Annual Report 2010-2011 The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation was established in 1986 to help raise We’re on a journey towards a community of healthier kids – much-needed funds supporting groundbreaking research to find faster diagnoses, and your support is what keeps us moving forward.

better treatments and ultimately cures for some of the most devastating As you’ll see in this report, your donations have With this funding, we’ve been able to contribute to childhood illnesses. Every year the Royal Children’s Hospital helps more than helped the Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation research that is giving children like Aidan, our cover 30,000 children from all over Queensland, parts of Australia and overseas. reach some extraordinary milestones, not only in star, more years to live – and more reasons to smile. 2010-2011, but also over the past 25 years. With this funding, we’ve been able to bring laughter This year you helped to raise a record $14.1 million and hope, as well as healing, into more little lives. for groundbreaking medical research, life-changing And with your ongoing support, we can continue clinical projects, vital hospital and laboratory this journey of discovery and achievement to help equipment, and hospital and entertainment services generations of children to come. to make life a little easier and a lot more fun for children and their families. We hope that the stories of courage, commitment and success in this report will demonstrate the This brings the total raised over the life of the simple truth: your generosity is working wonders for Foundation to an incredible $193.41 million. sick kids. With this funding, our researchers have been Throughout this report, the term “this year” refers to able to tackle the illnesses and injuries facing the the 2010-2011 financial year. extraordinary kids whose stories feature in this report – and the thousands of other brave little people like them.

Contents Overview ...... 1 Milestones ...... 2 Executive reports ...... 4 Respiratory research ...... 8 Infectious diseases research ...... 12 Oncology research ...... 14 Burns and trauma research ...... 16 Telemedicine research ...... 18 Cerebral palsy and rehabilitation research ...... 20 Nutrition research ...... 22 Equipment ...... 24 Hospital and Entertainment Services overview ...... 26 Reaching out…across the state ...... 28 Reaching out…across the nation ...... 30 Famous friends ...... 31 Media spotlight ...... 32 Our Vision: A community of healthier kids The Board ...... 34 Our Mission: Working wonders for sick kids Corporate governance and compliance ...... 38 Financial summary ...... 42 Bequests ...... 44 Contact us ...... 45

1 Milestones

The Royal 1919 1962 1985 1990 2000 2007 2009 Children’s Hospital The Hospital’s school was The Brisbane Children’s The first paediatric liver The Children’s Nutrition The RCH Foundation The Centre of Excellence After years of planning, established. Today the Hospital Women’s transplantation in Australia Research Centre was Building was opened. The for Research into Cerebral the Queensland Children’s 1878 school remains a vital part Auxiliary was formed. This was performed at the established. Foundation contributed Palsy (now the Queensland Medical Research Institute Following several years of of the Royal Children’s committee, now called the Hospital. $5.2 million to the project. Cerebral Palsy and (QCMRI) was established, hard work and advocacy by Hospital. Cressbrook Committee, Rehabilitation Research bringing together The Queensland Liver 1992 In the same year the Mrs Mary McConnel, the continues the tradition Transplantation Service Rainbow Entertainment Centre) was established researchers in a range of Queensland’s first Bone Hospital for Sick Children of voluntary service and (QLTS) made historical Centre was completed. at the Hospital. Funding key paediatric research 1924 Marrow Transplant Unit opened on 11 March. support for the Hospital and seminal advances Later Club Rainbow and was made possible by an areas. The Foundation After almost 50 years was established at the Previously, children under begun with Mrs Mary in paediatric liver now the Wonder Factory, anonymous donor to the allocated 70% of its of operation under a Hospital. The Foundation the age of five could not McConnel. transplantation, including this space has been a Foundation. annual grants budget to voluntary committee, the funded a research be admitted to a hospital, the world’s first successful source of delight and life-changing research Hospital was brought fellowship for a visiting and older children were living related donor fun for patients and their conducted at QCMRI. under the control of 1971 specialist from the United 2007-2008 treated in adult wards. liver transplant, and the siblings for more than In the same year, when the State Government’s The Children’s Hospitals Kingdom. The Foundation helped to development in 1989 10 years. H1N1 (swine flu) was at Department of Health and Appeal was launched. This establish the Queensland of the liver cut-down In the same year, the its peak, the Hospital’s 1883 Home Affairs. was a coordinated appeal Children’s Tumour Bank technique now universally Foundation became the infectious diseases A new hospital building of the Courier-Mail and 2001 to support and promote known as the “Brisbane first Australian organisation experts developed an was completed in Herston. Telegraph papers, and research into childhood 1939 Technique”. to obtain tax deductibility The Foundation introduced easy diagnostic test which Funds donated by continued a long history status in Japan. A strong its Working Wonders cancer. The Hospital for Sick is now recognised as the generous members of the of press support for the relationship had been brand, encapsulating its Children became a most effective in the world. public were matched by Hospital, which exists to The Royal Children’s forged through the vision to ‘work wonders’ teaching hospital within the State Government to this day. provision of paediatric for sick kids through the new Faculty of Hospital Foundation raise the required £2,000. liver transplantation to medical research, Medicine at the University 1985 - 1986 Japanese children unable equipment, and services. of Queensland. 1979 The Foundation was to access this service in 1895 The Parents’ Lodge established to raise their own country, and The first injection of opened, funded by the 2002 1943 funds for the benefit of much-needed funds were diphtheria antitoxin Children’s Hospitals With Foundation funding, The Hospital’s name was Queensland’s sick children. raised for the construction was administered at the Appeal and the Royal the ‘Bug Detectives’ changed to the Brisbane of the new medical Hospital. Over the next Children’s Hospital developed a world-leading Children’s Hospital. building. four years, the mortality Women’s Auxiliary. Now 1986 one-hour test to diagnose The “Royal” prefix was rate for this dangerous known as Leonard Lodge, The Hospital’s new surgical meningococcal disease. bestowed later, in 1967. illness would drop from this service provides short- building opened. 1993 42% to 9%. term accommodation for The Woolworths Medical In the same year, the parents and families of Building was opened. 1986-1987 Hospital moved to another little patients. new home, the Lady The Foundation ran a 1994 Norman Wing. A public groundbreaking cause appeal, strongly supported marketing promotion The Coles Health Services by local newspapers, through Woolworths, Building was opened. contributed funds to Jack-the-Slasher and BCC stores, raising $211,934. the construction of 1997 this stately building, Telemedicine was which today houses the The Lady Norman Wing in the early 1900s and 1987 Foundation. (right) today. introduced at the Hospital. The Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Laboratory 1999 1896-1897 (now the SASVR Centre) The first x-rays were taken opened as a result of Foundation volunteers at the Hospital, only a generous funding by began staffing the matter of months after the Sir Albert Sakzewski Information Desks, to the discovery of x-rays in Foundation. assist families within the Germany was revealed in Hospital. early 1896.

2 Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation Annual Report 2010-2011 3 Chairman’s This year we farewelled CEO’s retiring chairman Report Mr Colin Ryan Report

This report provides an opportunity to acknowledge The Woolworths Building was opened in 1994 and Here at the Foundation, we are consistently inspired Telehealth research is shrinking the distance between those who have contributed to the achievements work immediately began on what would be the Coles by the dedication, courage and generosity of those the Royal Children’s Hospital and remote communities. of the Foundation over the past 12 months. Many Health Services Building, which opened later that year. around us. Burns and trauma research is not only improving of the donors, volunteers, staff and supporters to The building program did not end there, with the Every day, we see donors digging deep and remaining treatment of children’s injuries, but helping to prevent whom we owe our gratitude have made an ongoing Leonard Lodge family accommodation facility extended committed to making a difference, even in the face of them from occurring in the first place. commitment to our mission that extends far beyond during 1997, the same year that plans were put in place challenging financial circumstances. the 2010-2011 period. Advances are being made in the treatment of cerebral for what would become the RCH Foundation Building Every day, we see researchers looking for ways to turn palsy, in the understanding of infectious diseases and I wish particularly to recognise the contribution of – a five-storey ‘link’ edifice between the medical and the negatives of childhood illness and injury into the cancer, and in the translation of research into practical Colin Ryan, who worked tirelessly for the Foundation surgical wings of the Hospital. The RCH Foundation positives of faster diagnoses, better treatments, and programs to foster a community of healthier kids. from its inception through to his retirement as Building, to which the Foundation contributed $5.2 ultimately cures. Chairman of the Board in April 2011. million, was opened in 2000. As we report on the success achieved by the Every day, we see volunteers giving up their time to Foundation over the past 12 months, and in fact the Colin’s dedication to supporting the work of the Royal With the support of long-term donors Golden Casket bring a helping hand, a friendly smile and a vital set of past 26 years, it is evident that much is owed to the Children’s Hospital has been evident for almost 30 Lottery Corporation, in 1999 the Foundation was skills and experience into the Hospital, and into the lives dedicated service of Colin Ryan, who stepped down as years, since he was appointed to the Hospital’s Board able to fund the newly created position of Director of little patients and their families. We see the talented Chairman of the Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation in 1982 and subsequently as its Chairman. In this role of Child Advocacy Services within the Hospital. medical staff devoting themselves to giving kids the Board in April 2011. Colin was involved in progressive advocacy for the This relationship with Golden Casket continued best possible care. rebuilding of the hospital, and the establishment of to support child advocacy within the Hospital and A founding Board member, Colin’s remarkable the Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation. Health Service District for many years. But most importantly, we see the children and their commitment remained unwavering throughout, and families, bravely facing life-threatening illness and injury, under his stewardship the Foundation raised more than Colin’s commitment to paediatric medical research In 2000, after two years of planning and development, and we are reminded every day of the importance of $180 million for much-needed research, equipment and never wavered. As inaugural Deputy Chair and later the Hospital’s Rainbow Entertainment Centre was our mission: to work wonders for sick kids. hospital programs. Chair of the Foundation’s Board, Colin played a key completed. This Foundation initiative continues to role in the growth and success of our grants program. operate today as the beloved Wonder Factory. In 2010-2011 the Foundation’s fundraising revenue Colin has been a guiding light and mentor to me as During his tenure, Foundation funding saw a number grew to a record $14.1 million, largely due to the very CEO, as well as to my predecessors, Gail Schurer and It has been my pleasure to work with Colin over the of medical milestones achieved, including a world- generous support of donors through bequests. Karen Murphy. Foundation’s lifetime, and for these and many more first one-hour test for deadly meningococcal disease, achievements, brought about by years of hard work Community fundraising has also been strong, with On behalf of all at the Foundation, I sincerely thank and development of the H1N1 (swine flu) test now and dedication, I thank Colin on behalf of the Board, hundreds rallying to support events like the Chain Colin for his tireless support of sick children. recognised as the most effective in the world. the hospital executive, the Foundation staff and Reaction bike ride, the Everest Virtual Challenge, the It is a pleasure to be working closely with long-standing During the Foundation’s early years, infrastructure volunteers, the donors and supporters, and most annual B105 Christmas Appeal and Swim4Kids. RCHF Deputy Chairman and now Acting Chairman was a key focus of our funding, and the achievements importantly the children and their families. The Woolworths Fresh Food Kids Hospital Appeal Kerry Prior, and all of our Board members to continue during Colin’s tenure remain visible today. As this report will attest, the Foundation continues raised an astonishing $3 million – a testament to the the Foundation’s commitment to working wonders for In 1992 the Foundation launched an ambitious to go from strength to strength. I am honoured to be dedication of Woolworths staff and customers to sick kids, now and in the future. appeal in Japan to raise several million dollars for working with the Board, the staff, and above all the supporting sick kids. Finally, I’d like to thank the Foundation’s dedicated staff the new Medical Wing (the present-day Woolworths donors to continue working wonders for sick kids. This financial year, 70% of our budgeted grant funds and volunteers, without whom that commitment would Building). As the leading Australian paediatric liver has once again been directed into medical research be impossible to uphold. transplantation facility, the Hospital conducted through the Queensland Children’s Medical Research transplants for Japanese children unable to access Institute. the treatment they needed in their own country, and As a result of the generosity of our donors and the hard as a result a strong relationship with a number of Kerry Prior AM work of our researchers, respiratory research is helping Japanese organisations was forged. The Foundation Acting Chairman kids to breathe easier and even live longer, when faced Karenlee Spillane became the first Australian organisation to obtain tax with illnesses like cystic fibrosis. Chief Executive Officer deductibility status in Japan.

