The RCH is home to the Hugh Williamson Gait Laboratory, a state-of-the-art facility for the assessment and analysis of walking disorders in children.

While the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin is uncertain, there is no doubt about the goodwill of the namesake organisation in Melbourne.

Volunteering runs in the Tyrrell family, who have been volunteering in the money counting room at the Good Friday Appeal for more than 50 years.

Leon celebrates 65 years of volunteering

Thanks to funding from the Good Friday Appeal, the RCH was the first paediatric hospital in Australia to have a machine enables surgeons to perform MRI scans during brain surgery.

At any one time across the RCH, 15% of patients are receiving nutrition intravenously.

Thanks to the Good Friday Appeal, The Royal Children's Hospital has established a Point-of-Care Ultrasound Program (POCUS) to improve the care clinicians can provide to their patients.

For premature babies or infants in critical care, maintaining body temperature in critical. Thanks to the Good Friday Appeal, new and improved infant warmers will be used in critical care units.

It is estimated that around 100 children develop juvenile arthritis each year in Victoria. This condition affects a child’s joints and other parts of the body, causing pain, swelling, stiffness, difficulty moving and sometimes even fevers and rashes.

Brain cancer kills more children in Australia than any other disease, which is why the Children’s Cancer Centre (CCC) is trialing a new program to improve survival rates.