'Follow Your Dreams' Grant

"You've got to take one day at a time. Life can be tough, but your life is what you make it."

 

Carmel Harris lived her life to the full, every day, and she wanted to see other people living with EB reaching for their dreams.

The 'Follow Your Dreams' grant, initiated by Carmel, is a gateway to your dreams. Maybe you’ve always wanted to drive a Formula 1 car around the track, or see the Great Ocean Road. Maybe you dream about flying silently through the sky in a hot air balloon at daybreak.  Whatever your dream, DebRA would like to help you get there.

 

All you need to do is save the application form to your computer and type in all the information. Or you can just print the form out and fill it in by hand. Then you can either email the completed form to us or send it in by post and we will take it from there.

 

Annual applications close 30th November each year, the grant recipient will be announced at the DebRA Australia AGM held in June each year.  Please note that if you are successful in receiving this grant through DebRA Australia, you may then be ineligible to apply for wishes through other organisations

 

Anyone wishing to contribute the the Follow Your Dreams Grant please contact the Secretary on secretary@debra.org.au

 

Click here to download the application form.

 

Paolo Lucia's dream was to meet Mark Webber and sit in a Formula One car.  At the 2009 EB Conference / Camp it was announced that Paolo was the successful recipient of the grant.  Paolo did get to find out about his good fortune but unfortunately lost his battle against cancer and EB on 5th July 2009.   Paolo was involved in DebRA Australia from its conception and was a fantastic ambassador for creating awareness and much understanding for EB, he will be sadly missed.   

 

To launch the grant other applicants were also assisted with following their dreams.  This included:

-  Supporting Stevie to attend a skin disorder camp in the US in July 2009

-  Presenting Gavin with a camcorder for his adventure camps

-  Presenting Eliza with signed copies of Jackie French books and posters