Hallowish
This October, your Halloween fun can be life-changing. 🎃🍬
Help make a wish come true this Christmas
For a child facing critical illness, a wish can be life-changing. Your support brings hope, joy and strength when it is needed most.
Join the kids charity changing lives
Give a Monthly Gift
Hop on board the Wish Express and become a regular giver to help grant wishes every month. 🚂
Creating joy since 1985
Make-A-Wish is an Australian children's charity. Learn how your support brings wishes to life. 🌈
Lights on for Wishes
This Christmas, we’re inviting you to light up or wear your festive top for sick kids
Trisha’s wish takes flight
For 12-year-old Trisha, flying has always been about more than simply getting from one place to another.
When it came time to discover her wish, Trisha knew exactly where she wanted it to take her.
Make a difference today
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Read moreJoin us at your favourite event
Got a place in a fun run or challenge event? Join Team Wish and make wishes come true
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Read moreImagine Schools Program
Bring wishes to life and inspire your school community to make a difference.
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Read moreTrees of Joy
Bring your team together this Christmas with Trees of Joy.
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Read moreWomen for Wishes
Join Women for Wishes and be the reason wishes come true
More than 11,000 wishes granted
As Australia’s only children’s charity dedicated solely to granting wishes, we know their power. A wish brings hope, joy and lasting positive effects for a wish child, their family and community, fostering resilience and opening possibilities.
Every wish is as unique as the child who imagines it. 100% donor-funded, we rely on supporters and volunteers to bring wishes to life for critically ill children across Australia.
Latest wish stories and news
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Read moreSuperstar Seb runs 14kms for Make-A-Wish
Inspired by his uncle's wish many years ago, 9-year-old Seb ran 14kms in the City2Surf and raised $1180 for future wishes.
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Read moreBryson saves Sydney - with NSW Police
See Bryson's emergency services wish in action
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Read moreI wish to have a magical fairy party with a mermaid and fancy car
Grace’s Fairy Wish Comes True
Grace, 6 QLD Acute leukaemia
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Read moreNate builds the perfect wish
Nate loves woodworking but like any good craftsman, he needs a shed! So Nate’s wish was for his idol - Adam Dovile from Better Homes and Gardens - to build him a shed.
Help grant wishes every month
Giving a monthly donation is the best way you can help make more wishes come true. Your regular support will deliver hope, joy and lasting memories to critically ill kids.
Embark on the Wish Express and help us deliver the wish effect! As a regular donor of Make-A-Wish Australia you’ll get a first-class seat as we deliver life-changing wishes to sick kids.
Volunteer and help bring wishes to life
Our Wish Force, made up of over 850 volunteers across Australia, brings together people of all ages and backgrounds to help make life-changing wishes come true for critically ill children and their families.
Volunteering with Make-A-Wish Australia lets you join a globally recognised charity, make a real impact in your community, and experience the power of a wish. Even our longest-serving volunteers (we’re talking decades!) continue to be inspired by the joy they help create.
IMPACT
A spark of hope, joy and possibility
Powered by imagination, each Wish Journey is carefully planned around the child. It can bring hope and joy when they need it most.
More ways to help grant wishes
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Read moreBe a Regular Giver
Deliver hope, joy and lasting memories to critically ill kids with a regular gift.
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Read morePartner with us
Unique and meaningful ways for your business to get involved
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Read moreFundraise for charity
Become a Wish Maker and register your fundraiser.
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Read moreWorkplace giving
Help make life-changing wishes come true in your workplace.
Create a legacy of wishes
For 40 years, Make-A-Wish Australia has brought hope and joy to children living with critical illness.
By leaving a gift in your Will, you can create a lasting legacy that will help grant life-changing wishes for generations to come.
Wish kids featured on this page
⭐ Frankie, 5, “I wish to have a music room with a piano to play just like Freddie Mercury.”
⭐ Bryson, 13, Medulloblastoma ‘I wish to have a huge emergency services adventure’.
⭐ Maple, 4, acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, 'I wish for my own Barbie Dreamhouse'.
⭐ Adam, 12, CNS Sarcoma, ‘I wish to 'Dig It" at Thunderbird Park’
⭐ Grace, 7, Acute Leukaemia, ‘I wish to have a magical fairy party with a mermaid and fancy car’
⭐ Toby, 9, Cockayne syndrome - 'I wish to go on holiday with the family and meet Shaun the sheep'
⭐ Scarlett, 5, congenital heart defect, 'I wish to see a unicorn fly'.
⭐ Dwayne, 4, refractory epilepsy, 'I wish to go to the moon with Batman'.
⭐ Aubree, 5, cute lymphoblastic leukaemia, 'I wish to have a Tea Party with animals and mermaids'
⭐ Shawn, 16, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, 'I wish to watch Footscray play football in Sydney' Make-A-Wish Australia’s very first wish granted in 1986
⭐ Charlotte, 6, acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, 'I wish to have a magical princess experience at the snow with my family'
Volunteers featured on this page
⭐ Emma - Brisbane North Branch