The Australian Outback Baby Project

Charity - The Australian Outback Baby Project
Items - Handmade Toys and Baby Sets
Links - Facebook

The Project is made up of many wonderful volunteers from mostly Australia and some from around the world. We knit, sew,quilt, felt and or crochet clothes and items for donation to hospitals, Outreach clinics and remote midwives in Outback Australia and rural New South Wales as well as Careflight NSW & NT so that they can donate the gift sets to grieving families of stillborn & miscarried babies and give comfort to preemie babies whilst in hospital and their flight to hospital.

We receive no government funding help what so ever, and rely on community donations & sponsorship to create our care packs and special baby packs. At the moment what we really need is hand made (sewn, knitted, crocheted) toys please. Also baby sets in Aboriginal colours (Black, yellow, red) and Torres Strait colours (blue, green, white, black).

Yasminah's Gift of Hope

Charity - Yasminah's Gift of Hope
Items - Baby Blankets, Quilts, Beanies, Booties & Teddies
Links - Facebook | Website

Yasminah's Gift of Hope provide a Gift of Hope, support and guidance for premature birth, pregnancy, neonatal and infant loss. Ensuring parents receive early, ongoing support, information and an opportunity to create lasting memories and keepsakes of their time with their child to treasure forever. 1 in 4 pregnancies in Australia ends in miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death, 1 in 10 babies in Australia are born premature.

Gift Of Hope journals provide families a place to freely express their thoughts feelings and emotions.Every Gift of Hope Journal is lovingly hand made by a dedicated team of volunteers across Australia. Our journals are supplied to over 100 hospitals across Australia & are also supplied directly to bereaved families. Our Gift of Hope support packs also include Angel Gowns (burial gowns), a handmade crocheted blanket/quilt, beanie & booties & a teddy bear/handmade teddy/animal. We also provide packs for premature babies which include a journal & also handmade items.

Yasminah's Gift of Hope relies solely on donations from the community. We are growing rapidly & welcome new volunteers to our 'family' & are always so very grateful for the generous donations we receive from the handmade community. All donations can be sent to: Yasminah's Gift of Hope, PO Box 237, Quakers Hill, NSW, 2763. We have a variety of free knitting and crochet patterns on our website for you to choose from.

Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (RBWH)

Charity - Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (RBWH)
Items - Knitted toys, Baby cardigans, Bassinet blankets
Links - Facebook | Website

RBWH Foundation is the charity arm of Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (RBWH), Queensland's largest hospital. The Foundation's role is to fill that funding gap. Money raised by RBWH Foundation is used to fund research on the campus, purchase vital pieces of equipment and enable key health professionals to attend additional training programs, conferences and seminars. To raise these funds, the Foundation relies heavily on the support of the community.

It is through the generosity of many individuals, businesses and community groups that we are able to assist the hospital in its life-saving work.
The Foundation has a small shop at RBWH staffed by volunteers that sells a variety of handcrafted items. The best selling items are small knitted toys and baby cardigans that visitors purchase as gifts for newborn babies. We are currently seeking donations of these items. We are also gratefully accepting items for the Maternity Ward, specifically bassinets blankets (approximately 60cm square). All generous donations can be sent to Rita Grice, PO 94, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Qld 4029. For more information  Facebook page and website or call 07 3646 7588.

Sands Queensland

Charity - Sands Queensland
Item/s - Memory Bags, Blankets & Clothing (patterns provided)
Links - Facebook | Website

Sands Queensland provides support, information, education and advocacy for parents and families who experience the death of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth, newborn death or other pregnancy losses. Sands Queensland supports parents no matter how long since the death of their baby. Whether newly bereaved or whether your baby died some years ago, we are here to help you find the support and information you need.

We currently have a handmade memory bag program that requires items to be made to specific patterns detailed on our website HERE We hand make the bag to a specific pattern and provide material. We also make the keepsake blanket given inside the bag. The bag is called 'Butterfly: a gift for bereaved parents' and we have Butterfly Coordinators who distribute them to hospitals. Each Coordinator, depending on their hospital's need can also make outfits and blankets from the listed patterns found online HERE. There is also a Facebook page for the Beloved Butterfly Gifts which details items needed and patterns. For more information please visit our organisation's Facebook page or website.

Women's and Children's Hospital Foundation

Charity - Women's & Children's Hospital Foundation

Item/s - Quilts for Babies & Children, Drawstring Library Bags and Pillowcases

The Women's & Children's Hospital Foundation Inc is the official charity of the Women's & Children's Hospital in Adelaide, South Australia. We are committed to ensuring that children and their families have access to the very best in medical care and support services at a time when they need it most. And that's why we need your help. Your support will ensure that we can continue to make a difference for South Australian women, babies and children, now and into the future.

We are currently accepting handmade quilts, fabric carry bags similar to a library bag and personalised pillow cases. As we have a lot of children that have lengthy stays we like to make their bed and room feel a little like home. All generous donations can be sent to Teresa Whitehorn - Community Partnerships, Women's & Children's Hospital Foundation, 55 King William Road, North Adelaide 4006, SA. For more information visit our Facebook page or website.

