Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)

Steptember 25

We’re taking on Steptember! Will you please show your support?

We’re stepping up for a month-long mood boost and taking on 10k steps a day. But we really need your help!

Please donate now to our Steptember fundraiser.

You'll give our team a big motivation boost, plus you'll feel great knowing that your gift is helping ensure more babies receive critical cerebral palsy therapy and support in the first 1000 days of life.

Please show your support this Steptember. It will mean so much to our team, and to the children and babies who will grow up with a greater sense of independence.

Donate now for an instant mood boost! Thank you!

Our Fundraising

Impact image

Our fundraising could help provide:

542

therapy kits for babies with cerebral palsy.

149

early response therapy sessions for babies with cerebral palsy.

Thank you to our supporters

Early Impact Donor
Badge Early Impact Donor

$638.00

Jm

Well done Team

Early Impact Donor
Badge Early Impact Donor

$617.00

Ben Ashman

Recruitment Hive!

Early Impact Donor
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$520.00

Vick Nguyen
Early Impact Donor
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$520.00

Anonymous

#ForIndi

Early Impact Donor
Badge Early Impact Donor

$520.00

Anonymous
Early Impact Donor
Badge Early Impact Donor

$435.00

Dfat Friends And Colleagues

#forIndi

Early Impact Donor
Badge Early Impact Donor

$350.00

Mabel Cudmore

Winner

Early Impact Donor
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$237.38

Teresa Hart
Early Impact Donor
Badge Early Impact Donor

$237.38

Anonymous
Early Impact Donor
Badge Early Impact Donor

$237.38

Michelle Bond

Go team!!!

Early Impact Donor
Badge Early Impact Donor

$237.38

David Bennett

Very worthy cause George. I’d like to see you do even more steps

Early Impact Donor
Badge Early Impact Donor

$237.38

Sandra W

Go Kelly! 💪

Early Impact Donor
Badge Early Impact Donor

$237.38

Mathew Davis
Early Impact Donor
Badge Early Impact Donor

$237.38

Matthew B

Way to go Deibe!!

Early Impact Donor
Badge Early Impact Donor

$237.38

Teresa Hart
Early Impact Donor
Badge Early Impact Donor

$231.98

Craig Maclachlan
Early Impact Donor
Badge Early Impact Donor

$225.00

Teresa Skellett

$211.00

Fabiola Guzman

This is a cause very close to my heart with my beautiful nephew having cerebral palsy - I can vouch that the money raised helps!

$211.00

Harinder

Here we go! Good luck for the rest of Steptember!

$200.00

Anonymous

$200.00

Generous Partners

$200.00

Judy Talevich

$200.00

Anonymous

$158.25

Michelle

Go Elly - fantastic effort!

$158.25

Ashleigh Torbarina

$158.25

Fleetpartners, Step One, And Law Partners

Congrats! This donation has been matched by generous sponsors FleetPartners, Step One, and Law Partners.

$158.25

Tessa

$150.00

Mum X

Impressive!

$128.29

Henry .

$121.46

Diwaka Prakash

$120.00

Linda Chen

$116.40

Mem

Kickstarting our fundraising :)

$116.40

Kirsty Hitchman

Looking forward to seeing you smashing it !

$116.40

Anonymous

$116.40

Diego Salinas

$116.40

C-tech Research

$116.40

Generous Partners

$116.40

Dw

For Finnegan

$116.40

Generous Partners

$116.40

Geoff Wells

Keep up the motion, Steve!

$116.40

Father

Well done Amble !

$116.40

Yan Lu

Proud of you for supporting babies with Cerebral Palsy

$116.40

Sarah Storey

$116.40

Anonymous

Great work Caity! xxoo

$116.40

Shane

$116.40

Ian Amith

Good luck with the Steppen 😎

$116.40

Justin Kleyn

Project to receive special attention: Talking Points. I'll take a rain check on the roasting.