4 Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation Annual Report 2010-2011 5 Queensland Children’s Children’s Health Services Medical Research Institute CEO’s Report Director’s Report

As I reflect on the achievements of Children’s Health 500-strong army of volunteers last year. Whether it’s The Queensland Children’s Medical Research Institute scholarships and grants received by our researchers Services and the Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) over manning the information desks, supporting a parent (QCMRI) and the researchers conducting work under from the National Health and Medical Research the past year, the accomplishments of so many of our while their child is in theatre or running activities in its auspices have achieved a great deal in the past Council, the Australian Research Council, the dedicated teams have certainly taken us a step closer the Wonder Factory, the volunteers are invaluable year. As the Institute approaches its second birthday, North American Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and the to our vision of best possible health for every child members of the RCH team. collaboration continues to be at the heart of much of Queensland Office of Health and Medical Research. and young person, in every family, in every community its success. Children’s Health Services has also been working The coming six months will see significant activity in Queensland. to fulfil our commitment to provide all Queensland QCMRI’s investment of $500,000 in the establishment for QCMRI, not least of which will be the conclusion In a year of unprecedented natural disasters, a children and their families with high-quality, family- of the Children’s Health and Environment Program of the 2011 grants calendar. In the coming months challenging economic climate and the ever-increasing centred care in a range of settings. (CHEP) under the leadership of Professor Peter Sly we will finalise a strategy focussed on increasing the number of Research Higher Degree students attracted demand on our services, our teams have made An important step forward in this respect was the has been leveraged into a $4.5 million contribution to the Institute, and additional plans are being outstanding progress in strengthening the network creation of the Community Child, Youth and Family from the University of Queensland. CHEP will be developed to build biostatistics and epidemiology of care we provide to children and their families Health Service on 1 July 2011, merging more than officially launched in August 2011 with a conference capacity within QCMRI to help support its research throughout the state. 400 staff from across three health districts into a in Brisbane attracting key local and international speakers. Its opening will facilitate collaborations with activities as well as grant and finance administration. Under the leadership of chief operating officer Linda single service. This consolidation will strengthen the World Health Organization in the vital area of how Hardy, the RCH has seen a range of enhancements: operations and ultimately increase our capacity to Significant progress has already been made to build our changing environment impacts upon health. the opening of a new four-bed high-dependency deliver care to children and families. capacity in the area of oncology, with excellent prospects of attracting a post-doctoral clinician- unit and dedicated renal chairs; the expansion of Work on the new Queensland Children’s Hospital Collaboration between specialists in emergency researcher and a mid-career basic biomedical scientist emergency department facilities and service to (QCH) continues to progress to deadline, with the medicine and respiratory health within the Royal to QCMRI in the coming 12-24 months. better manage demand; and the addition of a full- building starting to take shape on the South Brisbane Children’s Hospital, led by Professor Anne Chang time general paediatrician to lead development and skyline. By the beginning of 2012, the slab floors will and Dr Jason Acworth under an inaugural QCMRI QCMRI will continue to play a leading role in planning improvement of paediatric models of care. be built up to level six and the lift cores will reach program grant, has provided the capacity for new for the Queensland Children’s Hospital Academic and and innovative research to occur, with a focus on There’s also been significant investment in Aboriginal level 12. At this stage, construction is on track for the Research Facility, and the QCMRI Executive and Board clinical programs to improve the treatment of children and Torres Strait Islander healthcare projects as part hospital to open in December 2014. of Directors will continue to work towards establishing presenting to the emergency department with agreements with Queensland Health and the higher of our commitment to Queensland Health’s Closing Plans to expand and enhance children’s health potentially life-threatening respiratory conditions. education sector to determine a long-term strategy the Gap initiative. The excellent work of the ‘Deadly services at The Prince Charles, Redcliffe, Caboolture, for the successful conduct of research into child and Ears’ program, which improves the ear health of Logan, Redland and Ipswich hospitals are also Collaboration between respiratory researchers and adolescent health in this state. indigenous children, also collected a Closing the Gap moving ahead swiftly. The construction of new the ‘Bug Detectives’ in the Queensland Paediatric Award and the Director-General’s Special Award for children’s emergency, inpatient and outpatient Infectious Diseases (QPID) laboratory is uncovering new As ever, having the best strategy, the best institute, Best Demonstration of Queensland Health Values. facilities at The Prince Charles Hospital has respiratory viruses, and increasing our understanding and the very best researchers would be ineffective of new and existing viruses, including how they interact The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation has, as commenced and will be opening from 2012 to serve without vital funding from donors like you. Thank with bacteria, with the goal of treating and even always, made an important difference to the care we the north Brisbane communities. you for your unfailing commitment to life-changing preventing viral and bacterial infections before they can offer at the RCH. In the past year, the Foundation paediatric medical research. It has been a rewarding year, whether volunteer, severely damage children’s lungs. funded significant new equipment purchases for the nurse, doctor, fundraiser or builder! The coming year department of emergency medicine, the paediatric promises to be just as exciting and we look forward In 2010-2011 QCMRI renewed its funding to the intensive care unit and the paediatric rehabilitation Tumour Bank, which continues to contribute to a to your continued support. department. The Queensland Children’s Medical national and global network of research into children’s Research Institute remains front and centre on cancer. Significant funding was also allocated to an Professor Keith Grimwood the national and international stage thanks to the infrastructure grant to support the world-leading work Director, Queensland Children’s

Foundation’s investment in vital research and programs. on wound healing conducted by the burns laboratory. Medical Research Institute Dr Peter Steer The quality of research undertaken at QCMRI was Just as important as the financial contribution were the Chief Executive Officer once more evident in the number of fellowships, 37,600 hours of service provided by the Foundation’s Children’s Health Services

6 Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation Annual Report 2010-2011 7 Professor Translating research into Peter Sly (right) with Professor treatment Jonathan Grigg, from the Blizard Respiratory conditions are the most common Institute of Cell reason why children arrive in paediatric and Molecular emergency departments. It’s for this reason Science in London, at the that researchers at the Royal Children’s CHEP launch. Hospital, with funding from the Foundation, have established a collaborative respiratory- emergency research group, the Emergency Medicine and Respiratory Research Group (EMRRG). The EMRRG is focusing primarily on common paediatric conditions such as cough and asthma, and on translating research results into clinical practice that will directly benefit sick kids. In future, results from the EMRRG’s work will enhance and extend current studies on respiratory conditions, as The importance of the well as supporting and developing environment new collaborative projects. The Respiratory illnesses research group will also provide new The World Health Organization (WHO) has opportunities for higher research quite literally take kids’ estimated that 23% of all deaths results from degree students to work in this exposure to unhealthy environmental factors important area. breath away. such as air and water pollution, and this figure is even higher in children, because their developing Initially, the EMRRG will work 95% of Australian children have suffered at least bodies are more susceptible. on several new projects, one respiratory illness by the age of two, and as well as planning future Despite the obvious dangers children face from respiratory conditions are the most common projects to be developed adverse environmental exposures, little is known reason why kids end up in hospital. in three to five years. The Jordan, 10 years, cystic fibrosis about the environmental contribution to the research will cover a diverse Research into the causes, development and burden of disease for Australian children. range of topics relating to impact of these illnesses is a key focus for the The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation, in children’s respiratory health and Foundation. This year we have continued to association with the University of Queensland, emergency medicine. provide funding for internationally renowned has established the Children’s Health and respiratory researcher Professor Peter Sly, In one initial study, researchers Environment Program (CHEP) within the whose work on inflammatory airway diseases is are seeking to discover whether Queensland Children’s Medical Research Institute. changing the lives of kids with cystic fibrosis and viruses influence the severity of, CHEP is working on improving kids’ health in two other serious conditions. and recovery from, an asthma areas – through advocacy and awareness around attack. This research will also For kids with cystic fibrosis, every infection environmental issues, and through research into involve examining the relationship has the potential to shorten their lives. That’s environmental factors at play in Queensland and between subtypes of rhinovirus why it’s so important that we understand and their contribution to childhood illness. (often associated with the common learn to treat and even prevent these illnesses. CHEP has strong links with the Public Health cold) and asthma severity. This is being done through clinical drug trials, & Environment section of the World Health identification and study of viruses that cause Organization (WHO), Geneva, and with the respiratory infections, and monitoring of lung network of WHO Collaborating Centres in function and lung conditions in children. Children’s Environmental Health, as well as with other international organisations in this vital area of research.

