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Providing tailored support to seriously ill children, and their families, when they need it most. Read more about our Little Star Beads Program.

Stella Bella Little Stars Foundation Is a Canberra charity that has been supporting seriously ill children and their families in the ACT region since 2012. We provide a range of much needed services to families to help them through some of their toughest times whilst their child is living with a serious illness. Our programs include:

Financial Assistance – We assist families who are struggling financially, whilst caring for a seriously ill child. We provide food and petrol vouchers, pay for chemist accounts, emergency accommodation and
other more tailored assistance as required. Bereavement Support – Financial grants and memorial jewellery are provided for families on the sad occasion of the loss of a child. We also actively support families who are caring for their child in palliative care, in any way we can, to help them spend as much time as they can with their precious child. The Stella Bella Children’s Centre – Our innovative respite and care centre for seriously ill babies and children, is the first of it’s kind. Our centre provides parents with desperately needed respite and offers
their children the opportunity to play and learn in a safe and beautiful environment with specialised staff. Family support – We offer a range of supports for families to help them in their journey caring for their seriously ill child. We provide hundreds of meals each year to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the
Canberra Hospital for parents who are far from home and struggling to care for themselves whilst caring for their sick little baby. We also host free seasonal events and an annual family camp to offer families the chance to share experiences and friendship and to make happy memories together in a safe and understanding environment. Children in our Little Star Beads Program receive beads for specific medical procedures and milestones in their treatment, and use them to create a string of beads to tell the story of their own personal journey. These bead strings become a very special memento for the children and their families, and are a symbol of pride and courage for all of the challenges that they have overcome. We also offer tailored support to families going through the worse time of all, the death of a child, including providing memorial keepsake jewellery, hand and foot prints, financial grants and anything else that may be needed to help out in such a tragic time for families. Stella Bella Little Stars Foundation is registered with the Australian Charities and Non profits Commission and holds DGR status so all donations over $2 are tax deductible, as well as being gratefully received and put to very good use supporting seriously ill children and their families. For more info, please visit https://stellabellalittlestars.org.au
or phone 0423439889.

02/11/2026

Thank you 🙏 Blackshaw Gungahlin for supporting us at the 2026 Stella Bella Ball and Campbell Jones Estate Agent for running our live auctions ⭐

31/10/2026

What a fantastic turnout for the Canberra Halloween House Wanniassa tonight. The ghouls were still visiting into the night to brave the haunted house that holds new surprises every year 👻
If you missed out tonight, you can enjoy the fun for a few days more so pop over to Osmand St in Waniassa and dare to be scared 😱
Thanks so much to Connie and her family for putting on this awesome event each year and supporting our charity while entertaining/terrifying loads of Canberrans ###

31/10/2026

This time last week the glitter and sparkle was in full effect at our annual fundraising ball at Old Parliament House. As you can see from the photos below, those attending had a great time! The night was a huge success and we have so many to thank:

⭐ Our major sponsors: O'Neill and Brown Plumbing, Fire & Electrical, Phase 4 Group PTY LTD, Construction Control, CPS Concrete Group, RAR Group, Xpert Roofing Solutions, Elvin Group, ABS Facade, Martin Donnelly Pty Ltd, Benmax, Someday Property

⭐ Katie for sharing her personal story of Logan and his journey thus far ❤️

⭐ Spectrum Photo Booth for all the photos 📷

⭐ Campbell Jones Estate Agent from Blackshaw Gungahlin for running our live auctions 👍

⭐ the events team at Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House for helping it all run smoothly

⭐ all the businesses and individuals who donated items for our silent and live auctions

⭐ our awesome helpers, especially Mel, for helping to bring the whole sparkly night together

⭐ everyone who came along to support the event on the night 💖

30/10/2026

If you are looking for some Halloween 🎃 fun for the whole family the Canberra Halloween House Wanniassa is once again putting on a SPOOKTACULAR display this year 🐈‍⬛

They have a fantastic yard display, haunted house walkthrough and much more!

Our thanks to the talented and generous Warburton family for once again donating their gold coin entry fees to our charity 🙏

24/10/2026

I wanted to say a little something In the middle of all of our very grateful posts lately, for all the support that the Canberra community has shown to us in the past month, after an extremely tough year all round.

Sometimes I worry that our online presence mostly shows the asking for and the thanks we give for all that we receive as a charity, and not enough where the money and the support we give out goes. How it touches the lives of so many families so deeply. The way it arrives at critical moments and brings a much needed moment of relief. The way it helps to ease some burdens that come with long hospital stays and no leave left. The way a little helping hand, even a meal cooked with love, can make someone feel cared for when they are giving their all to their little one.