Central Coast Kids In Need

Charity - Central Coast Kids In Need

Item/s - Handmade Items for Annual Fundraiser Event

20 years ago in 1993 a local Central Coast mother was staying at Ronald McDonald House with her sick son when the Manager suggested she start a 'volunteer fundraising group' on the Central Coast to help other parents with their accommodation bills. These families all have seriously ill children with prolonged illness (a very large proportion are cancer patients, others with organ transplants and premature babies with life threatening health issues.

Not everyone is aware that there is a $33/night fee to stay at the Ronald McDonald Houses. As an example, following a bone marrow transplant a child needs to be isolated for some 6 weeks before returning home to the Central Coast. Bills for thousands of dollars would financially ruin young families. Central Coast families do not qualify for any government assistance as only families more than 100 kms away from the treating hospital are eligible.

To assist in the ongoing fundraising effort of our volunteers, we host an annual Trivia Night to try and raise funds for the families we support. It would be great to have some handcrafted items donated for prizes so we can raffle off a beautiful quilt, craft hamper or crocheted blanket as examples of ideas. It is our major fundraising function of the year, we have lucky numbers, raffles, silent auctions and also live auctions. Donations can be sent to CCKIN, PO Box 3268, Bateau Bay 2261, NSW. For more information please visit our Facebook page or website: 

Lighthouse Foundation

Charity - Lighthouse Foundation

Item/s - Knitted, Crocheted or Sewn Baby Clothing, Blankets & Toys 

Over the past 23 years, Lighthouse has supported more than 700 homeless young people to take their rightful place in the community by giving them a home, a sense of family and therapeutic care that is trauma informed, individually-tailored and proven to work. Through their Lighthouse experience, the young people heal, learn again to relate to others and rebuild their lives.

There are eleven Lighthouse homes in Melbourne and regional Victoria where young people are supported by live-in Carers as well as specialist therapeutic services including case management and psychological services. One of these home supports young mums and their bubs. Each Lighthouse Home houses four young people for 6-24 months (depending on their needs) and a Live-In (Primary) Carer. Each home is supported by a volunteer Community Committee which helps with local community fundraising and connects with the local community to help with operational and maintenance costs.

We would be very grateful to receive baby goods, such as blankets, toys, booties or beanies. We have approximately 6 babies in the home per year. We would also be very grateful to receive any gorgeous handmade goodies to be included in a silent auctions at our ongoing fundraising events. These can be address to: Fundraising and Volunteer Coordinator, 13 Adolph Street, Richmond 3121 Victoria. For more information visit our Facebook page or website

Peninsula Health - Frankston Hospital & Rosebud Hospital

Charity - Peninsula Health

Item/s - Knitted and Crocheted Beanies for babies, children and adults, Calico Dolls, Trauma Teddies and Blankets

Peninsula Health is the metropolitan public health service for Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula. We provide patient care at both Frankston and Rosebud Hospitals. We also offer extensive medical services through the Mornington Peninsula including acute medical, paediatric, surgical and maternity care, critical care, mental health services, aged care, rehabilitation, palliative care, residential care, community health, health education and promotion, outpatient services, aged care and assessment, investigative and medical support services, allied health, and clinical training.

Peninsula Health consists of 15 sites, employs over 5,000 people and is supported by more than 800 volunteers and auxiliary members. Peninsula Health doesn't have a volunteer craft group (we’d love to though!) but we do receive occasional craft donations. We always appreciate donation of knitted or crocheted beanies and scarves for our cancer and aged care patients, blankets and beanies for our special care paediatric nursery (such tiny things!),  Calico dolls for paediatric patients, Trauma Teddies for patients admitted to our Emergency Department and Crochet blankets for Palliative Care. For details on how to make trauma teddies, contact Peninsula Health’s ACE volunteer coordinator Jenni O’Sullivan on 0448 598 438 and you can view the free knitting pattern HERE. Please be mindful sick patients often have sensitive skin so donations need to be made out of material that is soft, warm and not itchy. For more information about Peninsula Health visit our website:

Pregnancy Loss Australia

Charity - Pregnancy Loss Australia

Item/s - Beanies, Booties, Blankets, Gowns and Smocks

Pregnancy Loss Australia (formerly known as Teddy Love Club) is a national support program for bereaved families who suffer the loss of their baby or babies from miscarriage, stillbirth, termination for feotal abnormality and neo natal loss through our early support program and professional support services.

We provide parents with the comfort of knowing they are not alone right from the beginning, and offer significant ongoing support and understanding to bereaved parents, their families and their friends.

The program operates in every state of Australia with the program provided to every maternity hospital across the country. We are leading the way in providing professional support, guidance and comfort to bereaved parents, their families and friends.

