2016/17 More Than $53.8 Hospital in 2020, Your Support Becomes Even More Important
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Level 2, 48 Flemington Road Cover photo: RCH patient Lily is being Parkville Vic 3052 Australia treated for leukaemia at the hospital. Read her story on page 28. P +61 3 9345 5037 E [email protected] rchfoundation.org.au Content facebook.com/rchmelbourne twitter.com/rchfoundation THE IMPACT OF GIVING 4 THANK YOU 40 (Meet our youngest philanthropists) (Meet Brooke) Thank You 6 Leadership Circle 42 Overview 8 Individual Gifts 44 Great Care 9 Fly for the Kids 47 Good Friday Appeal 10 Corporate Donations 49 Corporate Fundraising 52 Workplace Giving 54 CHANGING LIVES 12 Trust and Foundations 57 (Meet Xavier) Bequests 58 Moving forward 14 The 1870 society 59 Meet Bridget 16 Endowments 60 Absolute gene-ius 18 Community Fundraisers 62 Meet Ginger 20 RCH Auxiliaries 69 Communication in sight 22 In Celebration 70 Meet Kyle 24 In Memory 72 An education 26 Commitment to our donors 74 Meet Lily 28 Equipment and technology 30 AT A GLANCE 76 Patient and family centred care 32 (Meet Finley) Research 34 Leadership, education and training 36 Financials 78 Philanthropically funded positions 38 Board of Directors 82 Committees 84 Staff 85 CONTACT US 87 2 3 MEET OUR YOUNGEST PHILANTHROPISTS Meet Finley, Brooke and Xavier. These three inspiring people have been RCH patients for many years of their lives. They are also some of our youngest supporters. Grateful for the care they receive at the RCH, they have chosen to give back and fundraise so that other children can continue to receive the world leading healthcare the hospital is known for. You will learn more about Finley, Brooke and Xavier’s inspiring stories of courage, hope and generosity throughout The Impact of Giving. 4 5 “Thanks to you, our generous community, we were able to provide funding to more than 200 life-changing programs led by the RCH and our campus partners, the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and the University of Melbourne, Department of Paediatrics.” They include: • Research: discovering new treatments and cures for childhood illnesses and diseases including in the areas of cerebral palsy, food allergies and mental health • Equipment: acquiring the most advanced equipment and technology specially designed for children, including a Tobii Eye Gaze Device helping non-verbal patients communicate • Patient and family-centred care: providing exceptional care through programs such as the Chronic Illness Peer Support Group, Wadja Aboriginal Family Place and Music Therapy, all aimed at easing the stress and anxiety experienced by patients and their families Peter Yates AM, Chairman Sue Hunt, Chief Executive Officer • L eadership and training: attracting the world’s brightest medical minds, including global experts in the areas of genomics, trauma and emergency medicine, and providing ongoing education and training to staff across the campus These programs and initiatives simply would not exist without Thank you your support. In this year’s edition of The Impact of Giving, we highlight a selection of these programs and introduce you to some of the patients whose lives have been changed thanks to the Generosity is the cornerstone of The Royal Children’s Hospital This last year has been no exception, as people from across people of Victoria. We also profile some of our most inspiring (RCH) and it has been that way since the very beginning. our community continued to give in support of the work of the supporters who have generously given their time to share their hospital. A long and abiding symbol of this is our beloved RCH stories with us. In 1870, Doctors Smith and Singleton had a vision “to help sick Auxiliaries, which in 2017 celebrate 95 years of fundraising for There are many stories for you to enjoy in this year’s The and injured children.” They established the Melbourne Free the hospital. The Good Friday Appeal also holds a special place Hospital for Children and a committee of ladies worked to raise Impact of Giving and we hope you like reading them as much in the hearts of all Victorians, this year raising an incredible as we enjoy sharing them. the funds needed to develop the hospital. Its aim - to give the $17.6 million. best care to sick and injured children free of all charge. As we move towards the 150th anniversary of our great We are delighted to report that in 2016/17 more than $53.8 hospital in 2020, your support becomes even more important. That vision of providing children with the very best healthcare million was raised in support of our great hospital. This support still exists today, as does the philanthropy needed to support it. Together we can change children’s health by helping the is life-changing and enabled the RCH Foundation to distribute hospital solve today’s medical challenges and be better more than $33.7 million to the hospital. 