Tennis, of course, BIG TIME! ….but it is not ONLY about the tennis. While we are all having fun on the court, it is wonderful to know that we are ALSO raising funds for a great cause, the kids in PCH.

Projects Supported

For most of the tournament’s years since 2000, the funds raised have gone to the hospital foundation’s general account, from which they are allocated to projects. However, in 2017, the organising team began working with the Foundation (now the Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation) to target specific projects that the Foundation presents for selection.

2025 – Cleft Care

Children with CL/P – a cleft lip, a cleft lip and palate, or a cleft palate only face long-term speech, hearing, and dental health issues, requiring both early intervention surgery and ongoing care. Families, especially those in regional, Aboriginal, or culturally diverse communities, often struggle with emotional, financial, and logistical burdens due to limited access to specialised healthcare and high travel costs for treatment.

2024 – SNAP-PY – Game-changing research into antibiotic therapy for children

Up to 50 children are admitted to Perth Children’s Hospital every year with Staph aureus bloodstream infections. Staph aureus can lead to potentially life-threatening bloodstream infections or sepsis, and around 1 in 5 kids end up in intensive care. Treatment involves prolonged IV antibiotics.
Researchers are aiming to identify the best standard antibiotic therapy.
Funds raised from the PCH Tennis Classic 2024 will help uncover optimal treatment for these dangerous staph bloodstream infections. The project “SNAP-PY” is game-changing research that will lead to fewer childhood deaths, reduced hospital admissions and time spent in hospital, reduced associated healthcare costs, and improved quality of life for children and their families.

2023 – Rare Care – Clinical Centre of Expertise for Undiagnosed and Rare Diseases

In Western Australia, 63,000 children live with a rare and/or undiagnosed disease, which is often severe, chronic and progressive. Such diseases are frequently characterised by suffering, pain, disability and premature death.
There is currently no ‘Centre’ in WA that cohesively coordinates and addresses bottlenecks and the common challenges for children and families living with rare disease.
The Centre of Expertise will turn uncertainty, isolation and suffering into answers, questions and clear pathways.

2022 – Move to Improve

Move to Improve is a 5-tier Multidisciplinary Research project that aims to establish the first Paediatric tertiary-based clinical exercise service for children with a chronic disease or illness such as cancer, diabetes, cerebral palsy or burns.

2021 – Giraffe Shuttle

The Giraffe Shuttle helps to reduce clinical complications resulting from cold stress when newborns are transported throughout the hospital.

2020 – no tournament (COVID)

2019 – Music Therapy

The Music Therapy program helps children with acquired brain injuries and spinal and neurological conditions.

Every day, children hospitalised face life-changing consequences due to their injury and diagnosis. Disease, injury, and illness can affect individuals’ cognitive, physical, emotional, and independent functioning and have a long-lasting impact on their families. Children who require both long and short-term hospital stays can face uncertainty and increased risk of paediatric medical stress due to their hospital experience.

Music therapy has proven a valuable and effective specialist complementary service for patients at Perth Children’s Hospital, and this support has enabled the program to continue helping kids in WA.

2018 – Neo-Natal ICU Extended Monitoring

The Neo-Natal Intensive Care unit currently follows up with children until they turn 1. The hospital has requested funding to extend the time frame for scheduled check-ups in order to earlier detect any further issues in the 2nd and 3rd years of life. This project enables earlier intervention if needed, and prevention of potential motor and developmental disabilities.

2017 – Part-fund equipment for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

These very sick patients require rapid bedside sonographic imaging by medical staff for the placement of central intravascular lines and rapid head, heart and abdominal imaging pending specialist investigations.  A Sonosite X-Porte bedside ultrasound machine meets all the day-to-day requirements of ICU patients.

2000-2016 – Foundation’s General Account