8 Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation Annual Report 2010-2011 9 Zoe, 9 years, cystic fibrosis Meet Zoe “We had to, and still do, screen family and friends for coughs and colds, as just one cough or common cold could put Zoe into hospital.” Zoe was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, the most common life-threatening genetic condition among Australian kids, at just three weeks of age. She was hospitalised immediately to help her put on the weight she had not been gaining, and for her parents to learn about future treatment. Zoe had her first “tune up” in hospital, a two-week period of intense daily physiotherapy and intravenous antibiotics, when she was 18 months old. She averaged two hospital admissions per year until she was about seven. Zoe, like every other child suffering from cystic fibrosis, must undergo intensive daily chest physiotherapy and nebulised drugs to combat the build-up of mucus in her lungs. She also takes antibiotics regularly when she’s not well as a preventative for infection. Zoe knows she has to stay away from kids with coughs, since any infection can do irreparable damage to her lungs. She has friends with cystic fibrosis, but has to talk to them from across the room. “It’s not like other diseases when you can get together with other parents and children who have the disease for support,” Zoe’s mum We couldn’t have done it Stephanie says. “We can’t have our kids together as without you they will cross-infect each other. We can call or email The milestones we have reached in respiratory each other and be there for one another, but we can’t research, and the ones that are just around the often get together face-to-face.” corner, are all thanks to our donors. This year we Although doctors are monitoring Zoe’s glucose levels are particularly grateful to the Woolworths Fresh in case she develops diabetes, Zoe has been doing Food Kids Hospital Appeal, the Big W Big Heart well in the past year. Campaign, the Queensland Teachers’ Credit “She has done the best ever in her breathing test Union, and 1200kms for Kids. which she does at every cystic fibrosis clinic, and we are very happy about that,” says Stephanie. “Zoe is back at school and really enjoying Grade 5. She does gymnastics, and loves riding motorbikes, waterskiing and tubing.”

10 Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation Annual Report 2010-2011 11 Ethan, 6 years, bacterial meningitis

Meet Ethan “That Sunday night was so scary, so horrific. I’d heard about meningitis but didn’t know about the outcomes.” The first sign that something was wrong in Ethan’s little body was a rash, followed by a high temperature and sore joints. Initially, doctors diagnosed him with an allergic reaction. But when he developed an intense headache and began to vomit heavily, his mum Juanita rushed her little boy to the Emergency Department at the Royal Children’s Hospital. The staff performed a lumbar puncture – withdrawing fluid from the spinal canal – which showed it was likely that Ethan had bacterial meningitis. During the next five days Ethan was put on an antibiotic that also covered meningococcal infection. He had this very strong intravenous antibiotic for Hunting for bugs five nights and after showing improvement was With the help of our donors, the Foundation has allowed to return home. Within a few days his It’s hard to fight an been able to provide support for the important headaches returned and he was soon back in enemy you can’t see. work undertaken in the QPID lab throughout its hospital. history. In 2010-2011 we have funded a range of “The doctors informed us that Ethan now had Infectious diseases spread easily and silently, projects that have the potential to work wonders raised intracranial pressure – a complication through the air and through direct or indirect for very sick kids. of meningitis. Ethan was put onto a number contact with other people. Some of these As well as the ongoing development of of drugs, three antibiotics – two intravenous illnesses can be deadly in children, and the diagnostic tests, we have provided funding for a and one oral – and they started him on oxycodone, only way to give young patients a real chance significant research program studying respiratory the strongest oral pain relief drug you can have. He to beat them is to quickly and accurately infections and the ‘bugs’ that cause them, so that was still in severe pain,” Juanita says. “Since then, Ethan has been eating like a diagnose their condition. horse,” Juanita says. “Ethan is now back at school their impact on kids’ health can be identified, Ethan’s eyesight started to change. He became very and doing very well. He has not had a headache since. The researchers at the Queensland Paediatric treated and hopefully, one day, prevented sensitive to light and started to get double vision in We’ve successfully fattened him up! Infectious Diseases (QPID) laboratory, or the altogether. his left eye. ‘Bug Detectives’ as they’re fondly known, have We are also supporting research into the “We don’t know if he will relapse, nobody knows. been hunting down the viruses, bacteria, fungi “The doctors were great, they kept me extremely behaviour of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a Thankfully he has fully recovered but I am still very and parasites involved in children’s infections informed as to what was happening all the time,” bacterium which often damages the lungs vigilant watching for any signs of its return.” since 1989. Juanita remembers. “We all agreed we were not of kids with cystic fibrosis. letting Ethan out this time until he was better. The staff The QPID lab specialises in the development In addition, our researchers are using their were just wonderful and so supportive and caring.” of rapid diagnostic tests, which are vital for expertise to identify and understand viruses the timely treatment of children’s illnesses. The Over the next few days the medical and neurological We couldn’t have done it causing gastrointestinal illness, which are lab is also involved in clinical trials, and has a teams ran more tests, but Ethan’s eye sight continued particularly dangerous in children under five without you strong focus on respiratory viruses and cystic to worsen and he was losing weight rapidly. He was years of age. fibrosis, in close collaboration with respiratory started on overnight feeds with a nasal gastric tube, With our support, the QPID lab has been able to researchers at the Queensland Children’s and his fluid intake was restricted. continue working wonders for sick kids this year. That support is made possible by the generosity Medical Research Institute. Thankfully, his headaches soon disappeared, his of donors like you. Thank you! appetite picked up, and he was finally allowed to return home.

12 Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation Annual Report 2010-2011 13 Meet Maddie “It was 7:30 in the evening when my husband and I We couldn’t have done it made our way to the operating theatre at the Royal without you Children’s Hospital and handed over our 20-month- old baby girl, not knowing whether she was going The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation would to live or die.” be unable to fund life-changing research into children’s cancer without the generous support of Looking at Maddie’s beautiful smile today, it’s hard to our donors. Our grateful thanks to all those who imagine her fighting cancer. contributed in 2010-2011, with a special mention But in 2004, just a few months after Maddie took her to Peter Senior and our friends at dell’Ugo and first steps, her mum Susan and dad Oliver became the Queensland Police Service. concerned when she lost confidence in walking and began to struggle to sit up without toppling over. the respiratory unit and in future we hope to provide The thought Doctors eventually referred Maddie to the Royal beads to children in all areas of the Hospital – Children’s Hospital, where an emergency MRI scan because all kids are brave, no matter what of cancer is showed a passionfruit-sized tumour in her brain. treatment they are facing. enough to Maddie underwent five hours of complex Tumour Bank brain surgery the same day while her family make anyone’s waited anxiously for good news. With the support of Foundation funding, the Maddie, 7 years, brain tumour blood run cold. Queensland Children’s Tumour Bank is continuing It came: the skilled surgeons were able to to grow, as more and more samples are collected remove most of the tumour and Maddie was It’s a doubly cruel disease, because not only and stored. soon on the road to recovery. Now a healthy, is it life-threatening, but the aggressive cheerful little girl who is growing up fast, Maddie At the beginning of 2011, the Bank reached treatment needed to combat some forms can returns to the Hospital regularly for scans to a large enough size that it was able to begin have terrible side effects. ensure that the residual tumour is not growing. marketing its resources to researchers across In 2010-2011 the Royal Children’s Hospital Australia and the world. Foundation continued to fund vital research Bravery Beads In the first half of 2011, five new cancer research into the treatment of children’s cancer, with Bravery Beads are colourful beads given to projects have begun using samples from the a focus on brain tumours that are resistant to children after often-traumatic procedures like Bank. These studies would have been delayed, treatment. Although kids have a good chance chemotherapy and blood transfusions. The conducted on a smaller scale, or perhaps would of beating tumours during the first round of beads provide our little patients with a history not even have started if it weren’t for the material treatment, tumours which recur later are almost of their journey through treatment at the Royal available from the Tumour Bank. always fatal. Children’s Hospital. Oncology researchers at the Royal Children’s Each bead is a milestone, a chance to smile, Hospital are working to improve understanding unique to a particular procedure or stage of their of how the dangerous cells within these treatment. Each child’s ‘bead story’ is personal – tumours are able to withstand cancer treatment and something they can compare with other kids in and regrow the tumour later. Understanding hospital, and share with their family and friends. these cells could mean better, more targeted, For children like Maddie, Bravery Beads are a welcome and less difficult treatment for kids with cancer. distraction during their courageous battle against life- Plans are in place to expand the oncology threatening diseases. In a sense, these little beads are research area in future, beginning with the changing the way kids see their illnesses. attraction of more researchers over the next In 2011 the Royal Children’s Hospital became the 12-24 months. first in the world to offer Bravery Beads to kids with illnesses other than cancer. With Foundation funding, the Bravery Beads program has been expanded into