As part of the PLA program, we often receive items that we pass on to the hospitals to use for premmie and stillborn babies. We accept the little hats/beanies, gowns or smocks, booties and even little blankets. Any items to be donated can be sent to us at Pregnancy Loss Australia, PO Box 7176, West Lakes, SA, 5021 and we can then send them out to hospitals when we do our own allocation of resources. Our allocations are done twice a year and we send our resources to every maternity hospital in Australia. For more information visit our Facebook page or website below:

Canberra Hospital Foundation

Charity - Canberra Hospital Foundation

Item/s - Knitted and Crocheted Adult Beanies, Scarves, Blankets and Premature Baby Beanies and Blankets

The Canberra Hospital Foundation launched in 2011 and assists the Canberra Hospital to provide exceptional clinical care by raising funds for equipment, to support research and to enhance facilities for patient and family centered care.

Patients and their families are always grateful to receive handmade items during their stay at the Canberra Hospital. Knitted and crocheted items such as scarves, beanies, blankets, premature baby clothing are greatly appreciated. Contact the Canberra Hospital Foundation for details on how to donate. Visit our Facebook page and website below for more information.

Warming Beautiful Souls

Charity - Pediatrics
Item/s - Handmade gift for children & teenagers

Warming Beautiful Souls was created to bring moments of happiness to children battling cancer, inspired by the beautiful children we met during our own daughter Maya's journey with cancer. Maya was born with Rhabdomyosarcoma and spent most of her 23 months of life in hospital receiving treatment, before finding eternal peace in November 2013.

After months of distributing hundreds of wonderful donated gifts to children fighting cancer in eight hospitals around Australia, we decided to expand our focus. On each hospital visit it tore at our hearts that so many children were suffering prolonged and repeated hospitalisation, for serious illnesses other than just cancer. A child suffering is a child suffering, despite their illness. So we have expanded our focus to include all children suffering serious illnesses.

We are pleased to announce that WBS now has wonderful people in each state/territory helping distribute the items people donate, so your gifts will go to children in your local major hospital. Warming Beautiful Souls accepts handmade gift for babies, children and teenagers including knitted, crocheted and sewn goods. For more information and a list of local distributors visit the Facebook Page

Pillowcases for Oncology Kids

Charity - Pillowcases for Oncology Kids
Item/s - Handmade Pillowcases

Pillowcases for Oncology Kids creates and donates pillowcases to oncology kids in hospitals around Australia. Our Vision is to provide every child undergoing treatment for cancer receives a pillowcase to brighten up their room. We want to see every child smile and with all our pillowcases being made and donated with tonnes of love it is sure to put a big smile on every child's face when they receive a pillowcase from POK.

Brittany was 6 months old when she was diagnosed with a rare GERM CELL tumour, she had treatment for 3 years and was given a 0.01% survival rate. She is now a gorgeous 15 year old who still has a long way to go, but has decided to help put a smile on someone else's face by creating the foundation.

What started out as a small pillowcase drive to collect and create handmade pillowcases for oncology kids in hospital, has now escalated to something she wishes to continue 365 days a year and donate pillowcases not only to the hospital where she was treated, but hospitals around Australia.

So, if you are able to sew, why not get your creative side happening and create a pillowcase for boys and girls, young and old who are in hospital having treatment. For more information visit the Facebook Page.

The Babes Project

Charity - The Babes Project
Item/s - Quilts and Blankets for Babies

The Babes Project is rewriting the motherhood experience for women facing crisis pregnancy; The Babes Project establishes pregnancy support services and accommodation for women and children in the perinatal period, throughout Victoria.

The Babes Project believes that all women should have access to the information, support and understanding needed to make great decisions regarding the life of her and her child. Their programs include: Pregnancy and parenting support work, advocacy for women to have access to all she needs to proceed with her pregnancy and beyond, and developing safe spaces for women.

The Babes Project can only receive certain gently-used hand items for distribution to our clients. It is important that all donations are in excellent condition. Please wash thoroughly before donating. They are currently interested in receiving hand made baby quilts, wraps and blankets. For more information please visit their Facebook Page and website via the link below.

Angel Baby Nappies

Charity - Angel Baby Nappies
Item/s - Handmade Nappies for Premature and Stillborn Babies

We make hand made dignity cloth nappies, for babies born sleeping and supply them to hospitals all over Australia. We also seek ready-made nappy donations. From my experience, and that of other mothers, it would have been nice to be able to put a cloth nappy on my angel baby, rather than being given a paper towel, or in my instance a "Chux" wipe.

Around 2000 babies are born still every year in Australia and even more premie babies who never make it home. I ask you to spread the word share my cause and help me receive new hand made dignity cloth nappies to supply to families that are going through the loss of their baby. Nappies are made in identical pairs, one for baby and one for family to keep in their memory box's. Nappy sizes start at around 18 week gestation all the way to full term. We have patterns for our handmade nappies and directions available on our Facebook page.

We also supply emergency packs free of charge to any family that is experiencing the heart breaking loss of their baby. Requests are often made by a friend of the family. We strive to deliver these emergency packs as quick as possible. For more information and nappy patterns visit the Facebook page via the link below.