24 hour Fun-A-Thon
Fun-A-Thon is returning in October 2024! Last year saw over 200 students participate in 24 hours of non-stop challenges and activities and raised over $35,000
What is Phil'
Phil’ is Australia’s largest student-led philanthropy initiative with the aim of uniting the UNSW community behind one purposeful cause that makes a positive impact.
Each year we fundraise for the Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick to support the Child Life and Music Therapy team and make a BIG difference to little kids and their families!
The therapists use music and play to help hospitalised children understand their medical procedures and make sure they don’t miss out on having a fun childhood. We combine volunteering opportunities and fundraising activities so that our university students can have fun, feel like a kid again, and help raise money for those who can't.
Since starting in 2016, Phil' has donated over $500,000 and our goal for 2024 is to raise $65,000!
Keen to join the Phil' Team?
Why get involved?
- Find Your People: join other students passionate about improving campus and make some lifelong friends
- Level Up Your Skills: gain heaps of skills to grow, develop, and make your resume shine
- Get Recognised: add Phil' to your Australian Higher Education Graduation Statement (AHEGS)
- Make An Impact : give back to your campus community
- Have Some Fun: get celebrated and have fun with exclusive opportunities for Arc Volunteers within and outside of your time volunteering.
You don't need to have any experience just a passion to make a difference!
Volunteers:
Volunteers facilitate and attend fundraising events and keep the vibes high to help us reach our fundraising goals!
- Time Commitment: 2 hrs/week during term
- Training: Saturday February 22, 2025, 10-5PM
- Applications close 11:59pm Sunday February 16, 2025
Senior Volunteers:
Senior Volunteers are involved with the planning, marketing, and execution of sessions, leading volunteers, and helping the coordinator achieve the programs goals.
- Time Commitment: 3-4 hrs/week during term
- Training: Saturday February 22, 2025, 10-5PM
- Applications close 11:59pm Sunday February 16, 2025
We can't wait to see your application!
Make a donation to Phil'!
What we do
Volunteering
Our volunteers are always doing things on campus, in the community, and for the SCHF like stalls, door knocking fundraising, and creating resources for the Child Life Music Therapy Team
Lost Property Sale
Every year we sell all the lost property collected by Estate Management in the past year for charity. including clothes, tech, books, and more. This year we raised $7.8k and saved over 300 items of landwaste!
Bunnings BBQs and Bake Sales
Phil' hosts food stalls at different Bunnings locations around Sydney to raise money from the wider community.
City 2 Surf!
This August 13th, walk, run or jog 14kms from the city to the beach with our group to raise money for the Child life and music therapists at Sydney Childrens Hospital!
Dares for Donations!
In Week 5 this term we hosted our very popular Dares for donations event! Students ate spicy noodles, waxed their bodies and faced their fears to raise over $300! All proceeds went to the Child life and music therapists at the Sydney Children's Hospital
Where the money goes
Find out more about Child Life & Music Therapy at the Sydney Children's Hopsital
A message from the Child Life Music Therapy Team at the Sydney Children's Hospital Foundation