14 Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation Annual Report 2010-2011 15 Meet Tom outpatients clinic for many months and will also be part of a scar management program that will reduce “None of us will forget the day Tom and Adam the scarring that will occur. were burned. You never think something like this will happen to your kids.” “Thankfully we are in good hands at the RCH,” Kylie says. “Tom is making excellent progress.” At a party on a property outside Gympie, Tom and his cousin Adam were playing together. The family Tom’s cousin Adam is also doing very well. He did A severe burn, had been doing some burning off, and Tom put a not need skin grafts, but makes regular visits to received in an stick into the dying fire so that the end of it was outpatients and has worn a pressure suit like Tom. alight. Near some rusted old car bodies, he saw a instant, has trickle of what he thought was water and put the stick into it to put out the flame. We couldn’t have done it consequences for “I was up in the barbecue area and heard this huge without you a lifetime. almighty bang,” Tom’s mum Kylie says. “Then I saw The Queensland Fire and Rescue Service (QFRS) them running, Tom was in flames and Adam was has once again showed its support for burns After the pain and terror of the trying to put them out.” research this year. The fifth annual Bike 4 Burns initial injury comes hospitalisation, The boys were taken to Gympie Hospital before event, an initiative of the QFRS Wellness Program, skin grafts, dressing changes being transferred to the Royal Children’s Hospital in which encourages QFRS employees to aspire and pressure suits. It might Brisbane. Kylie was shocked to find out how serious to optimum health and wellbeing, saw 47 QFRS be years before a burn her son’s injuries were. personnel cycle from Mackay to Cairns, raising becomes a scar, and for a over $49,000 for the Foundation. growing child a scar can be “He was bandaged up from his ankles to the tops of just the beginning: they his knees, both hands and wrists, and his face. He had In addition, The Firefighters Calendar and Eureka may face multiple surgeries sustained burns to 17 percent of his body,” she says. Landscapes deserve special mention for their support for this vital area of research. to release the immobile tissue as their Tom had skin grafts on his left hand and left leg, healthy skin continues to grow, and they which are now healing well. He will not have to wear will need to respond to the emotional and his pressure suit for as long as doctors originally psychological challenges of looking ‘different’ thought. Tom will attend the burns for the rest of their lives. Camp OZ

The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation This year we renewed our commitment to support Tom, 11 years, burns continues to fund burns and trauma research Camp OZ, an initiative designed to support the that looks at the ‘big picture’ when it comes process of long-term adaptation to burn injury to children’s injuries. Building on a history long after the wounds have healed. of success in scar reduction and first aid The annual three-day camp provides a safe and techniques, our researchers are helping to supportive environment where young people who create injury prevention initiatives, improve are challenged with burns can develop their self acute care, speed up wound healing and esteem, engage with their peers, and of course support kids living with visible burn scars. have fun! In 2010-2011 the Foundation allocated new Funds have been allocated to allow this long- funding to Dr Leila Cuttle, who previously running program to expand over the coming identified the most effective first-aid treatment years to include a mentoring component, through for burn injuries. Dr Cuttle is now working which past attendees of the camp will have the on determining the relationship between the opportunity to receive leadership training and temperature of a burn, the length of time return to Camp OZ in a coaching capacity. for which it is inflicted, and the damage that occurs as a result. This could lead to improved legislation: for example, setting the maximum temperature of domestic hot water supplies to minimise the risk of serious scalds.

16 Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation Annual Report 2010-2011 17 Dr Anthony Smith at the Centre for Online Health

This year the Foundation has continued its support for world-leading telemedicine research, undertaken by the COH. 2010-2011 saw the conclusion of the three-year Health-e-Screen4Kids project, with such success that Queensland Health In a medical has now taken over the ongoing provision of this life-changing service. emergency, getting In 2011-2012 and beyond we have committed to the right information funding a new telemedicine project, which will trial the use of telemedicine technology in intensive care at the right time can and emergency situations. be a matter of life Currently the telephone is the primary way regional hospital staff seek out expert medical advice for and death. seriously ill or injured children. The critical care project will investigate using As the major tertiary referral hospital for mobile videoconferencing technology to transmit children across Queensland, each year the the images, x-rays and other health information Royal Children’s Hospital treats hundreds of from very sick children in regional hospitals to sick and injured kids who require specialised paediatric specialists based in Brisbane. These care. The Paediatric Intensive Care Unit specialists will be on the spot to diagnose and provides statewide advice and retrieval recommend treatment in consultation with local services for critically ill children from regional medical staff. and remote areas. In cases where the ear nose It is hoped that using telemedicine in emergency For 10 years the University of Queensland’s and throat (ENT) specialist situations will not only improve diagnosis and early Centre for Online Health (COH) has been recommended surgery, patients treatment, creating better outcomes for critically ill leading the way in the development and could be categorised according kids, but also reduce the need to retrieve children implementation of telemedicine at the Royal to urgency and scheduled in the to the RCH, creating less stress for families while Children’s Hospital and throughout Queensland. next available clinic. For ENT, ensuring that the very best care is provided. The COH uses videoconferencing and internet in most cases, children in the technology to shrink the distance between Health-e-Screen4Kids community were reviewed specialists at the Hospital and sick kids in remotely and surgery was distant places. Many kids in remote communities are at higher risk conducted in Cherbourg, of developing chronic diseases, particularly those avoiding the need for As well as conducting telemedicine research, related to the eyes, ears, nose and throat, but travel to Brisbane. the COH provides regular services for more don’t get to clinics in regional centres to receive than 37 medical specialties, including burns, adequate screening. cardiology, diabetes, orthopaedics and surgery, meaning that children and their families can So, the Health-e-Screen project takes the clinics to attend follow-up appointments without having them – in the form of a specially equipped van. Using to leave home. telemedicine, information on little patients can be collected by health workers travelling to remote In the past, 10-minute checkups could communities in the van, and then securely transmitted take families two days because they would to the Royal Children’s Hospital, where specialists can have to travel to Brisbane – now, by using make diagnoses and suggest treatment. videoconferencing, doctors can “visit” 10 We couldn’t have done it regional sites and speak to 10 families in an Before the project began, less than half the children without you hour and a half. The kids will tell you there’s in the remote community of Cherbourg were a downside…they don’t get to miss days of receiving routine health screening. During its trial Our ability to fund leading-edge telehealth school anymore! period, the Health-e-Screen project reached more research comes as a direct result of the than 90% of these kids! generosity of donors like you. Thank you!

18 Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation Annual Report 2010-2011 19 Every 15 hours a child Katherine, 5 years, cerebral palsy is born with cerebral palsy in Australia,

making it the most “She has exceeded all expectations and made a great recovery,” Cindy says. “Life has changed for common childhood Katherine, and for us too. The surgery will give her much better quality of life.” physical disability. Meet Katherine The Department of Paediatric Rehabilitation What if I could? “Katherine’s progress is fantastic. There is no reason We couldn’t have done it at the Royal Children’s Hospital assists in the future why she can’t have a full-time job and Children with limb differences – from birth, or as children who have conditions like cerebral live independently. Her condition doesn’t stop her without you a result of illness or injury – face many challenges palsy (CP) or spina bifida, or who are doing what she likes!” as they go through life. It can be hard for them to Research into rehabilitation practices and the recovering from traumatic injuries. These kids do the things their friends do. Often they’re left Katherine was born 10 weeks early and spent seven treatment of cerebral palsy helps kids develop, bravely face both physical challenges and asking themselves, what if I could? What if I could weeks in hospital. When she was 10 days old she participate, achieve, and live life to the fullest. mental and emotional ones as well as they play an instrument, or be a part of my school’s had a brain bleed and was diagnosed with a cyst on We would not be able to offer funding in this learn to make the most of life. rowing team? Sometimes it’s a desire as simple her brain. At eight months, she was diagnosed with area without the help of donors like the Beryl M In 2010-2011 the Foundation has continued to as, what if I could walk up and down stairs while cerebral palsy and spastic diplegia, which affects the Graham Gift Fund and the Trust Company, who fund clinical projects, as well as research projects carrying all my stuff? muscles in the lower half of the body. are supporting the What If I Could project. through the Queensland Cerebral Palsy and The What If I Could program seeks to turn what “I was an absolute mess and in tears,” Katherine’s Rehabilitation Research Centre, that improve the if into I can. The project is expanding the quality mum Cindy says. “The good news was that she had lives of kids with physical disabilities. and quantity of prosthetic limbs available to been diagnosed under 12 months of age, and could We have also committed to funding a number of Queensland children with limb differences, so that now start therapy which was good for her future.” new projects, including the development of clinical they can be a part of not just everyday activities, At five years old, Katherine is a bright, confident little guidelines to promote bone health and good but also sport and recreation that is so important girl who has lots of friends at her local state school. nutrition for kids with CP, and resources to help to being healthy and happy. She has botox injections every six months to help kids with acquired brain injury build social skills Our funding is assisting the What If I Could her muscles become more supple, and has regular and get the most out of primary and high school. project to supply recreational limbs and physiotherapy, hydro-therapy, and occupational components to kids, as well to set up a loan bank therapy for her fine motor skills. through which kids can trial a range of prosthetic Recently Katherine underwent surgery on her spine, components. The program is also acquiring which involved severing some of the nerves causing Upper Limb Dolls to help children understand spasticity in her legs. She is now learning to stand up amputation, physical limits, prosthetic care and and walk again. body image in a positive and fun way.

