Grant Recipients
The prime agenda of the John Maclean Foundation is to provide financial support to young Australian wheelchair users under the age of 18 years. Each year we identify young Australians who will benefit from the purchase of vital equipment and services that will help to improve their day-to-day lives.
We help Australian families whose children desperately require our support. The children that JMF has helped have ranged in age from 3 to 17 years and experience paraplegia, quadriplegia, spina bifida, cerebral palsy, cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy, learning and intellectual difficulties and similar conditions requiring the use of a wheelchair.
In all cases the families are greatly in need of financial support and we have been able to fund the purchase of new wheelchairs, computers, medical assistance, bath chairs, rehabilitation systems, surgery, vehicle modifications, accessibility modifications to houses and bathrooms, spine specific seating and recreational opportunities such as swimming lessons and sports wheelchairs.
JMF pro-actively identifies children through our partner organisations and affilliates and does not accept general applications. Our giving programs are most often conducted in conjunction with our fundraising events such as Kilometres for Kids rides.
Hayley Slocombe
The John Maclean Foundation has provided a new sports wheelchair to 6 year old Sydney girl Hayley Slocombe. Hayley is a real trooper and loves to participate in sport, especially tennis and her new tennis wheelchair has brought her a new lease on life as she zooms around the court and has Mum and Dad worn out just keeping up with her. Hayley suffers from Paraplegia, narrowings in the aorta, and extra rib and scoliosis.
Hayley is a member of Wheelchair Sports NSW and just loves being involved in sport and is also turning her attention to a little bit of basketball too. Her new wheelchair will allow her to participate in a number of sports, due to the maneuverability and stability of her custom designed chair. Hayley wants to become involved in as many physical activities and later this year will also be joining her classmates in her school tee ball team. Go Hayley!