I made a decision, right at the start of Stella Bella Foundation, that we would never give to families with any expectation of a return. We don’t ask for photos when we give out financial support, or when we provide gifts or vouchers for fuel and food, or meals in hospital. We don’t ask for donations from the families we support, even after the hardest times have passed, or encourage them to buy tickets to our fundraising events. Our core purpose is to give and to help alleviate the stress and hardship that befalls these families, and it’s always been very important to keep that in mind. Of course, some of our families love to join in at events and try and support us when they can and sometimes they share their photos or stories and we love seeing them, but we never want anyone to feel obligated in any way for any help they have received.

Because of this, the vast majority of families that we have helped in the past 14 years, we have never met. We’ve haven’t been there when their social worker, or nurse has given them something they need that we have provided or something that has brought a moment of joy, but we don’t need to be. Our job is to find ways to help and to have a full enough purse to never have to say no to a family in need and even in this tough economical time, we’ve never had to reject a request for support.

We’ve always kept our admin costs super low, been as frugal as we can and worked hard to keep the funds needed coming into our purse so that we can carry out these very crucial requests when they come in.
All of the posts you see through the year about our fundraising events and amazing sponsors are not always as cute or heartwarming as seeing a beautiful little smiling face of a child we may have helped, but all of those kind and generous businesses and individuals who care, are the ones that keep our purse full enough to be able to help all through the year and we literally couldn’t do our important work without them.

Thank you to everyone who is always in the wings helping us to help others, it really is huge community effort and I’m so proud of our community every day.

I share a photo of little Stella here because I know that she wouldnt mind at all and that she is happy in the stars with all of the good work that we have done ever since she taught us about what life is like for very sick children and their families. Also because she is cute and warms my heart whenever I think of her ###

Lots of love, Stella Bella’s mum ❤️

23/10/2026

Tonight is the night, we can't wait to see you at the ✨️ 2026 Stella Bella Ball ✨️

We have an awesome list of lucrative items on offer at our live auction, including a wonderful Narooma Underwater Safaris Weekend for 14 guests. This package includes a Luxury Stay, Private Seal Diving Charter and a Merrivale Dining Experience!

This trip will be an incredible experience for any work team or group of friends and would make an awesome Christmas party or a fantastic extended family adventure.

Kindly Donated by ABS Facade and valued at over $10,000 ✨️

22/10/2026

Create the holiday of a lifetime with a $5000 Jamison Travel & Cruise Voucher which can be used towards flights, cruises, tours, accommodation and packaged holidays to anywhere you can imagine!

Available at our live auction on Saturday night at the ✨️ 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗹 ✨️

Kindly donated by 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗺𝗮𝘅 🙏

22/10/2026

Thank you 🙏 to Michael Capezio and 𝗠𝗖𝗠 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 for kindly donating $5000 worth of internal or external house painting, minor maintenance or bathroom upgrade for our live auction at the upcoming ✨️ 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗹 ✨️

Please visit https://www.mcmprojects.com.au/ for all your Canberra-based project management, refurb and fit-out needs in both the residential and commercial space.

21/10/2026

We are very excited to be offering a gift voucher for a luxurious weekend away at Osborn House at Bundanoon in the Southern Highlands of NSW in our live auction this Saturday night at the ⭐️ 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗹 ⭐️

This two-night escape includes a welcome drink on arrival, daily à la carte breakfast and a dinner for two.

Surrounded by rolling hills, sweeping bushland and lush gardens, escape to a world away from the world where a one-of-a-kind, truly bespoke experience awaits in the Southern Highlands. Pairing understated elegance and laidback luxe, Osborn House is a unique boutique hotel offering where relaxed retreat and playful guest house meet.

This awesome gift voucher has been kindly donated by RAR Group and is valued at $2800. 🌟

https://www.rargroup.com.au/

19/10/2026

We have so many awesome businesses to thank who have generously donated prizes for the auctions at our ⭐️ 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗹 ⭐️

We are very grateful you have chosen our foundation to support this year to help make our fundraising night a success ❤️

We can't wait to see you all for a fun night on Saturday!

Norita Designs Young Bondi National Zoo & Aquarium Canberra Pilates with Dan Focus Folding Kosi Bared Footwear Gourmet by Design - Gift Hampers Limelight Cinemas Tuggeranong Cypher Brewing Co

Address

Stella Bella Children's Centre, 7 Maryborough Street
Canberra, ACT
2609

Website

http://www.stellabellafoundation.org.au/

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