20 Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation Annual Report 2010-2011 21 Bryn, 9 years, cystic fibrosis and diabetes

When a child’s body is fighting a deadly disease, good nutrition can make all the difference. Healthy eating A varied and nutritious diet is essential for kids to Nutrition is important in its own right, but also grow and develop to their full potential. However, as a contributor to treatment and recovery up to 25% of healthy children and up to 85% of from a range of illnesses and injuries. children with disabilities don’t get the nutrition act between eating what his body needs while Nutrition research at the Royal Children’s they need because of feeding difficulties – inability monitoring his sugar intake because of the diabetes. Hospital not only benefits children with eating or unwillingness to eat the foods they need. These disorders, weight problems and feeding feeding difficulties can affect a child’s quality of Meet Bryn Bryn does his own finger prick tests and administers difficulties, it also has an impact on the life, have a negative impact on their health, and his own long-acting insulin every morning. Despite “With cystic fibrosis, Bryn doesn’t look sick. His treatment of conditions like cystic fibrosis, also put their parents and carers under pressure. his conditions, treatment, and battles with his body and organs are fighting a battle every day gastrointestinal diseases and cancer. severe lung disease, Bryn enjoys being active – he The Healthy Eating Learning Program (HELP) but none of this shows on the outside.” even led the way in the 1.5km event at this year’s In 2010-2011 the Foundation supported a Study is the first randomised controlled trial to When Bryn was born, his mum Nikki had the feeling Running4Research fun run! range of nutrition-related research and clinical assess the benefits of different approaches to something wasn’t right; her little boy was skinny, projects, including a study into the effectiveness solving the problem of feeding difficulties. Since jaundiced and unhappy. Bryn was diagnosed with of a liquid diet in helping to treat children with no evidence-based guidelines exist, a range of cystic fibrosis (CF) at three weeks of age when his Crohn’s disease. This chronic illness attacks the different approaches are in use. This study is assessing the benefits for kids, as well as the standard heel prick test came back positive. digestive system, causing inflammation and We couldn’t have done it often resulting in poor growth, the need for cost effectiveness, of three different approaches: Because his pancreas doesn’t digest fats, vitamins surgery, and frequent trips to hospital. educating parents on good nutrition for their and proteins, like many kids with CF Bryn has to without you children, educating children individually with take more than 30 tablets each day to help his body Donations to nutrition research can work wonders Over the next 12 months we will fund the aids such as encouragement and reward charts, absorb nutrients from the food he eats, and he has for kids with a range of illnesses. We are grateful development of a resource pack to help and educating children in group situations to stick to a high-calorie, high-fat diet. to all those who have contributed in 2010-2011, clinicians across the state treat children with encouraging play-based activities. eating disorders, and will continue our efforts At the age of seven, he was diagnosed with cystic including the Newman’s Own Foundation, which to nurture this essential research area. The Foundation has supported this project with fibrosis-related diabetes after doctors noticed and generously donated equipment funding for the funding for the equipment needed to carry out monitored his extremely high blood-sugar levels. HELP study. the study. This means that Bryn’s diet is a tricky balancing

22 Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation Annual Report 2010-2011 23 A breath of fresh air Flow cytometry is the method of choice for typing blood cancers like leukaemia and lymphomas. A The Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) large number of individual cells can be analysed in a at the Royal Children’s Hospital provides care for very short time. seriously ill and injured children of all ages. As a result of severe injuries, lung infections or other Importantly, multiple measurements can be conditions, many of these children cannot breathe performed at the same time so that the maximum on their own, and need the help of a ventilator. amount of information is obtained from the smallest possible sample. The method is also very sensitive The new iVent 201 ventilator has been designed to so that even rare cell types can be detected. provide a high level of breathing support to children of all ages, including infants. Existing ventilators Blood samples, bone marrow and tissue biopsies are designed to provide care for adult patients from very sick children are analysed with the and are not intended for use for children under 25 Cell Analyzer. The information collected can be kilograms (around eight years of age). used both for research and in clinical situations: for example, understanding and monitoring the The iVent can provide different percentages of behaviour of cancers and testing new drugs. oxygen, from ordinary air to pure oxygen, allowing medical staff to tailor the breathing support given Banking on research to sick kids in order to give the amount of oxygen The Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases (QPID) their bodies require. laboratory has for many years been conducting The iVent can also provide bilevel positive airway research that has improved understanding of viral pressure (BiPAP) via a special face mask. This form and bacterial infections worldwide, and improved of breathing support can sometimes be used to outcomes for many sick kids. avoid the need for a breathing tube within the directed towards new and upgraded equipment QPID’s discoveries have been made possible by windpipe. This breathing tube requires the little throughout the Hospital. access to samples collected from children during patient to be unconscious, so the iVent can, in some their illness. As the lab is now undertaking larger The Cressbrook Committee continued its long situations, offer a less invasive alternative. studies, it is essential that they have the right To provide the best history of support, contributing more than The Foundation’s funding for the acquisition of an equipment for the long-term storage of these $250,000. care, you need the iVent ventilator for the Department of Emergency samples. Further equipment purchases have been made Medicine was made possible by the generosity of In 2010-2011 the Foundation, with the help of the possible by our dedicated supporters, including the Cressbrook Committee. best tools. Myer Stores Community Fund, was able to fund the Pat Rafter’s Cherish the Children Foundation, purchase of two -80°C freezers for a new Specimen With the support of extraordinary the Myer Stores Community Fund, and the Keeping an eye on cells organisations, businesses and individuals, the Biobank. Chain Reaction corporate bike challenge. The This year, thanks to the generosity of the Cherish the Foundation has been able to fund equipment Foundation also acknowledges the generous Children Foundation, we were also able to fund the The Biobank will give researchers at the QPID lab purchases that help the Hospital staff work support of Mr and Mrs Joe and Veronika Butta. purchase of a BD LSRFortessa Cell Analyzer for the access to the samples they need to discover and wonders for sick kids. Queensland Children’s Medical Research Institute. understand new viruses, and to learn more about In 2010-2011, the B105 Christmas Appeal once how these dangerous bugs affect kids’ lungs. Cell analysers are used for a technique called flow again inspired exceptional generosity, with cytometry, which analyses the many complicated more than $350,000 of the $488,000 raised physical and biological properties of large numbers of cells.

24 Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation Annual Report 2010-2011 25 Sophia, 5 years, acute respiratory infection Working wonders with music therapy: Sophia’s story “In amongst the unpredictable and chaotic medical environment, music therapy brought hope, familiarity and a positive note to Sophia and her family.” For little Sophia, what started as a bit of a cough spiralled into a life-threatening respiratory condition within days. One minute she was hunting for Easter eggs with her sister; the next she was being rushed to the intensive care unit at the Royal Children’s Hospital with a life-threatening respiratory condition. In the ICU, her tiny lungs struggled for breath and she was put on a respirator, then a ventilator. Sophia, with music therapists Maggie Leung Suffering from pneumonitis and acute respiratory distress syndrome, she had drains inserted in her (right) and Helen Carrington. chest to relieve the pressure on her lungs. Sophia had to be transferred to another ICU to be placed on a heart and lung bypass machine, and she spent her fourth birthday on life support. Cuddle care Thanks to the extraordinary work of many teams Each year, thousands of babies from all over of medical staff, Sophia was able to leave hospital Queensland and northern New South Wales rely after eight weeks. As the viral infection affected In 2010-2011, our team of around 500 volunteers on specialist care at the Royal Children’s Hospital. her neurological ability, she had to relearn speech, gave 37,673 hours of their time to work wonders Battling potentially life-threatening illnesses, these eating, motor skills, sitting and walking with the help in the hospital. tiny patients can spend days, weeks and even of speech, music and physical therapists. months away from home. They supported sick kids by: Music therapy played an important role during the International research shows that cuddling babies • helping out in the Wonder Factory, the early phase of Sophia’s illness when she was in the ICU. can lessen the time they have to spend in hospital Foundation’s fun-filled entertainment room where “The role of music therapy was to provide a and promote their growth. The importance of tactile Through our hospital kids and their siblings can go to play, laugh, and meaningful and positive medium to maximise stimulation to an infant’s overall health and well- take a break from the hospital routine. and volunteer services, Sophia’s motivation and engagement to regain her being is also well recognised. • making visits to the wards with books, games skills in physio and speech therapy sessions,” says In 2010-2011 the Foundation has continued its we’re making life in and plenty of smiles for the kids who couldn’t Maggie Leung, Clinical Senior Music Therapist at the Cuddle Carers program, through which specially make it to the Wonder Factory. Royal Children’s Hospital. hospital a little bit trained volunteers provide support for the Hospital’s Our “vollies”, as they’re fondly known, made life a “Due to the intensity of her illness, little Sophia was tiniest patients. This year our Cuddle Carers easier, and a little bit little easier for parents and families by: quite confused and upset when she was awake. Her helped out more than 700 times, giving much- coordination was poor and she was unable to talk, • assisting at the Hospital’s Information Desks. needed cuddles when parents were called away by more fun for sick kids open her eyes or do things that she normally could. commitments such as medical consultations. • providing support to parents while their However, she would always settle when cuddling with and their families. children were in the Operating Theatre. her parents and during music. Each year the Foundation funds a range of • giving head, shoulder and neck massages to “In music therapy, Sophia would often open her little We couldn’t have done it services within the Hospital, including music help relieve tension. eyes widely, try to hum along and move her little head in without you therapy, the Parent Lounge, and internet kiosks • providing comfort and cuddles for the time with the music. Music energised her little spirit and in the wards, to give parents the support they Hospital’s tiny patients through the Cuddle allowed her to participate in therapy with lots of fun. “ The Foundation’s hospital and family support need while their children are sick. Carers program. While the road to recovery has been a long one, services are made possible by our donors. Special thanks this year goes to our good friends at In addition, they provided vital administrative brave little Sophia is now home and making Xstrata Coal, the Zig Zag Foundation, and the support to the Foundation and within the Hospital. excellent progress. Baker’s Delight Bundraiser Appeal. In total, the value of the time dedicated by our selfless volunteers was more than $900,000!

