Perth Children's Hospital Foundation

Perth Children's Hospital Foundation Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation is the specialist children’s healthcare charity at PCH. Help us fuel the fight on the frontline by donating at pchf.org.au

We fuel the fight on the frontline, to help sick children get well and stay well. For healthier, happier kids. Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation is the official and largest fundraiser for Perth Children’s Hospital. By working closely with those on the frontline, the Foundation has an in-depth understanding of what clinicians, researchers and families need to ensure we make a tangible impact whe

re it counts most. This knowledge guides the solutions we fund, ensuring sick children have access to world-class care through the most advanced equipment and technology, research, expertise, education and training, and positive patient experiences. Help us fuel the fight on the frontline by donating today.

04/09/2026

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When people hear the word hospice, they often think only of end of life care.But children’s palliative care is also abou...
31/08/2026

When people hear the word hospice, they often think only of end of life care.

But children’s palliative care is also about supporting children with life-limiting conditions, and their families, throughout a child’s life - and a very important part of that is respite.

For families providing around the clock care, respite gives them the opportunity to rest and recharge while their child receives the care and support they need.

But Sandcastles (Boodja Mia) is not simply about providing clinical care in a different setting. It has been designed as a home-like sanctuary where children and families can spend precious time together, surrounded by the care, comfort and support they need.

Family rooms, shared kitchen, dining and living spaces, playrooms, a hydrotherapy pool and outdoor living and play spaces, surrounded by natural bushland with views of the ocean, are all part of creating an environment that feels less like an institution and more like home.

Paediatric palliative care is about helping children live as well as possible, while supporting the whole family along the way. End of life care will always be an important part of what the hospice provides - but it's only part of the story.

Sandcastles (Boodja Mia) is nearing completion, but we still need your help to bring the vision fully to life. Your support will help create the environment, experiences and services around that care, helping make Sandcastles feel like a home for WA children and families when they need it most.

Help us bring Sandcastles to life. Donate via the link in our bio 🏖

For nearly 20 years, WAITTA and WA's tech community have backed Perth's sick kids, raising close to $1 million for Perth...
26/08/2026

For nearly 20 years, WAITTA and WA's tech community have backed Perth's sick kids, raising close to $1 million for Perth Children's Hospital Foundation.

Last week, that partnership reached an exciting new chapter. We welcomed WA's tech, data, AI and innovation leaders to NAB's Perth headquarters for the official Tech4SickKids Launch Breakfast.

Marking an exciting new chapter for a community already committed to changing young lives. Thank you to everyone who joined us.

Click here to read the full story: https://www.businessnews.com.au/article/WA-s-tech-sector-powers-up-for-sick-kids-0

Last week, we welcomed our ambassador families for a special tour of Sandcastles (Boodja Mia), as construction of Wester...
24/08/2026

Last week, we welcomed our ambassador families for a special tour of Sandcastles (Boodja Mia), as construction of Western Australia’s first children’s hospice approaches completion.

Among them were Preeti Raghwani, her husband Janesh and their daughter Mahi, who have followed and supported the project for many years. Preeti’s daughter Ziya died from a life-limiting mitochondrial disease in 2019, shortly before her second birthday.

“It was incredibly special and quite surreal to finally walk through the spaces after having followed and supported the project for so many years. We are so grateful to everyone who has helped bring it to life.”

The Raghwani family joined other ambassador families to explore the guest bedrooms, shared living and play spaces, hydrotherapy pool, gardens and dedicated bereavement areas that will soon welcome children with life-limiting conditions and their families.

For some, the tour meant seeing the spaces they wish had been available during the hardest days of their own child’s life. For others, it meant seeing what Sandcastles could make possible for their family in the future: time away together, specialist care in a home-like environment, opportunities for siblings to play and connect, and support extending beyond the child to the whole family.

Western Australia has never had a purpose-built children’s hospice. Sandcastles will give families choices and support that have not previously existed here, whether they come for respite, symptom management, end-of-life care or bereavement support.

Over the coming weeks, we’ll share more from the families who toured the hospice and what seeing Sandcastles meant to them 🏖

As construction of Sandcastles (Boodja Mia) approaches completion and we prepare to welcome families, planning for the n...
19/08/2026

As construction of Sandcastles (Boodja Mia) approaches completion and we prepare to welcome families, planning for the neighbouring Swanbourne Community Parkland is also moving forward.

The hospice and its surrounding landscape have been considered together from the beginning, through close collaboration between Hassell’s architecture and landscape teams. Hassell Associate and Sandcastles design lead, James French and Senior Landscape Architect Rocelyn Crowe are part of that work, considering everything from the warm, natural materials inside Sandcastles to its gardens, pathways and relationship with the surrounding coastal landscape.

For children and families, this is about much more than how Sandcastles looks. It is about how the hospice feels and what its spaces allow families to do: rest, play, gather, connect with nature and simply spend time together. The cultural themes of heart, pathways, family, Country and home have also helped guide the design, underpinned by the curatorial vision 'to be held'.

