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Impact of Giving Publication THE IMPACT OF 2019/20 GIVING MARKING 150 YEARS OF CARE 150 YEARS Marking OF CARE IN 2020 Level 2, 48 Flemington Road facebook.com/rchmelbourne Parkville, VIC Australia 3052 twitter.com/rch_foundation +61 3 9345 5037 rch.foundation [email protected] The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation Melbourne rchfoundation.org.au Front Cover: Top: Maddie Downs, age 3, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the RCH in September 2020. After experiencing chronic back pain, she was admitted for scans which revealed demyelination (or spots) on her brain, which will need close monitoring and ongoing care at the RCH as she grows. Bottom: A patient celebrating Christmas day at the RCH Mt Eliza Campus in 1935. Image courtesy of the RCH Archives and Collections. Please note the photos that appear in this document were captured over a period of years, and those taken during the COVID-19 pandemic adhered to strict social distancing regulations. All health and safety guidelines were followed in the production of this document. 4 CONTENTS THE IMPACT OF GIVING 4 THANK YOU 54 The year in numbers 4 Donor Rights 56 Thank you 5 Leadership Circle 58 A year of great care 6 Individual Giving 60 Good Friday Appeal 8 Corporate Donations 64 Corporate Fundraising 65 MARKING 150 YEARS OF CARE 11 Workplace Giving 66 A timeline of care: 1870-now 12 Trusts and Foundations 69 Walking and dancing for decades 18 Bequests 70 A positive outlook on life 19 The 1870 Society 72 CHANGING LIVES 22 Endowments and Estates 74 Research Managed Endowments 76 Breaking the code 24 In Celebration 77 Ayden’s story 26 In Memory 79 Projects supported 28 Bed Sponsorship 82 Equipment and Technology RCH Champions 86 Leading the way in burns care 30 RCH Auxiliaries 90 Kieran’s story 32 RCH150 94 Projects supported 35 AT A GLANCE 98 Leadership, Education and Training Financials 100 Advancing laser treatments 38 Board of Directors 104 Hugo’s story 40 Committees 108 Projects supported 42 Staff 109 Patient and Family Centred Care Safeguarding the future of cancer patients 44 CONTACT US 111 Amelia’s story 46 Projects supported 48 Philanthropically funded positions 53 5 THE YEAR IN NUMBERS $46 MILLION RAISED IN SUPPORT OF THE HOSPITAL MORE THAN 200 VITAL PROJECTS SUPPORTED 87,081 335,402 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS AMBULATORY APPOINTMENTS 15,121 46,855 SURGERIES INPATIENT ADMISSIONS AT THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC, MORE THAN 70 PER CENT OF OUTPATIENT APPOINTMENTS WERE DELIVERED VIA TELEHEALTH up from just 8 per cent in previous years. 6 THE IMPACT OF GIVING THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING THE ROYAL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL (RCH) THROUGHOUT THIS PAST YEAR. 2020 MARKS 150 YEARS SINCE THE FOUNDING OF THE MELBOURNE FREE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN. IN 1870, DOCTORS SMITH AND SINGLETON HAD A VISION TO GIVE THE BEST CARE TO “SICK AND INDIGENT” CHILDREN FREE OF ALL CHARGE. TODAY, WE CONTINUE THAT VISION OF PROVIDING CHILDREN WITH THE VERY BEST HEALTHCARE. It is safe to say that when we started 2020 and the hospital’s 150th year, we did not envisage what was to come. It has been a difficult and challenging year, and this is what makes your generosity and commitment Sue Hunt, Chief Executive Officer Peter Yates AM, Chairman to the RCH and its patients even more extraordinary. The hospital has been able to change the way it operates In 2019/20 more than $46 million was raised in support to keep patients and their families safe, and to protect our of the hospital. These donations, and with a significant dedicated healthcare workforce. So much of this work is contribution from our Corpus enabled the RCH Foundation only made possible thanks to your support. It is this support to distribute more than $56 million to the hospital and that enables the hospital to provide the world leading care our campus partners. More than 200 vital programs were that our founders could only have dreamed of. funded that would otherwise not have existed. In 1870 it was a Ladies Committee, led by Mrs Frances The capital base we have in our Corpus has been Perry who worked tirelessly to raise the funds needed to established to allow us to prepare for the future and hedge establish the hospital and bring Smith and Singleton’s against such challenging times. All supporters can have vision to life. This spirit of generosity lives on today through confidence in the RCH Foundation’s management and the incredible support the hospital receives from across the growth of these funds for such a purpose. community. This year more than ever, we have carried your Thank you so much for generously supporting the RCH generosity with us every day. Foundation. In a century and a half, paediatric healthcare Philanthropy ensures the RCH and its campus partners, has