26 Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation Annual Report 2010-2011 27 Sunshine Torres Strait- Coast- SOUTH EAST Northern Peninsula Wide Bay QUEENSLAND 21 1764 INSET IN-PATIENT Sunshine SEPARATIONS Coast- Torres Strait- SOUTH EAST Wide Bay Northern Peninsula BY DISTRICT 2010-2011 QUEENSLAND 21 1764 INSET Metro IN-PATIENT Cape North 9466 SEPARATIONS York BY DISTRICT 2010-2011 17 Darling Metro Downs- Cape North West York 9466 Moreton 17 Darling 1488 Downs- West Cairns and Moreton Metro Hinterland 1488 South Gold 348 3863 Coast Cairns and Metro Hinterland 1016 Mt Isa South Gold 348 3863 Coast 57 1016 Mt Isa Townsville 57 228 Townsville 228 Mackay Overcoming distance 280 Mackay The Foundation’s long-term support 280 for groundbreaking telemedicine Central West projects that help to overcome Central West 34 Central Queensland 34 Central Queensland 609 609 the distance between the Royal Children’s Hospital and sick kids in regional and remote areas has Eloise, 16 months, farm accident SEE SEQ SEE SEQ INSET continued in 2010-2011. South West South West INSET 69 Interstate Interstate 69and Overseas Our telemedicine ‘robots’, taking 605 and Overseas 605 doctors in Brisbane to the bedsides of children in regional hospitals via portable videoconferencing The application of the Recycling equipment, continue to be put to good use. for Kids program has led to a reduction in BMA’s carbon footprint at its Gregory Crinum The Health-e-Screen4Kids project, which took a Hospital, to help make life that little bit easier. Mine. It has also resulted in improved application Reaching out... mobile clinic to children in remote communities But for many kids, their treatment and need for of BMA environmental procedure policies and even near Cherbourg to ensure that these kids did not support does not end when they are discharged a nomination for a Banksia Award, for making a across the state miss out on vital ear, nose and throat screening, from hospital. Thanks to the generosity of our positive difference to the environment. The Royal Children’s Hospital is the major was such a success that it has now become part of donors, we’ve been able to fund clinical and Recycling for Kids has raised in excess of $500,000 tertiary referral hospital in the state, receiving Queensland Health’s outreach service. research programs that extend to clinics and for respiratory research. This is providing long-term the most seriously ill and injured children from In the years to come, we hope that a trial of the regional hospitals across the state. outcomes for children across the state and the all over Queensland, parts of New South Wales, use of telemedicine in intensive care and emergency These projects include the development of country with respiratory conditions. and overseas. situations will achieve the same level of success resources that can be distributed to clinicians, in working wonders for sick kids right across The Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at the schools and families across the state to help them Queensland. Hospital provides a statewide advice and retrieval provide even better treatment and support for service in order to ensure that critically ill children kids with cerebral palsy, acquired brain injury, Recycling for kids We couldn’t have done it receive the best care, no matter where they are. feeding difficulties, and many other conditions. In 2010-2011 BMA Coal’s Recycling for Kids program without you A large proportion of these little patients come In 2010-2011 we also committed to providing has continued to turn waste into wonders. This year, with the help of our friends at Cornetts from rural and regional areas. For many of these funding to the Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for IGA, the IGA Christmas wall token campaign kids and their families, the Hospital becomes a The Recycling for Kids program creates the Children program, which brings children to the helped to raise funds and awareness to work home away from home while they receive the opportunity for mine sites to quickly and easily Royal Children’s Hospital from the Pacific Rim and wonders for kids across Queensland. collect scrap metal, move it off site, sell it, and expert treatment they need. southeast Asian regions for much-needed medical donate funds raised to the Foundation. The Foundation is also grateful to Prime Radio, That’s why the Foundation invests in family treatment that is not accessible in their own which continues to engage with regional support and entertainment services within the countries. Funds raised are directed to support the Royal communities from the Sunshine Coast to Cairns. Children’s Hospital Foundation’s respiratory research programs.

28 Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation Annual Report 2010-2011 29 Preston, 7 years, cystic fibrosis, with Broncos and Queensland State of Origin captain Darren Lockyer. Preston and Darren recorded a video together for the 2011 4BC Walk of Life. Magazine’s ‘Cruise for Charity’ national event and Reaching out... Gloria Jean’s Coffees ‘Cappuccino for a Cause’ Rugby league star Darren Lockyer has had a direct We are grateful to Darren for all that he has done campaign. Contributions were also made by our across the nation relationship with the Royal Children’s Hospital and continues to do, and we wish him the very best loyal supporters at Bank of Queensland (BOQ), Foundation since 2007. Since that time, Darren has as he plays his final season with the Broncos. Children’s Hospital Foundations Australia whose ‘Banking on our Kids’ campaign is now in supported us in many ways. (CHFA) is the national partnership of five its fifth year. We continue to benefit from the of Australia’s leading Children’s Hospital support of other long-term partners Partylite, Darren has been a regular ambassador for the Foundations, working towards excellence in Collins Foods Group, Australia Post and AHL. Foundation, filming support videos with sick kids for child health. fundraising campaigns, and making appearances at Internally we welcomed two new Chief Executives a number of events. We couldn’t ask for In 2010-2011 CHFA grew to its strongest financial to our Melbourne and Perth partner foundations, better friends position to date. We were able to contribute along with a Business Development executive In 2010 Darren and his wife Loren generously $200,000 to each of our five partner Children’s based at the Royal Children’s in Victoria. donated funds from a New Idea photo shoot with Some of Queensland and Australia’s leading Hospital Foundations this financial year. On behalf their first child Sunny. They made a special visit to the sporting and television personalities give their As our partnership continues to forge ahead, we of the partnership I would like to extend our sincere Wonder Factory to personally deliver their donation. time and star power to help us work wonders for are looking forward to harnessing the opportunities gratitude for all contributions and support of CHFA sick kids. Our ambassadors include: available to us in the coming 12 months. On In the same year Darren braved a chilly winter this year to enable this significant outcome. behalf of CHFA I would like to extend my sincere morning to sit in a dunking tank on the front lawn Duncan Armstrong, Olympic gold medallist. We have solidified our revenue streams, with appreciation to the team at the Royal for their of the Hospital in support of the Wisecrack This year Duncan has been involved in the our three core areas of fundraising – workplace continued support of our national initiatives. Wonders Campaign. 1200kms for Kids and Chain Reaction events. giving, cause-related marketing and corporate In 2011, Darren has continued to make time to Peter Senior, PGA golfer. Each year proceeds donations – each contributing 30-35% of total work wonders for sick kids, despite his many from the Peter Senior Charity Pro-Am are revenue. We continue to look for opportunities commitments in his last year of football. During the donated to the Foundation. within the corporate sector to establish our State of Origin series in which he led Queensland Investing in Hope dividend donation concept. Melanie McKendry Georgie Lewis, Network Ten news presenter. to yet another victory, he filmed a video with little National Director This past financial year we were joined by new patient Preston in the lead-up to the 4BC Walk Luke Power, Brisbane Lions AFL player. supporters including Street Commodores of Life, and he has agreed to be part of another innovative Foundation campaign later in 2011.

30 Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation Annual Report 2010-2011 31 The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation and many of our generous supporters featured in the media this year.

32 Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation Annual Report 2010-2011 33 The Board Colin Ryan AM Kerry Prior AM Professor Alan Isles Andrea Staines John Lyons BCom, LLB, FCA, FAICD LLB MBBS (Hons) AM, MSc, FRACP, BEcon, MBA, FAICD MBA, BBus, CPA, FAICD FRCP(C) Chairman – retired April 2011 Acting Chairman Andrea Staines is a professional Founder and former chairman of Professor Isles is a paediatric Non-Executive Director and Marketshare, John Lyons is an Colin Ryan is a current or former Kerry Prior was Chairman of respiratory physician at the Company Advisor. She is independent company director Chairman or Board member of McCullough Robertson Lawyers Royal Children’s Hospital. He currently a Director of QR and businessman, with a special several public companies. He was for more than 18 years. He trained in paediatrics at the Royal National, Goodstart Childcare, interest in seriously innovative Queensland Managing Partner of continues to practice as a Children’s Hospital Brisbane and North Queensland Airports and companies. a major international accounting consultant in the Corporate obtained post-graduate clinical Allconnex Water. firm and is a current and former Advisory Group of that firm He is chairman of library and research experience in member of various business, and has extensive experience in She also advises small and technology company Softlink paediatric respiratory medicine government and university commercial and resources law medium-sized companies on International Ltd; director of at The Hospital for Sick Children, committees. and taxation. implementing board governance, O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat Toronto. He served as both a strategic planning and risk and Villas; and co-founder and Mr Ryan holds Bachelor Mr Prior was chairman of Devine Senior Staff Specialist and Visiting management. She is a former director of search and analysis degrees from the University Ltd for many years and a director Medical Officer in paediatric CEO of Australian Airlines, a engine Wotnews, and of data of Queensland in Law and of other public and private respiratory medicine from 1984 Qantas subsidiary flying between company eWorldExchange. He Commerce and is a Fellow of the companies. He is former State until 1998 when he was appointed Asia and Australia which she is an advisory board director of Australian Institute of Chartered Chairman and National Councillor to the position of District co-launched in 2002. At this FINH, Jetts Fitness and Principal Accountants in Australia and a of the Taxation Institute of Manager of RCH and HSD. time, she was also a member of Partners. Fellow of the Australian Institute Australia and former Chairman Between 1998 and 2008, the Qantas 12-person Executive of Company Directors. of the Queensland Office of Mr Lyons is also an honorary Professor Isles held a range of Committee. Financial Supervision. Adjunct Professor at the Bond He was awarded the Order senior executive positions in Prior to Qantas, Ms Staines University Australian Centre for of Australia in 2004 and was Kerry Prior is a founding member the Royal Children’s Hospital worked in various financial roles Family Business, a Queensland appointed an Adjunct Professor of the Royal Children’s Hospital and Health Service District and, with American Airlines at their Councillor of the Australian in the University of Queensland Foundation Board, which was subsequently, in the Children’s Dallas headquarters. Institute of Company Directors, Medical School in 2008. established in July 1985. Health Service. and a co-author with Dr Edward Ms Staines is a Fellow of the Mr Ryan was the founding Professor Isles is also a Past de Bono. Australian Institute of Company Chairman of the Queensland President of Children’s Hospitals Directors, and is an occasional Children’s Medical Research Australasia. Professor Isles also MBA Guest Lecturer and Institute Board. holds an academic appointment CEO Mentor. She has an MBA with the Department of He was Chairman of the majoring in Finance from the Paediatrics and Child Health, Foundation from 1993 to 2011 University of Michigan in the US, Faculty of Medicine, University of and was a founding Board and a Bachelor of Economics Queensland. member since July 1985. from the University Professor Isles is an inaugural of Queensland. Director of the Queensland Ms Staines was appointed to Children’s Medical Research the Royal Children’s Hospital Institute. Professor Isles was Foundation Board in 2007. appointed to the Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation Board in July 1997.