The plans for Swanbourne Community Parkland carry those ideas into the landscape, with accessible pathways, nature-based play, places for rest and reflection, native planting and stronger connections to the surrounding bushland, local wildlife and coast. It will create a welcoming place alongside Sandcastles for children, families and the wider community to share.

The Swanbourne Parkland Fund will support the landscaping and planting needed to bring these plans to life.

To learn more or support the Swanbourne Parkland Fund, visit sandcastles.org.au.

Every second Friday for more than 25 years, PCHF volunteers Janet and Nancy have set up their fundraising stall right ou...
14/08/2026

Every second Friday for more than 25 years, PCHF volunteers Janet and Nancy have set up their fundraising stall right outside the Gift Shop at Perth Children's Hospital.

Their dedication means they're now very close to reaching a huge $350,000 raised for PCHF, supporting initiatives like the Play and Wait Activity Trolley, which brings play and joy to kids and families during hospital visits.

Thank you, Janet and Nancy. ❤️ Your dedication is a beautiful reminder that consistently showing up, year after year, can make a world of difference to more young patients and families than you will ever know. 🙏

13/08/2026

When Fleur died in 2022, her parents, Michael and Miranda, said goodbye to her at home because Western Australia had nowhere purpose-built for a family in their position to go.

Their experience is part of the reason Sandcastles (Boodja Mia) exists.

As Michael explains, a hospital ward is not where families want a child’s final days to be spent. Children and families need comfort, familiar faces and the people they love close by. They need a place that feels like home, with specialist care and support around them.

Sandcastles (Boodja Mia) will give WA families that choice, helping children live as fully and comfortably as possible, while giving families precious time together.

Construction is nearly complete, but we still need the community’s help to open the doors.

Michael and Miranda have shared Fleur’s story so that other families will have somewhere to turn when they need it most.

Please donate today at sandcastles.org.au 🏖

11/08/2026

Meet the ZeroG 3D, a robot that takes the weight off, so WA kids can find their strength again. 💜

Harper, Bruce, Luca, Rosa and Eve are some of the first kids to try this dynamic bodyweight support system at PCH. It supports a range of conditions, including cerebral palsy and cancer recovery, helping kids safely practice walking, balancing and everyday movements.

PCHF committed $1.2 million to bring this world-class technology to WA kids, a first for any Australian children's hospital.

You can help us support ground-breaking technology like the ZeroG 3D by donating via: pchf.org.au/donate-today

A place for comfort, play and moments of relief.Thanks to an extraordinary gift of almost $150,000 from Trendsetter Home...
10/08/2026

A place for comfort, play and moments of relief.

Thanks to an extraordinary gift of almost $150,000 from Trendsetter Homes, the sensory and soft play rooms at Sandcastles (Boodja Mia) will be fully fitted out for the children and families who will use them.

The spaces will include interactive sensory lighting, soft play structures, therapeutic seating and low-stimulation areas where children can relax, play and spend time with their families.

For Trendsetter Homes Managing Director Michael Agostino and his wife Brooke, visiting Sandcastles (Boodja Mia) brought home the significance of what they were helping to create.

“You know what you’re donating to and you know the cause, but until you see it, you just don’t get it.

“It’s so much bigger than just the word ‘hospice’ when you see the lengths they’ve gone to, to make sure it doesn’t feel like a hospital.

“To be part of something ground-breaking like that is brilliant.”

We are incredibly grateful to Michael, Brooke and the Trendsetter Homes team for helping create spaces that will bring comfort, connection and joy to WA children with life-limiting conditions and their families.

Read more via PerthNow: https://www.perthnow.com.au/wa/perth/central/western-suburbs/first-wa-childrens-hospice-sandcastles-gifted-major-donation-to-keep-the-project-moving-c-22577310

Another part of Sandcastles (Boodja Mia) is taking shape.Last week, artists Sioux Tempestt and Julianne Wade began paint...
07/08/2026

Another part of Sandcastles (Boodja Mia) is taking shape.

Last week, artists Sioux Tempestt and Julianne Wade began painting a new mural across the hospice hardcourt. The hardcourt will be a place for play, activity and time together.

This mural, together with the artwork sandblasted into the garden pathways, is helping make it feel unmistakably part of Sandcastles: welcoming, joyful and intentional.

Sioux and Julianne also led the art workshops that brought together children with life-limiting conditions, their siblings, families, volunteers and students from Swanbourne Primary School. Through accessible, hands-on activities, they explored ideas of care, shelter, home, connection and the natural landscape surrounding Sandcastles.

Those workshops formed part of the broader creative vision, 'To Be Held'. Now, that same sense of colour, movement and belonging is extending into the hospice's outdoor spaces, with the children's artwork printed on glass discs and displayed in the garden.

We wish to extend our thanks to the team at WA art consultancy Apparatus and to Jahne Rees from Scapeism, both of whom worked closely with our team on this project.

To find out more about how you can support Sandcastles as we get closer to welcoming children with life-limiting illnesses and their families, head to sandcastles.org.au.

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