Smiling. Happy. Healthy. Three things every child should have the right to be. But WA knows that for Noah Johnson, these basic blessings didn’t come easy.
Hayley Sorensen
Warning: distressing content. When Amberly Lynch’s dad arrived home two years ago, he found a letter from his daughter on the front door telling him that she loved him, that she was sorry, and not to come in.
Claire Sadler
In 2025, our focus is clear: to ensure every child and family in need receives the critical care, services, support and hope they deserve.
Richard Goyder AO Chair of Telethon Trust
A baker’s dozen of young cousins bring food and fun to their neighbourhood every Telethon weekend
Alison Wakeham
Vulnerable children in remote Western Australia are being given the skills to grow, harvest and cook nutritious food through a program aimed at reducing food insecurity for families affected by poverty.
Rhianna Mitchell
From the community to hospitals, researchers and doctors, every ounce of support flows on to WA’s very special children and families who need a little extra help.
A study that has been boosted thanks to Telethon funding is hoping to pave the way for improved testing and management of gestational diabetes that affects one in six pregnancies in Australia.
A new Telethon grant will allow the Special Olympics to extend its education arm and enlist local coaches to teach kids with intellectual disabilities and autism sports in schools across Perth and Bunbury.
Jessica Evensen
A Telethon-funded initiative makes the children facing serious or long-term illness feel like superheroes.
Angela Pownall
Binar Futures is going above and beyond to help close the gap in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander outcomes through an innovative health initiative.
Hannah Cross
Iris and Charlie Liebeck are here thanks to their parents’ unwavering strength and determination, dedicated medical staff and state-of-the-art Telethon-funded equipment.
Camp Quality is now helping families get back precious missed family time, thanks to Telethon funding.
Durham Road School cares for children with a multitude of needs but they are only too willing to help others
Little Florence Shanks has long inspired those around her with the tenacity and good cheer she summons each day to fight a complex congenital heart condition.
The spirit of Telethon is in the DNA of the schools, the community groups and the individuals who fundraise every year. Here are just some of them.
The adorable five-week-old siblings were conceived via IVF after a heartbreaking five-year fertility struggle for their parents Hayley Morgan and Aaron Liebeck.
Nine-year-old Frankie McKenzie was not about to let a simple thing like a four-hour journey to Perth stop him from meeting some of his Aussie Rules football heroes.
Bethany Hiatt
The home is set on a 560sqm block at Satterley’s Seaside Estate in Madora Bay, an idyllic coastal community close to schools, shops and of course, the beach.
Rachel Fenner
The Australia-first post-sepsis support program is set to begin at Perth Children’s Hospital after a successful research program funded by Telethon.
Oliver Lane
Telethon Community Cinemas will be able to give back to even more children in need after experiencing its best patron spend for January in the last five years.
The challenge will begin from term two this year, with awards for both the highest fundraising primary school and high school.
Luca Kitson’s one wish while being treated for cancer was to have a cubby, now his dreams have come true just in time for Christmas.
The seven-year-old with Down Syndrome is now able to pedal fast and brake on her new trike, which wasn’t possible on a traditional bike due to her challenges with strength and stability.
We are honoured to carry another image of Noah on our front page, but this time we get to see him smile.
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