34 Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation Annual Report 2010-2011 35 Eileen Jones Ray Weekes Jenny Hutson Adrian Di Marco Melissa Watter BA BCom, Grad Dip Bus Admin, Grad BCom/LLB, FAIM BSc, FAICD BA Dip Ed, ACA, FAICD, FAIM Chairperson of the Royal Children’s Ms Hutson is an investment Adrian Di Marco is the founder Ms Watter is a Director Hospital Health Community Ray Weekes is Chairman of The banker and fund manager. She is and Executive Chairman of and co-founder of Sequel Council, Eileen Jones has worked CEO Institute in Queensland. an experienced corporate adviser Technology One Ltd, one of Communications, a highly largely in the public sector. He was previously Managing and company director. Australia’s largest publicly listed successful Brisbane-based Director of Rothman’s Holdings software companies. public relations and marketing She was former Secretary/ Ms Hutson has a keen interest Ltd, and CEO of Castlemaine communications firm. Prior to Manager, Forde Commission of in the welfare and education of Mr Di Marco has founded and Perkins Ltd. He holds various moving into the consultancy sector, Inquiry into the Abuse of Children children. In addition to being a developed a number of successful directorships and corporate she was a respected media identity in Queensland Institutions. director of the Royal Children’s Australian IT companies. He has advisory roles. who spent well over a decade Hospital Foundation in Brisbane, played a major role in promoting Ms Jones spent 20 years in policy in senior roles in metropolitan He is CEO-in-Residence/Adjunct she is Chairperson of ASX-listed the Australian IT industry, as and research roles for the Office newspapers, radio and television. Professor for the Queensland childcare provider G8 Education past director of the Australian of Cabinet, Health Department University of Technology Limited. Information Industry Association, During her years in journalism, and Arts Queensland. She has Business School. the peak body for the Australian Ms Watter spent most of her time occupied research posts at the Ms Hutson was previously a IT industry, and as a founding reporting on politics – local, State University of Queensland, Royal Mr Weekes was appointed to partner of a major law firm. She member of Software Queensland, and Federal. She also at various Brisbane Hospital and Medical the Royal Children’s Hospital has over 20 years of experience an organisation specifically times held key rounds such as Board of Queensland. Foundation Board in March 1996. in board issues. Ms Hutson was established to promote the health, finance, rural, and legal previously named Queensland For seven years Ms Jones was Queensland software industry. He affairs. Businesswomen of the Year speech writer to two Governors has been a director of a number and Australian Institute of For more than a decade now of Queensland. She was Deputy of other IT companies, including Management Owner/Manager Ms Watter has delivered effective Chairperson, Forde Foundation the chairman for the inQbator that of the Year. internal and external marketing and former committee member, provides funding for young start- and communications strategies Domestic Violence Resource Ms Hutson holds a Bachelor of up IT companies. for a wide range of corporate, Centre and Zonta Club Brisbane Commerce and Laws from The Mr Di Marco is a fellow of the government, not-for-profit and River. University of Queensland, is a Australian Institute of Chartered private enterprise clients. She Fellow of Emmanuel College, Ms Jones was awarded the Accountants, and a regular speaker is a sought-after corporate University of Queensland, and is Centenary Medal for services to at business forums. Mr Di Marco communications trainer in a Solicitor of the Supreme Court people formerly in the care of has received recognition for his the areas of media and issues of Queensland. the State. contribution to industry including management, effective Board Ms Hutson was appointed to Ms Jones was appointed to the prestigious 2010 Australian communication, speech writing the Royal Children’s Hospital the Royal Children’s Hospital Information Industry Association and presentation skills. Ms Watter Foundation Board in 2007. Foundation Board in 2007. Award for Individual Achievement, is also in demand as a keynote the 2009 Brisbane’s Business conference speaker and panel Person of the Year, and the 2004 facilitator. She often appears as a Pearcey Award for “innovative regular radio guest panellist for and pioneering achievement and news/talk stations. contribution to R&D in IT”. In 2001 Ms Watter contributed her he was awarded the Entrepreneur expertise for many years to of the Year award. the Royal Children’s Hospital Adrian Di Marco was appointed Foundation Board’s Marketing to the Royal Children’s Hospital Sub-Committee before becoming Foundation Board in 2004. a Board Member in 2009.

36 Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation Annual Report 2010-2011 37 • monitoring risk and ensuring the presence responsible to the Minister for Health, the Royal Corporate Governance of adequate risk management controls and Children’s Hospital Foundation operates within the reporting procedures Department of Health’s Children’s Health Services District and therefore has, in practical terms, a duty • ensuring the Foundation acts legally, to keep the management of the District informed of ethically, responsibly and openly. Corporate governance is the way the Royal The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation is subject any relevant Foundation activities. Children’s Hospital Foundation is controlled and to the provisions of the Financial Accountability Executive Management The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation is not governed in order to achieve our strategic goals Act 2009 and in accordance with relevant acts, the specifically subject to Public Service or Queensland and operational objectives through accountability, Foundation appoints the Queensland Audit Office The Board delegates responsibility for implementing Health administrative and staff regulations and has leadership and direction. This framework as external auditor and maintains a register of Board strategies approved by the Board and day-to-day therefore adopted its own policies, procedures and encourages the efficient use of resources across members’ pecuniary interests and any areas of management to the Chief Executive Officer, who in guidelines. In order to attract and retain appropriate the Foundation and maintains a balance between activity that may lead to a conflict of interest. turn is accountable to the Board. executive staff and to operate freely in the financial and social goals. Our Board guides and The Board currently meets bi-monthly. The Board Board Attendance 1 July 2010 - 30 June 2011 marketplace, it is important that the independence protects the development of the Royal Children’s is accountable to the general public, and to all and flexibility that the Foundation currently Hospital Foundation to best enhance the quality Board Member No. of No. Foundation stakeholders to ensure that operations possesses is maintained. of outcomes for sick children. Meetings Attended and affairs of the Foundation are in line with the C.G. Ryan* 4 4 The Foundation is a high profile and successful expectations of the community and its supporters. Management and Structure K.P. Prior 6 4 fundraising organisation under the sponsorship of The role of the Board includes: A. Di Marco 6 5 the State Government. The role of the Committee The Role of the Board is to ensure that while the Royal Children’s Hospital • maintaining high levels of accountability to J.J. Hutson 6 3 Foundation’s administrative independence is The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation is a stakeholders and external regulators A.F. Isles 6 6 statutory body incorporated under the Hospitals’ E.D. Jones 6 6 maintained, the administrative and financial • monitoring the performance of the CEO reporting responsibilities of the Foundation are Foundations Act 1982 by Order-in-Council dated 18 J.C. Lyons 6 6 being complied with; the general administrative July 1985. The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation • raising organisational awareness of the A.J.P. Staines 6 5 structure is appropriate; and the Foundation’s is a registered Public Benevolent Institution for external environment M.J. Watter 6 5 financial administration relationships with State Commonwealth Income Tax purposes. R.K. Weekes 6 6 • ensuring compliance with statutory, Government Departments of Queensland Health The Board membership is up to 12 with members K.R. Spillane** 6 6 financial, social and corporate governance and Treasury are appropriate and efficient. appointed for a four-year period. Board members responsibilities B.T. Chapman** 6 6 have elected to serve in an honorary capacity and *Brendan Hulcombe appointed February 2011. • providing strategic direction and *C. G. Ryan resigned on 1 April 2011. therefore receive no fees for their services on the Terms of Reference: developing, examining and approving **Ex-officio. Board or Committees. strategies, policies, plans and budgets 1. To provide advice and recommendations to the Board on the financial affairs of RCHF. Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation Board Committees 2. To monitor, review and provide advice and Committees are established directly by the Board recommendations on the Foundation’s RCHF Board and are used to bring additional attention and investments. guidance to areas the Board considers appropriate. A member of the Board is appointed Chairman of 3. To review the RCHF annual budgets prior RCHF Finance, Audit and CAPS Advisory Risk Management Committee each Committee and members will include other to submission to the Board and make Committee Office of Board members and/or invitees from outside the recommendations in accordance with broad

