Share your Tiny Sparks story

Your story could make all the difference

Every family who is supported by Tiny Sparks has a story. The middle-of-the-night worry, the first proper cuddle, the day you finally walked out of the hospital doors with your baby in your arms. Those moments matter, and so does what happened around them. We are building our evidence base to support future grant applications and impact reports, and the most powerful thing we can share is you.

Numbers tell part of the story. What really lands is a parent describing what a program meant to them, and what it meant for their child. Here's how it works. Share a little of your journey, whether that was a NICU or SCN admission, a high-risk pregnancy, or the road home. Then tell us about one of our programs you used and the difference it made. What did it change for you? What did it make possible for your little one? That's the part that helps us show funders why this work needs to keep going. To get you thinking, here are some of the ways families connect with us:

  • NICU and Bedrest Care Packages, for those first days on the unit or on hospital bedrest

  • Parent Circle, our online coffee and connection sessions

  • Baby and Toddler Playgroup, in person supported by Western Kids Health

  • Fuel vouchers, easing the cost of getting to and from hospital for follow-up

  • Special occasion gifts, marking the moments that deserve celebrating

Perhaps it was a care package that arrived on a day you needed it most. Perhaps Parent Circle became the one hour a week you felt understood. Whatever it was, we would love to hear it. We would love a photo or two to go with your words, so please pop them in when you submit, along with your consent for us to share your story and images in our grant applications, impact reports and promotional materials. As a small thank you for your time, we have some special gifts to pop in the mail.

Ready to share?

Strong Starts for Tiny Sparks: Helping your little one with toileting and independence

Helping Your Little One with Toileting and Independence

This free webinar in the Strong Starts for Tiny Sparks series explores helping your little one with toileting independence. It will cover:

🧻 Understanding the Journey: Learn what toileting readiness can look like for children.

🧻 Toilet Training Tips That Work: Discover gentle, consistent approaches to toilet training that build confidence and preparedness for both you and your child.

🧻 Practical Support for Everyday Life: Explore simple, real-world strategies to manage setbacks, encourage routine, and make toileting part of your family’s daily rhythm.

Please join us for this insightful webinar presented by Karina Caldwell, continence physiotherapist with the Western Kids Health Team on:

📆 Thursday, 7 August

⏰ 1pm

Registration is essential.

Helping Tiny Talkers Thrive

The next webinar in our free Strong Starts for Tiny Sparks series is coming up very soon. Helping Tiny Talkers Thrive will be hosted by speech therapist Amelia and paediatric physiotherapist Nicole Pates from Western Kids Health.

📆 25 March

⏰ 2pm

💻 Live webinar

We welcome you to register to attend and submit a question to be answered on the day.

Strong Starts for Tiny Sparks

New program alert!

We are thrilled to be bringing a new offering to the table in 2025. Strong Starts for Tiny Sparks will be a series of monthly webinars on topics of interest to the community.

Bringing your baby home from the NICU is a huge milestone—one that comes with excitement, but also new challenges. You want to support their development, but between feeds, naps, and everyday life, who has time to “add in” play?

✨ Here’s the secret: Play doesn’t have to be something extra. It can be part of what you’re already doing! ✨

In this free webinar with Tiny Sparks & paediatric physiotherapist Nicole Pates (@nicole_kidsphysio), we’ll show you how to:

✔️ Make daily routines (like bath time & mealtime) playful for babies and toddlers under 3 🛁🍽️
✔️ Use simple tricks to boost connection & communication 🗣️💛
✔️ Turn “must-dos” into FUN moments 🎶✨

📅 Date & Time

📍 Online | FREE | 27th February at 2pm

👶 Perfect for parents of NICU graduates aged 0-3 years!

Spaces are limited—RSVP now!

Nurturing Regional NICU Families

We are thrilled to spill the beans on a secret project that’s been almost 9 months in the making!

With the hugest of thanks to Telethon 7 and Nicole Pates of Western Kids Health we bring you Nurturing Regional NICU Families.

Aiming to close the gap for graduate NICU families living in rural, regional and remote areas of WA by providing free access to virtual therapist support and a unique, strength based, online program to build connection, improve bonding and work towards developmental milestones.

Eligible families will receive a 12 month Baby Play Academy membership, an online program created by paediatric physiotherapists, occupational therapists and psychologists to support your baby's development from birth to walking.

If you are living rural, regional or remote and have been discharged home in last few months (since 1/1/23) you are eligible to apply. The program is best commenced within a few weeks of returning home and the cut off point for participation will be adjusted each month.

Health professionals and others interested in this program can download and print this flyer for distribution, or contact us if you would like copies sent to you.