On 22 February 2016, a donation was made to Kidsafe, a charity dedicated to the prevention of unintentional injuries and death of children.

In Australia, transport related injuries are the leading cause of death and the second most common cause of hospitalisation for children aged zero to 14 years. There is overwhelming evidence that a combination of safer vehicle design and correct child restraint use can be effective in reducing child deaths and severity of injuries. Despite this evidence, many children are not restrained in appropriate child restraints

The donation will be used to fund a series of free child car restraint compliance days at major outer metropolitan shopping centres and country locations. On these days Kidsafe will provide qualified car seat fitters  to check that car seats are correctly fitted in vehicles. The data compiled from these days will also be used in future road safety campaigns.

For more information visit kidsafesa.com.au

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On 22 February 2016, CFK donated $10,000 to Down Syndrome SA to fund their Club Jungle program. Down Syndrome SA provides support, advocacy and services to people with Down Syndrome. One of these programs is Club Jungle – a free weekly fitness program combining gymnastics, acting, free running and martial arts for kids aged 5 – 14. The program helps kids to keep fit, develop motor skills and interact with others in a fun and safe environment. It is run by qualified instructors and provided at no cost to participating children. The CFK funding will keep Club Jungle running for 12 months.

For more information about Down Syndrome SA and Club Jungle visit downssa.asn.au

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On 17 February 2016, CFK received a $90 donation from Maxxia and SAPOL members at the Parks complex. Maxxia, a salary packaging company, held a gold coin donation BBQ at the Parks complex and Cops for Kids were the charity nominated to receive the funds.

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On 30 January 2016, Cops for Kids donated $12,000 to Can:Do 4Kids to complete a sensory room at their Welland headquarters. Can:Do 4Kids provide support and assistance to children who are deaf, hearing impaired, blind or vision impaired. The sensory Farm Group Room will be painted in a farm theme with bright colours, tactile animals and a tactile sensory wall. The room is used to run Occupational Therapy Building Blocks and Handy Kids programs. Every week this sensory room will help more than 40 kids to develop fine and gross motor skills, cognitive skills and independent living skills.

We will provide photos of the room once it is completed. For more information please visit cando4kids.com.au

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Special thanks goes to Holly Bynoe who raised $7 for Cops for Kids over Christmas. Holly used the note pictured below to ask her family and friends to donate and made a special presentation to the CFK committee in January. Thanks to Holly for her efforts, every dollar counts!

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On 5 December 2015, Cops for Kids donated $15,000 to the Starlight Children’s Foundation at Women’s and Children’s Hospital. The money donated will go towards supporting Starlight’s peer support network ‘Livewire.’ Starlight  provides the Livewire Program to the Women’s and Children’s Hospital and it is also accessible in hospitals across Australia, allowing adolescents from around the country who share the same illnesses to connect. Adolescence is hard enough without the challenge of a serious illness or disability and Livewire is designed to combat loneliness and isolation by connecting these 10 – 20 year olds through a safe online community. It helps young people with a serious illness be social, build friendships, support each other and connect with others who understand what they are going through.

In conjunction with this donation CFK were able to secure the donation of several gaming consoles and games from EB Games. These consoles will be used to entertain 12-18 year olds who find themselves on the Women’s and Children’s Hospital wards. Special thanks goes to EB Games for their generous donation.

For more information about the Starlight Children’s Foundation and their Livewire Program visit starlight.org.au or livewire.org.au

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On 28 October 2015, Cops for Kids made a $10,000 donation to DAGBAGS (soon to be Dyslexia SA). DAGBAGS is a group dedicated to raising awareness of Dyslexia and are working towards making the Barossa and Gawler surrounds the first Dyslexia Aware School Region in Australia. The donation from CFK will allow the group to make 500 educational kits for teaching literacy and numeracy to students with Dyslexia and Dyslexic-type learning needs.

 

For more information please visit www.dagbags.org.au

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Cops for Kids made a $10,000 donation to Camp Quality on 25 September 2015. This donation will allow Camp Quality to run two special family days. In this same donation, CFK has agreed to become the major sponsor of the Camp Quality 1000ks 4 Kids Ride. The event will take place in May 2016, with riders travelling from Geelong to Glenelg. It is anticipated that this event will raise over $100,000 to be used for Camp Quality programs.

To follow what is happening visit www.1000ks4kids-sa.org.au

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On 25 September 2015, CFK donated $18,000 to the Mary Potter Foundation. This wonderful charity supports specialised palliative and end of life care, unique support programs, education and research for people with life limiting illnesses and their families. More than 300 people die in the Mary Potter Hospice at Calvary Hospital in North Adelaide each year, and distressingly, a great number of patients in the hospice are under 50 years old and have young families. Over the last year, hundreds of children have visited someone in the hospice and have not had an adequate, nurturing, child-friendly space available to them or the resources, toys and equipment to make their time at the hospice a more positive experience. The donation from Cops for Kids will be used to redevelop a room in the hospice to be used by children who are visiting family members. The preliminary designs have been seen by the CFK committee and will go a long way to making a child’s time at the hospice a more positive experience. Photos will be posted on the website once the room is completed.

For more information about the Mary Potter Foundation visit www.marypotter.org.au

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On 5 August Cops for Kids made a donation to the Epilepsy Centre for the purchase of 14 seizure mats. The seizure mats are placed in the beds children suffering from Epilepsy and sound an alarm when the child has a seizure. These mats have be proven to save the lives of many children. For more information about Epilepsy or the services available through the Epilepsy Centre visit their website www.epilepsycentre.org.au

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