Help Aussie kids be kids
Every child has the right to attain their full potential regardless of ability or background.
All kids deserve a fair go.
Variety – the Children’s Charity supports kids and families who are facing many challenges through sickness, disadvantage or living with Special Needs.
Our work allows kids to gain mobility, to get out and about in the community, to communicate, achieve independence and increase their self-esteem. We make sure the kids who miss out, can always join in.
Annika's Story
Annika lives with quadriplegic cerebral palsy, causing her continuous and debilitating back pain and increasingly restricted ranges of limb movement as a result of long periods spent sitting or lying.
The help Annika needed most was a specialised powered wheelchair, with a standing function to regularly move her young body, help reduce back pain and give her more confidence by providing life-altering physical therapy benefits and freedom.
Help when it’s needed most
Every child deserves the chance to be the best they can be, to get the most out of life, regardless of their ability or background.
Ways that we help
Mobility
Variety helps children gain independence and freedom by providing financial support for things like wheelchairs, walking frames, hoists and vehicle modifications.
Medical
Variety helps families care for children with a medical condition in their own home by providing vital medical items and equipment like feeds, nappies, orthotics, seizure alarms and sensory equipment.
Schools and organisations
Variety helps schools and organisations with things like all-ability playgrounds, Liberty swings (modified for special needs), and sunshine coaches for transporting children, which can be wheelchair modified.
To children and families in need, who can’t afford specialist care and equipment, and when government support isn’t available.