6 Each year at the RCH Foundation we are so grateful for the prepared for tomorrow’s. 7 generosity of the Victorian community. It is this support Thanks to you, our generous community, we were able to that enables the hospital to continue to provide the world We sincerely thank you for generously supporting The Royal provide funding to more than 200 life-changing programs Children’s Hospital. leading care that Doctors Smith and Singleton could only led by the RCH and our campus partners, the Murdoch have dreamed of. Children’s Research Institute and the University of Melbourne, Peter Yates AM Chairman Department of Paediatrics. Sue Hunt Chief Executive Officer “At The Royal Children’s Hospital we have the great good fortune of enjoying outstanding support from our community and together we have built a reputation as a world-leader in paediatric care.” 2016/17 overview John Stanway, Chief Executive Officer, RCH Great Care At The Royal Children’s Hospital we have the great good Last year a RCH Foundation grant enabled us to implement fortune of enjoying outstanding support from our community a hospital-wide Electronic Medical Record (EMR). This year, and together we have built a reputation as a world-leader in the RCH Foundation’s generosity will see us establish a RAISED IN 2016/17 FROM OUR LIFE CHANGING PROGRAMS AND paediatric care. Digital Command Centre to realise the EMR’s full potential. COMMUNITY OF SUPPORTERS PROJECTS WERE SUPPORTED THANKS By aggregating data such as emergency surgery workloads Through the work of The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation, TO YOUR GENEROSITY and state-wide intensive care capacity around the clock, the the annual Good Friday Appeal and generous giving from centre will improve efficiency, productivity and timely access individuals and organisations across the year, we have to clinical care across the hospital. invested in new technologies, equipment, programs and research, which have ensured that we not only meet the Your support has also helped us to find new, innovative and immediate needs of the state’s sickest children but that better ways of caring for children. This year, I was delighted we are leading the way in paediatric care for the future. to launch our Complex Care Hub, a service that started with a RCH Foundation grant in 2015 and which is now embedded We have a talented, committed and enthusiastic team of in our day-to-day operations. With a multidisciplinary team professionals whose focus is on doing the best they can for supporting children with chronic and complex medical needs, the state’s children: your support allows us to do even better. the hub co-ordinates and integrates treatment, and partners CHILDREN RECIEVED URGENT CARE IN APPOINTMENTS WERE HELD IN SPECIALIST CLINICS with families to deliver the best and most convenient care This year, with funds donated from the Good Friday Appeal, available that delivers patient and family centred care and a THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT we have been able to extend our ‘Hospital After Hours’ roster positive experience. with additional staff resources, helping the RCH continue delivering great care throughout evenings, nights, weekends Over the next year, we will continue to pursue new projects and public holidays. that will improve the care we deliver to our patients and their families. Your ongoing support makes these advances possible 8 In May, with assistance from the RCH Foundation, the RCH 9 and we look forward to sharing them with you as we pursue Emergency Department launched a new Fast Track Facility to our vision to be a great children’s hospital. From everyone here provide an additional 10 treatment spaces for patients with at The Royal Children’s Hospital, thank you. low complexity illness and injury. By promoting the rapid assessment and treatment of these children, the new facility SURGERIES WERE PERFORMED ON ANY GIVEN DAY, OVER 430 CHILDREN RECIEVE John Stanway is leading to improved access for more serious patients. AT THE HOSPITAL CARE IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH RCH@HOME Chief Executive Officer, The Royal Children’s Hospital A message from the Good Friday Appeal 2017 was a great year. Once again we saw our caring and We are so blessed to have organisations like Woolworths compassionate community come out in force for the Good support the Appeal. For 30 years the wonderful staff have Friday Appeal. pushed trollies, held raffles and sold tokens to raise funds for the Appeal. They are great people and we know The Royal Every year thousands of individuals, schools, businesses and Children’s Hospital appreciates their commitment community groups get together and raise funds, from bakeries and generosity. holding ‘Hot Cross Bun offs’ to youngsters making jewellery. The great people of Victoria and Southern New South Wales In a first for the Good Friday Appeal, this year an AFL match got involved and donated generously.