28,656 Queensland children under the age of 25 are living with a profound or severe disability.

This Christmas we need your help.

Christmas is a time for family, happiness, generosity and love. But some families are not so fortunate and Christmas is instead a time of hardship and difficulty. These families desperately need your help this Christmas.

The money you can spare this Christmas will be an extraordinary help to children and young people who have special needs, serious illness or are disadvantaged.

Variety Queensland currently has thousands of dollars worth of outstanding requests for equipment and services from families who so desperately need our support. We are working as hard as we can to grant every request and make it a Christmas for so many children to remember. We are close, but we still need your help.

The difference you can make

Thanks to you, each year, Variety - the Children's Charity and the services and equipment we provide reaches almost every community in Queensland, and positively affecting the lives of more than 55, 000 children.

You make it possible for us to directly helps hundreds of individual children and families in need-providing practical and vital grants for items like communication devices, visual aids, modified tricycles, electric beds, wheelchairs and walkers for children who would otherwise 'fall through the gaps' and have nowhere else to turn.

Even though we are only a small team of 13, we believe all those who donate, give their time and support our cause, are also a part of the Variety Queensland family. We could not do it without you.

We depend on you

Every year we rely on donations for 100 per cent of our funds. That means all of our children's services, core programs, campaigning and advice is funded by you.

Remember, your support transforms lives for the better. Without you, none of this would be possible.

So please, donate generously to our Christmas appeal and help to make a difference to a child this Christmas.