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Queensland Kids is an incorporated charity that has identified a critical need in Queensland:

There is no paediatric respite and hospice care facility for children with life-limiting illnesses and their families in Queensland. Families need a home away from home option that provides the flexibility to access respite and hospice care when home or hospital care can no longer meet their needs.

With Australia’s population of almost 23 million there are only 2 children’s hospices nationally and none of them are in Queensland. The UK’s population of almost 63 million boasts 44 children’s hospices.

Queensland Kids is an incorporated charity (CH2066) with the vision to:

· Build an innovative and sustainable respite facility for children and their families affected by life limiting illness. By establishing Hummingbird House, Queensland Kids will deliver a supportive home away from home for families impacted by a child's life-limiting illness

Hummingbird House will be the inaugural project of Queensland Kids. The future services of Hummingbird House will include:

· 24/7 respite care including physician and nursing support

· pain and symptom management

· end-of-life care

· grief and bereavement support services

· sibling support services

Hummingbird House will be built within the Brisbane region, but will be available to all Queensland children and their families regardless of their geographical location within Queensland.

Queensland Kids recognises that through Hummingbird House, all children deserve the opportunity to learn, develop and grow no matter whether their lives are measured in days, weeks, or months. It is anticipated that through Hummingbird House, Queensland Kids will encourage each child to love life as we have a firm belief in enhancing the quality of whatever time a child may have left by empowering them to live fully and joyfully.

You can find out more about Queensland Kids and Hummingbird House at www.queenslandkids.org

Queensland Kids would be grateful for any assistance you could offer. Please do not hesitate to contact us and see how you can be a part of building Hummingbird House.