Hospital Puppet Playdates
Camp Quality’s Hospital Puppet Playdates are visits from our puppets to kids on cancer wards, providing therapeutic laughter and fun. Learn how they boost the wellbeing of kids facing cancer.
HOW WE HELP
Camp Quality brings positivity, fun and laughter back into the lives of kids impacted by cancer.
What does Camp Quality do?
Our services and programs help families build optimism and resilience through community, education and fun. We are there for kids (0-15 years) dealing with their own cancer diagnosis, or the diagnosis of a sibling or parent, every step of the way.
We’re proud to have improved the quality of life for kids facing cancer, and their families, for almost 40 years. We do this through our innovative Puppet Programs, Hospital Programs, and Recreation Programs. Camp Quality also provides online services and resources that are available 24/7 – whenever and wherever they are needed.
Puppet Programs
Digital Puppet Playdates
Digital Puppet Playdates bring the fun-loving Camp Quality Puppets to children isolated by cancer via their personal electronic device.
Hospital Programs
Child Life Therapy
Camp Quality sponsored Child Life Therapists provide medical play techniques that build understanding, resilience and empowerment to support kids undergoing cancer treatment.
Are you a health care professional?
Are you a social worker, child life therapist, nurse, doctor or other health care professional working with kids and families impacted by cancer? Find out more about how Camp Quality helps, and how to refer someone to our programs and services.
Information for Health ProfessionalsRecreation Programs
Family Camps
Family Camps enable the whole family to enjoy quality time together and reconnect. They are a chance to build a supportive community with other families facing cancer.
Family Experiences
At Camp Quality laughter is the best medicine. Our family experiences provide tickets to games and events free of charge so the family can laugh and make happy memories away from the stresses of cancer.
Family Fun Days
Camp Quality’s Family Fun Days are free, one-day events that create happy memories not centred on illness for families facing cancer.
Kids Impacted by a Carer’s Cancer (KICC)
Camp Quality’s free KICC programs include Kids’ Camps, Family Camps and Family Fun Days for children 0-15 years dealing with a parent’s cancer diagnosis.
Kids’ Camps
Kids’ Camps mean children impacted by cancer get to enjoy the fun times that childhood should be all about: friends, adventure and laughter.
Family Retreats
Camp Quality retreats provide families facing cancer the opportunity to go away on holiday, relax and make positive memories.
Online Services and Resources
Cancer Hub
Visit cancerhub.org.au, or call 1800 945 215 today, to get the practical and emotional support your family needs to cope with cancer.
Counselling Services
Camp Quality and Canteen provide a free telephone counselling service for parents impacted by their own cancer diagnosis, or their child’s.
Kids’ Guide To Cancer app
Our free Kids’ Guide to Cancer app is an award-winning educational platform that answers the most common questions children have about cancer.
New Normal Navigator app
Camp Quality’s New Normal Navigator app gives parents of diagnosed children the resources to help them adjust to ‘a new normal’ on returning home from hospital.
Parenting Through Cancer
Camp Quality and Canteen have launched the Parenting Through Cancer website, providing access to free professional telephone counselling and online support.
School Resources
Camp Quality’s teacher resource pack, aligned to the Early Years Learning Framework, is a guide to help teachers navigate cancer in the school community. We’ll send it straight to your inbox.
Register your family today
Could your family benefit from all of Camp Quality’s fun and supportive services and programs?
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