advanced more than our forebears could have ever the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and imagined. By working together, we can imagine an even the University of Melbourne’s Department of Paediatrics, brighter future for sick children. We can do this by ensuring can provide our children with the very best healthcare. philanthropic support is with us now and always to help Specifically, this means: the hospital solve today’s challenges and be better prepared for tomorrow’s. • discovering new treatments and cures for childhood illness and disease; Sue Hunt, Chief Executive Officer • pioneering new initiatives in patient care; Peter Yates AM, Chairman • ensuring our children benefit from the latest equipment and technological advancements; and • attracting the world’s brightest medical minds and it has been a difficult providing ongoing education and training. and challenging year, and this is what makes your generosity and commitment to the rch and its patients even more extraordinary. 7 THE IMPACT OF GIVING your dedication and commitment to supporting sick children and young people is remarkable, particularly in what has been a very challenging and A YEAR OF unprecedented year for us all. GREAT CARE ON BEHALF OF THE RCH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT. 2020 MARKS 150 YEARS SINCE THE FOUNDING OF THE MELBOURNE FREE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN. ON 9 SEPTEMBER 1870, THE HOSPITAL OPENED ITS DOORS WITH JUST SIX BEDS. THROUGHOUT THE PAST 150 YEARS, THE RCH HAS GROWN TO BECOME ONE OF THE WORLD’S LEADING CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS. Today, we are the major specialist paediatric hospital in The RCH, like so many others, has had to adapt and Victoria, with 350 beds and a dedicated team of more innovate to ensure we can continue to provide sick children than 6,000 staff committed to providing sick children and with the very best healthcare. young people with the best healthcare. Philanthropy has been a part of the hospital since the very beginning and it At the height of the pandemic, more than 70 per cent of is thanks to the support from the RCH Foundation, and its outpatient appointments were delivered via telehealth, up community of donors and fundraisers that we are able to from just eight per cent in previous years. Most importantly, go above and beyond to deliver great care – everywhere. this service has not only provided high quality clinical outcomes, but has also been hugely beneficial to families Thank you for supporting more than 200 projects and and is currently being researched by campus partner MCRI initiatives across our campus throughout 2019/20. Your to ensure we meet all of their needs. This is thanks to the dedication and commitment to supporting sick children and telehealth program that you made possible. young people is remarkable, particularly in what has been a very challenging and unprecedented year for us all. Your support also enabled our teams to focus on delivering world leading patient care. A record number of our staff undertook learning and education opportunities that you helped fund, and our child life therapy and education teams adapted and innovated to engage with patients digitally through remote-learning and the delivery of interactive programming through RCH TV. COVID-19 has presented us with enormous challenges – and along with it, unprecedented opportunity to leverage the agility and innovation we have shown throughout 2020. As we reflect on 150 years of the RCH and all that has been achieved, it is timely to look forward, and to think what might be possible in the next 150 years. With your support, our future looks bright. On behalf of all of the staff, patients and their families at the RCH, thank you for helping to create a world leading children’s hospital. John Stanway Chief Executive Officer The Royal Children’s Hospital John Stanway, Chief Executive Officer, the RCH 8 RCH patient Aleacia undertaking remote learning during COVID-19 thanks to the Education Institute. 9 THE IMPACT OF GIVING A MESSAGE FROM THE GOOD FRIDAY APPEAL THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OUR GENEROUS PARTNERS Despite the challenges of this year, from bushfires to Our corporate partners stood with us as they always do. COVID-19, the spirit of the Victorian community shone The Herald Sun told the stories of the hospital, the patients, through. This support combined with a large donation staff and families. Despite Channel 7 not being able to from the Victorian Government, raised a record breaking present a live all-day broadcast, their invaluable support $18,200,000 for the 2020 Good Friday Appeal. We thank produced an emotive and inspiring one hour special and recognise everyone who has given their time and highlighting the hospital’s work and celebrated the generosity to support sick children and their families.
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