a life-long challenge.Imagine if your child needed round-the-clock care that you just couldn’t afford. Or an expensive piece of medical equipment to help them walk or talk.
Where would you turn for help?
For children who are sick, disadvantaged or who have special needs, that place is Variety – the Children’s Charity. Each year, thousands of these children and their families turn to Variety for support when they need it most. And many more are waiting patiently for caring people like you to help them.
You can make the biggest difference of all.
Variety is where families find help when government assistance isn’t available. When they can’t afford specialist care and equipment for their child. When there’s nowhere else to turn.Your donation today will help change kids’ lives in ways you may never have imagined.
Annika's Story
Annika lives with quadriplegic cerebral palsy, causing her continuous and debilitating back pain and increasingly restricted ranges of limb movement as a result of long periods spent sitting or lying.
The help Annika needed most was a specialised powered wheelchair, with a standing function to regularly move her young body, help reduce back pain and give her more confidence by providing life-altering physical therapy benefits and freedom.
Hair with Heart
The funds raised through Hair with Heart, and the proceeds from the hair donated, support Variety’s grants and programs for kids who are sick, disadvantaged or living with a disability.
Nathan's Story
Nathan Donaldson, a 17-year-old from Bundaberg, was recently awarded a Variety Heart Scholarship for wheelchair racing.
Nathan was born with Cerebral Palsy that affects all four limbs. He was unable to join in sports as a child, until he was introduced to Para Athletics wheelchair racing.
In his own words, Nathan found his ability in his disability.
Kia's Story
Kia is in Year 6 at her local school which has just 41 students. Her teachers describe her as kind, smart and beautifully-mannered with a lot of potential.
But there hasn’t been an opportunity for her to continue her studies outside of Wujal Wujal. Until now.
50% of Indigenous students in remote Indigenous communities do not complete secondary school and in more remote regions, have no access to secondary schooling locally.
Paige's Story
Paige Leonhardt from Brisbane didn’t let cerebral palsy, partial blindness in her right eye, epilepsy or ASD stop her getting to World Number 1!
Variety – The Children’s Charity helped Paige get to the Rio Paralympics then on to rank number 1 in the World.