Chief Executive Foundation who have specific skill sets that are guidelines provided by the Board. relevant to the aims of the Committees. The Board 4. To undertake broad review, monitor FUNDRAISING AND CORPORATE Chairman and the CEO are ex-officio members of SERVICES performance and report to the Board on the MARKETING each Committee. following compliance matters: CONSUMER FINANCE Finance, Audit and Risk • compliance with statutory and other legal

CORPORATE HUMAN RESOURCES Management Committee requirements;

DIRECT MARKETING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Chairman: Ray Weekes • compliance with appropriate accounting Members: Alison De Groot, Jenny Hutson, Celia standards; RELATIONSHIP HOSPITAL SERVICES Swales and Brendon Hulcombe* • the management of risks that arise from the RETAIL GRANTS ADMINISTRATION As an independent Statutory Corporation operations of the Foundation;

MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS

38 Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation Annual Report 2010-2011 39 • the occupational safety of the employees of The Committee ensures that the disbursement of Risk and Accountability times and flexible hours, so that they can balance the Foundation; and funds for grants reflects the intentions of specific their priorities at work and privately. donors and that the Foundation’s fundraising Risk Management • the environmental impact of the operations The Foundation runs an employee wellness program strategies and marketing opportunities are properly of the RCHF. The Board, through the Finance, Audit and Risk for the mental and physical wellbeing of all staff considered in the selection process. Management Committee, monitors and addresses members. Staff members have the opportunity to 5. To undertake broad review, monitor Terms of Reference: all risks pertaining to the Foundation. Operationally purchase two additional weeks of annual leave and performance and report to the Board on any the Foundation has a Risk Management Committee have access to pro-rata long service leave following matters contained in the RCHF Finance, Audit 1. Applications for funding that are research in that meets regularly to discuss, review and seven years of continuous service. and Risk Management Committee Terms of nature will not be considered at this committee identify actions required to manage risks in many Reference. and will be referred to the Queensland areas including reputation, investment, security, Early retirement, redundancy and Children’s Medical Research Institute, an 6. To review and monitor the implementation of information technology and many more. The retrenchment entity funded by the Royal Children’s Hospital performance measurement systems including Foundation has developed a Crisis Management Foundation. If and when the organisational structure of the the reporting of actual performance against Key Plan outlining all steps to be followed and actions Foundation changes, all efforts are made to Performance Indicators. 2. To provide advice and recommendations to to be taken in the event of a crisis. accommodate the affected staff members in the Board on the projects, programs and other 7. To ensure an appropriate internal audit program alternative positions within the Foundation. In areas of support for investment by RCHF. Audit Committee and Internal Audit is conducted, consider the major findings of situations where redundancy becomes unavoidable, any internal audit reports and to advise the 3. Where necessary and practicable the committee The Finance, Audit and Risk Management all required steps are taken according to the Fair Board of the outcomes of any internal audit will call on the services of specialists to provide Committee ensures auditing is performed both Work Act, keeping affected staff involved in the investigations. advice to assist in analysis and decision making. internally and externally each financial year. Internal entire process. audits are conducted by an independent third-party 8. To receive the report of the external auditors 4. To undertake broad review, monitor accounting firm and the external audit is conducted Whistleblowers Protection Act 1994 and to monitor measures taken by the CEO and performance and report to the Board on the by the Queensland Audit Office, or its designate. the Director of Corporate Services to rectify any following compliance matters: The Foundation has a policy that provides areas of concern. protection and support for whistleblowers which • Any ethical, statutory and legal issues that Human Resources is set out in the Employee Handbook and is in line 9. To monitor the performance evaluation and may arise in relation to current and/or with the Act of 1994. remuneration processes administered at the potential programs; Workforce planning, attraction and Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation. retention • The efficiency, effectiveness and Public Sector Ethics Act 1994 10. To ensure that a suitable risk management appropriateness of programs the RCHF is The Foundation is an equal opportunity employer. The Foundation has strong vision and mission system exists and is actively utilised by investing in; People of all ages, genders, ethnicities and cultural statements and sets organisational values in line Foundation management. backgrounds have equal opportunity within the • Benefits for the Foundation and the RCH with which all employees are required to operate. organisation with regard to recruitment, promotion, 11. To ensure that a proper crisis management plan of investing in new projects and supporting These values are integrity, excellence, respect, remuneration, and responsibilities. is in place with adequate contingency planning. certain programs. flexibility and innovation. Attraction and recruitment of talented candidates 5. To undertake broad review, monitor Clinical and Patient Services Committee to the Foundation is vital to ensuring fundraising performance and report to the Board on any Operations and service delivery objectives are met. To assist Chairman: Karenlee Spillane significant matters pertaining to Clinical and in this process, the Foundation advertises through Information Systems and Record Keeping Members: Linda Hardy, Beth Chapman, Patient Services grants. recruitment media, has established an online Alan Isles and Eileen Jones The Foundation has undertaken considerable steps 6. At all times maintaining flexibility to consider recruitment centre and uses social networking to ensure progress in complying with the legislation The Committee sets the grants program and any relevant matters that may arise in the technology. The recruitment team provides an and guidelines that give effect to the Right to monitors the disbursement of Royal Children’s course of discussion. excellent service to all the applicants and responds Information and Information Privacy reforms, to Hospital Foundation funds for non-research to their queries with urgency, building on the 7. To ensure appropriate reporting is received date achieving 50% compliance. initiatives. and prepared for feedback to donors and other organisational reputation and assisting in attraction Applications for competitive grants are called in interested parties. of candidates for various Foundation employment April and September and awarded to innovative opportunities. 8. To ensure that objectivity is always maintained projects that provide real impact to patients and and that there is adequate representation in A fundraising internship program, introduced in families within Queensland Health priorities. A decision making. 2010, has allowed the organisation to recruit highly regional grants program provides support to talented individuals following completion of their children’s wards in regional hospitals, and the 9. To act as a forum to consider and coordinate undergraduate degree. Foundation’s hospital services, which include relationships with external funding bodies and The Foundation looks at all reasonable requests volunteer programs, children’s entertainment and NFPs on behalf of the Royal Children’s Hospital. from employees regarding flexible start and finish family services, are funded through this Committee.

40 Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation Annual Report 2010-2011 41 Figure 2. Figure 4. Cost Ratio

11% 16,000 Direct Marketing

Relationship Fundraising 14,000 8% 30% Consumer Financial Summary 12,000 Corporate 10,000 Retail

18% 8,000 Bequests

6,000 $ Thousands Key Financial Highlights 4,000 26% 7% 2,000 • Total fundraising revenue for - 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 2010-2011 of over $14.1 million Year Fundraising Revenue Fundraising Costs • Over $120 million has been awarded Where the money goes in grants since 1986 This year the Foundation funded $8.2 million in Investments grants for research, specialised equipment, and • Fundraising and administration expenses under budget clinical and patient services. Despite an at times volatile financial market during the financial year, the Foundation’s • Cost of fundraising below budget During the 25 years since the Foundation was investment portfolio overall had positive incorporated, over $120 million has been awarded in returns of $1.9 million for the year, comprising grants (refer Figure 3). Result Overview – dividend and interest income as well as Year Ended 30 June 2011 As the Foundation continues to grow and achieve movement in the value of the portfolio. greater financial outcomes it is anticipated grants It was, again, another challenging and yet rewarding year for the Foundation as we operated in The investment portfolio is managed by JB totalling $50 million will be awarded and paid during an economic climate that remains uncertain. This uncertainty impacted the Foundation through Were in accordance with the Foundation’s the next five years. its investment portfolio and in the mix of fundraising activities undertaken. conservative investment policy, maintaining Figure 3. a policy to attract the highest returns while Thanks to the ongoing commitment of many generous donors, the Foundation was able to Grants Paid By Financial Year exceed its revenue targets, achieving fundraising revenue of $14.1 million to 30 June 2011 (refer 12,000 protecting the Foundation’s investments.

Figure 1). The Foundation’s challenge remains the commitment to grow fundraising revenue 10,000 through community support in order to work more wonders for sick kids by funding paediatric Net Assets 8,000 research and clinical initiatives that provide a positive impact for our patients, families and carers. The Foundation was able to strengthen its 6,000

$ Thousands financial position during the financial year. The Figure 1. 4,000 Total Fundraising Revenue accumulated funds of the Royal Children’s 16,000 2,000 Hospital Foundation increased from $16.41 14,000 million (2010) to $18.87 million (2011). 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12,000 Year The level of accumulated funds and the 10,000 Foundation’s strategic fundraising plan 8,000 Financial Outcomes provides reassurance to grant recipients that

6,000

$ Thousands Total revenue, including income from the approved grants are able to be funded in full

4,000 Foundation’s investment portfolio, reached $16.4 and new grants will continue to be awarded.

2,000 million in the 2010-2011 financial year (refer Figure 4). Full Financial Statements 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 The Foundation was also able to maintain positive Year cash flows throughout the year and pay all debts A full copy of the Foundation’s 2010-2011 when they fell due. Where the money comes from financial statements, including letter Costs across all departments were slightly of compliance, can be found at The Foundation receives no government funding. All funds raised are through the generous higher when compared to the prior year but as a workingwonders.com.au or requested support of the community. Fundraising is broken into a number of streams and staffed by percentage of revenue, the ratio remained modest on 07 3852 1199. dedicated personnel who facilitate and meet the needs of donors. Other income comes from and in line with both the forecast and result for last Foundation investments. Figure 2 displays the contribution to overall revenue in 2011 of each of financial year, at 23%. the fundraising income areas.

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