The early days can be tough.
24 hours to double your donation and help brighten the path for parents.
Donate on Thursday 26 June and your gift will be DOUBLED thanks to our dollar-matching partners.
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The early days can be tough. But you can help.
This Gidget Giving Day, your gift will help provide critical mental health care—including specialist counselling and group support—to more expectant, new and potential parents struggling with perinatal depression and anxiety (PNDA).
We’ve set an ambitious goal: $160,000 in 24 hours to reach more families like Brittany’s—who turned to us after the tragic loss of her first baby. We can’t do it without you.
Right now in Australia, 1 in 5 mums and 1 in 10 dads are struggling with PNDA—around 100,000 parents every year. And those numbers are rising.
Without early intervention, PNDA can have devastating long-term effects—not just for parents, but for their babies and families too. But with your help, we can give them the support they urgently need.
Will you help us reach them?
Donate on Thursday 26 June and help brighten the path for struggling parents.
Your support can change lives
Brittany wore a smile in public, but alone she was crumbling. Intrusive thoughts played on her mind like movies. After the time in NICU, she couldn’t shake the sterile habits and started showering 5 times a day.
After losing her first baby Lennox prematurely, Brittany was crippled by grief and felt so alone despite the support, “Words could not describe the pain.”
She courageously began her IVF journey again. But fear and anxiety continued to shadow her. Even after birth, the trauma lingered, pulling her into the “viciousness of postpartum anxiety and depression”.
The turning point came when Brittany found support through her Gidget Clinician.
“What I needed was to pour my heart out and have someone listen without judgement".
Her clinician's compassion gave Brittany the space to process her grief. For the first time, she felt safe and supported. And slowly, healing began.
Read her “Letter to My Younger Self” and see the lifechanging impact of your support.
Three ways your donation can change a life
$50
Be a Hope Giver
Provide specialist perinatal counselling and support to a family affected by PNDA – online, in-person or via telehealth.
$150
Be a Future Builder
Train mental health professionals to deliver specialised perinatal support – expanding and strengthening future workforce.
$500
Be a Change Maker
Enable advocacy to increase government funding for Medicare-subsided sessions – expanding access to care for all parents.
Why our work is vital: Our team members' perspectives
Supporting parents' wellbeing helps the individual, and sets up a good start for babies”
Kylie
Clinical Psychologist at Gidget House North Sydney
The program helps me bring both empathy and evidence-informed care to families.”
Liz
Graduate of the Workforce Development Program
I help the voices and needs of parents be heard by the people who shape care and policy.”
Zoë
Advocacy and Public Policy Manager
When you’re exhausted and sleep-deprived, telehealth can make care possible."
Amanda
Registered Psychologist at Gidget House
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