A SOCIAL MOVEMENT FOR AUSTRALIAN NURSES
neddy4nurses is a social movement supporting nurses across Australia through raising awareness and funds.
FEATURED EVENT
mudgee4nurses is a community-led event celebrating the nurses who care for our town and region. It features a Christmas ute and tractor muster through town, a main event with free food and drinks for every nurse, and an after-party to finish the day. It’s a day to celebrate the people who care for everyone else and a reminder to all of us to be kind, courteous and respectful to our nurses.
Sponsor the event, promote your business and help support and celebrate our nurses together.
Donate goods, services, equipment or transport and receive a tax-deductible invoice.
Bring your ute, tractor or classic car and dress it up to join the parade and support our nurses.
Volunteer your time and skills to help make the day special for our nurses and community.
OUR STORY
At just 20 years old, in the final weeks of his battle with osteosarcoma, Ned Ross Dalton was in constant pain and unable to move. Yet he still chose gratitude. Every day at home in Mudgee, he would ask whether the nurses caring for him had been offered a cup of tea.
Ned believed in looking out for the people looking after others. He didn’t set out to start a movement. He simply believed in showing up, saying thank you and giving back.
His family is now turning that daily ritual into something lasting, giving individuals, communities and corporations a way to thank nurses across the country.
That is neddy4nurses.
WHY OUR CAUSE MATTERS
More than half are considering leaving the profession. Most report burnout, high stress and emotional fatigue. Nearly a third of new nurses leave within their first year.
When Ned’s family offered nurses a coffee, more than once the gesture ended in tears. That response tells us the gap is real. As Dr Pamela Cipriano of the International Council of Nurses put it, “the world has treated nurses as an invisible and inexhaustible resource”. We think it’s time that changed.
Three ways to thank our mates in nursing
All funds raised through neddy4nurses initiatives and projects are donated to the Australian College of Nursing Foundation (ACNF).
While neddy4nurses is endorsed by the ACN Foundation, we are an independent initiative and do not represent or act on behalf of the Foundation. The ACN Foundation manages all raised funds and project expenses directly, while providing valuable guidance and support.
We are incredibly grateful to the ACN Foundation for its support and commitment to helping us make these initiatives possible.
