Cystic Fibrosis Community Care

65k 4 65 Roses Walkathon

Join us in 2023 at The Bay Run for the 65k 4 65 Roses Walkathon. Choose your distance - 7km, 21km. 42 km or 65km and help raise funds for Cystic Fibrosis Community Care and Sydney Children's Hospitals Foundation in support of the Cystic Fibrosis Clinic at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead.

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How we help

Find out more about what we do to support people living with CF and their families.

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What is CF?

Cystic fibrosis is a genetic condition

Cystic fibrosis (also called CF) is the most common, life-limiting genetic condition affecting Australians.

CF causes an abnormal build-up of thick and sticky mucus in the lungs, airways and digestive system. Treatment requires intensive daily physiotherapy to clear the lungs and airways, countless medications and frequent hospitalisations.

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Living with CF

Everyone's experience with CF is different

Children

Learn more about CF so you can be confident in managing your child's condition.

Young People

During your teenage years, you start to take over more management of CF from your family.

Adults

Tools, information and advice to support you to live your life while managing CF.

Carers

When you care for someone living with CF, looking after yourself needs to be important part of the plan.

It takes a community to care for CF

Every donation received and every dollar raised no matter how big or small, has the power to make a difference to the life of someone living with cystic fibrosis. All funds raised for Cystic Fibrosis Community Care help us to deliver support services and improve the lives of people living with CF, their families and carers.

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Our impact

We provide practical support

635

subsidised items of physiotherapy equipment

5,533

responses to requests for information, support & advocacy

167

responses to requests for emergency financial assistance

188

responses to requests for education support

Who are the people living with CF?

3,500 people are living with CF in Australia and 1 in 25 people carry the recessive CF gene change. Babies born today with CF can expect to live well into adulthood. There is no cure but advances in treatment and care are helping people to better manage their CF.

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1300 023 222

VIC Office: 282 Neerim Rd, Carnegie VIC 3163

NSW Office: Suite 2A, 5 Belmore St, Burwood NSW 2134

Cystic Fibrosis Community Care acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work, live and gather, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

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