A major funding boost for not-for-profit charity Little Wings will support families in regional NSW with sick children to access lifesaving treatment.
Minister for Regional Health Ryan Park announced $600,000 in funding for Little Wings. This funding is in addition to $600,000 provided in 2024.
Little Wings provide free air and ground transportation to medical treatment for children living in rural and remote areas. Little Wings also transport clinicians to rural and remote areas to provide health services to children in those areas.
In 2024/2025 Little Wings has transported 439 children from regional, rural and remote NSW to receive medical treatment, 64 medical specialists to rural and remote NSW who have delivered 170 clinics which have assisted an estimated 3,250 children, and flown to 51 locations across rural, regional and remote NSW.
“Little Wings has been operating for 13 years, working in the background to support regional families caring for a seriously ill or injured child in accessing lifesaving medical treatment that is only available at tertiary hospital,” Clare Pearson, CEO Little Wings, said.
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“Little Wings is a proud and deeply grateful part of this vision, providing free air and ground transport for regional families, this grant will allow our team to work with urgency and to increase services in line with community needs and to ensure that children in regional NSW have the access to healthcare that they need to thrive.”
Minister for Health Ryan Park thanked the volunteer pilots and drivers who keep Little Wings flying.
“I am so pleased to support Little Wings in their work which is helping to ease the emotional and financial strain placed on families when they are accessing lifesaving medical treatment for a sick child,” he said.
“This important service supports families living in rural, regional and remote areas of NSW to more easily attend ongoing medical appointments, and also offers a welcome break to children during their treatment, by bringing them home for some much-needed quality time with family and friends.”
