WORLD PREMATURITY DAY COMMUNITY PICNIC

With World Prematurity Day (17 November) falling on a Sunday this year we are super excited to once again be having a Community Picnic to celebrate!

We welcome everyone to join us from 10 am to 1pm at Holyrood Pavilion and Park, Cambridge Street, West Leederville. We are partnering with The Kids for this event so there will be opportunities to hear the latest research impacting people born prematurely, we will also have face painting, a petting zoo and other family friendly activities. BYO picnic, suncream and picnic blanket.

This is a FREE community event however registration is encouraged. Those who register will go in the running for some amazing door prizes. To win you will need to be present when the door prize is drawn.




LIGHT IT UP PURPLE

With 15 million babies born early all around the world each year, prematurity is a critical issue! Every day in WA we experience 12 or more admissions to Neonatal Units. Partnering with organisations all over the world we aim to light as many buildings and landmarks purple as possible to help shine a light on this critical issue. We invite you to light a candle or shine your own purple light to join the global wave at 7pm on November 17. Since 2013 we have been coordinating lighting in Western Australia and the community support we have received has grown and grown.  We are delighted to have support from the following venues and landmarks this year:

  • Albany Town Square

  • Alison Hartman Gardens, Albany

  • Perth Children’s Hospital ‘Fizz’

  • The Kids’ Bridge, PCH

  • Matagarup Bridge

  • The Sky Ribbon

  • Mount Street Bridge

  • Fremantle Prison Gatehouse

  • Perth Concert Hall

  • The Bell Tower

  • ECU Joondalup

  • Mandurah Bridge

  • Council House Perth *from 10:30pm

  • Yagan Square and Water Fountain

  • Elizabeth Quay

  • King Edward Memorial Hospital entry

  • Trafalgar Bridge, East Perth *from 10:30pm

  • Eastern Goldfields Community Centre, Kalgoorlie

  • William Grundt Memorial Library, Kalgoorlie

  • QV1 Tower

  • Busselton Civic Centre *unable to change lighting will be running an LED banner with special message

  • Brockman Street, Manjimup

  • Rockingham Beach Foreshore

  • Graham Farmer Freeway Tunnel entrance

  • Joondalup Drive Bridge

We would love you to get out and about to enjoy the purple lighting.  Huge thanks to everyone on the list above.  Please let them know what it means to you to see them light it up purple!

Don’t forget to tag us when sharing to your social media @tinysparkswa #worldprematurityday #neonatalnovember

**Please note this list is subject to change.