Every month our amazing team of peer support volunteers provide Hospital Morning Teas across Australia. It’s a critical service that allows our veteran prem parent volunteers to provide a listening ear and guidance to families currently going through their hospital stay. Our volunteers go through an extensive training program facilitated
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Providing car seats to families in need
Our Family Assistance Program is designed to support families experiencing extreme financial pressure as a result of having a sick or premature baby in hospital for extended periods of time. It works to reduce the financial burden on families allowing them to concentrate on spending time by their baby’s side.
Our “BIG CUDDLE” EOFY Campaign
“Support us in keeping families together during their babies most critical time” This year we are raising funds for our Financial Assistance program. It is our most oversubscribed and we can never keep up with demand! Did you know that kangaroo cuddles are of huge benefit to a premature baby’s
Happy Easter
In March we delivered over 400 Easter bunny hats to families celebrating Easter in hospital. This was our first Easter bunny hat drive and we were overwhelmed by the support provided by our wonderful community of knitters. This is an ongoing project and we would love some more knitters on
Celebrating milestones
This year LLTF will be providing gifts to families celebrating milestones in hospital such as Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Christmas and we also provide gifts to families once their baby has been in hospital for 100 days or more. All of our gifts are generously donated by the community and provide
Workplace giving
DID YOU KNOW that June is Workplace Giving Month? We, together with many other charities throughout the country, will be promoting the benefits of workplace giving in the lead up to and throughout the month of June. Recent studies have shown that corporate social responsibility has been highlighted as one of
Our new website
It’s been a labour of love but we finally got there and were very thrilled to launch our new website this month. The site has a fresh new look, and is filled with lots of information and support for families of premature and sick babies. Of course none of this would
An amazing lady, an amazing legacy
It is with a very heavy heart that we announce that our very gorgeous Chairman and co-founder of the Foundation, Parool Shah, will be stepping down as Chairman at our next board meeting in June. It was Parool’s passion and long time commitment to LLTF that has enabled it to
New Board Director
The board would also like to extend a warm welcome to its newest member Dr Simon Frazer. Simon is the current Chief Medical Officer / Senior Paediatrician at the Latrobe Regional Hospital in Victoria. After completing a Master of Public Policy and Management, Simon worked as a medical director at a
International Women’s Day Luncheon
International Women’s Day March 8th celebrates the social, cultural, economic and political achievements of women across the globe This year LLTF is very excited and honored to announce that LLTF has been chosen as the charity for the annual International Women’s Day luncheon event. We’d love you to join us for this