Little Wings Report

The Wind Behind Little Wings

A Heart Felt Thanks From Janette Davie, Chairperson of Little Wings

Thanks to Bankstown Sports Group, we continue to respond to the calls of need from families of children requiring on-going medical assistance throughout rural NSW. Bankstown Sports Club are responsible for so many happy smiles and gratitude from country families and we would like to thank you for continuing to stand by our side and support our efforts, and initiatives, to create special, memorable experiences for families that are doing it tough.

The support of Bankstown Sports Group has been delivered in a number of powerful ways and demonstrates the true heart of Bankstown Sports Club and the wider Club industry. This year has been tough on so many. As we navigated our way through, your continued support has seen Little Wings reach new heights, for which I would like to personally thank you. We are deeply proud of our achievements. Not only have we recruited our first ever female pilot, we extended our service to Queensland and Victoria for children that were stranded during the pandemic.

With your support, Little Wings has:

Funded 72 missions

With the grant provided to Little Wings from Bankstown Sports Group, we were able to fund 72 missions for children across regional NSW whom are seriously ill. We worked to maximise the missions by coordinating each return; taking one family home and bringing another in for treatment in the same mission.

Opened 8 Medical Wings Clinics

Little Wings funded an additional 8 Medical Wings Clinics, allowing us to assist Doctors from Sydney Children’s Hospital and Westmead Children’s Hospital in delivering remote pop-up clinics in the regions. These clinics assisted a further 680 children from the bush in accessing local care. This program also provided direct support and training to regional healthcare workers, providing the tools to assist patients between clinics and beyond.

Provided Over 100 meals

The support from Bankstown Sports Group has provided over 100 meals to families that were stranded in Sydney unexpectedly due to extended hospital stays... feeding and accommodating these people in their most vulnerable moments. Further, assisting Little Wings’ volunteer pilots with meals and accommodation as they generously donate their time in consecutive days to deliver missions.

“We cannot thank you enough, for offering us a safe place to fall”

“Bankstown Sports Club has at times felt like a home-away-from-home for us during some of our darkest days as we fly to and from Moree to Westmead children’s hospital for our son. We cannot thank you enough, for offering us a safe place to fall, for scooping us up when we were not in a state to care for ourselves and the world seemed like a very lonely place with little hope.”

Anonymous, Mother of child in care.