Brainwave held its gala dinner in Melbourne on Friday 20th August at The Hilton on the Park. Guests joined in the masquerade theme, arriving in elaborate and mysterious masks, creating a fun night of intrigue.
Brainwave held its annual gala dinner in Sydney on Saturday 31st July at The Westin. Guests joined in the masquerade theme, arriving in elaborate and mysterious masks, creating a fun night of intrigue.
Mr Rocco Perna, Managing Director of Ferrero Australia, was recently presented with a painting from one of our special Brainwave children to thank him for his ongoing sponsorship and support of Brainwave Australia.
Brainwave held their inaugural NSW Family Day at Australia Walkabout Park on Sunday May 2nd. Families who attended were treated to unique experiences from throwing boomerangs to handling a python. And many of the children participated in the face painting with traditional ochre paint. Thanks to Australia Walkabout Park and to the [...]
The Clemenger Group recently named Brainwave as their charity for The Clemenger Group Staff Fund. For each dollar employees contributed pre-tax, the company matched it. The committee raised $10,000 which is a fantastic effort. The company believes in empowering staff to not only financially donate to worthy not-for-profits, but also donate time, and some of [...]
Many parents joined Brainwave in a fun night of singing, eating, riding and relaxing at Luna Park in Melbourne on the 12th March. Designed to give parents a break and allow them to network with other parents in a similar situation, many phone numbers and emails were swapped and everyone had a fantastic time! [...]
Following their successful weekend away in November Grove Roaders presented Executive Director of Brainwave Josephine Nicholls with a huge cheque for $22,297.00. The Grove Roaders is a grass roots community group from Hawthorn who raised money for Brainwave by cycling and trekking over the Melbourne Cup weekend.
“The parents and kids of The Grove Roaders [...]
Brainwave is delighted and very proud to announce 11 year-old Tiffany Wasnig as the first Junior Ambassador! Tiff was diagnosed with hydracephalus as a young child. Now recovered, Tiffany was very inspired to meet Brainwave Patron Michael Klim at the recent launch of Brainspace. Michael was happy to share some swimming tips with Tiff [...]
On a beautiful sunny morning in Melbourne on the 6th of December, Brainwave held the 2009 Luna Park Christmas party. Over 300 families came along and enjoyed the day. A big thank you to our Platinum Sponsor Luna Park Melbourne for making it all possible and to our wonderful volunteers from Mills Oakley.
On Wednesday the 18th of November, Brainwave Australia launched Brainspace at The State Library of Victoria. Brainspace is an online web forum which allows families to share their knowledge and experiences and most importantly, provide vital emotional support to families in need. Guests included former patients, staff from the Neuroscience Ward at the Royal Children’s Hospital [...]