$116.40

David Garner

Great work George - Stepping up for a great cause.

$116.40

Lindsay Buckingham

Go well, steppers! #ForIndi

$116.40

Anonymous

#ForIndi

$116.40

Julie-ann Guivarra

Happy walking George!!!!

$116.40

Matt Smorhun

$116.40

Elizabeth Ward

$116.40

Geoff Bowan

#ForIndi&Juliette

$116.40

Anonymous

#ForIndi

$116.40

Elizabeth Peak

Go George!

$116.40

Paul Grimes

$116.40

Definitely Not Annabel Donating To Herself

$116.40

Julia

$116.40

Anonymous

$116.40

Marcus Howard

Good cause to support.

$116.40

Anonymous

You're making every step count—keep it up, you're smashing it!"

$116.40

Oliver Broos Revitt

$116.40

Anthony Liew

#ForIndi

$113.76

Mohamed Kamara

May Allah reward you and accept our efforts Ameen

$113.76

D. Eddie

$113.76

Anita Dwyer

$110.00

Ashley Nelson

$110.00

Asmbl

$110.00

Liam Gibson

$110.00

Scott Garton

$110.00

Rupesh Thummalapally

All the best & congratulations on supporting a good cause.

$110.00

Anonymous

$106.12

Elly Lawson

$106.12

Jmcl

Great cause

$106.12

Natasha Vanzetti

$106.12

Camilla Burkot

$106.12

Generous Partners

$106.12

Anonymous

$106.12

Generous Partners

$106.12

Tom L

Steptember? More like Septemwalkber

$106.12

Generous Partners

$106.12

Fleur Davies

#ForIndi

$106.12

Oli May

#ForIndi

$106.12

Bridie Rushton

Good luck steppers! #ForIndi

$106.12

Daniel

Thank you. Keep on steppin'

$106.12

Linda Julian

$106.12

Anonymous

$106.12

Fleetpartners, Step One, And Law Partners

Congrats! This donation has been matched by generous sponsors FleetPartners, Step One, and Law Partners.

$100.00

Jamie Humble

Steps 🚶‍♂️ the first step is a very simple step in a constant relationship with a friend ❤️ - Samsung AI

$100.00

Murad Hossain

$100.00

Nonna Jackie

$100.00

Anonymous

$100.00

Cassie Cohen

$100.00

Taylor Patterson

$100.00

Jord

Drop and gimme 20

$100.00

Anonymous

$100.00

Generous Partners

$100.00

Pruney

$100.00

Meg Bainbridge

#ForIndi

$100.00

Melissa

So proud. Go CCM!

$100.00

Brett

Go CCM!

$100.00

Anonymous

$100.00

R K

Good on you George!

$100.00

Lisa Mortimer

$85.48

Gayle George

$75.14

Georgia Svehla

Go Con!!

$75.00

Anonymous

$75.00

Fleetpartners, Step One, And Law Partners

Congrats! This donation has been matched by generous sponsors FleetPartners, Step One, and Law Partners.

$71.00

Anonymous

A walk in the park!

$69.92

Yolana Truscott

For Indigo

$69.00

Tony & Chet

Get those steps up!

$66.77

Michelle Gardner

All the best with your fundraiser! ! Such a great cause!

$66.77

Kirrali Starke

$66.77

Anonymous

$66.77

Carol Vona

Hope you reach your goal. Go girl 👍🏼

$66.77

Anthony Alleva

$66.77

Cristina Munoz

$66.77

Christy

$66.77

James Fisher

$66.77

Tiffany Papahatzis

For Aunty Tiffs monkey (nephew) and ladybug (niece) who have both been diagnosed with cerebral palsy. I have seen how beneficial early detection and continued support has been and the support that is required not just for the children but the parents as well who are also going through the unknown.

$66.77

Judy Mann

Good on you Tom - keep going !

$66.77

Claire Went

$66.77

Janette Board

On ya tash

$66.77

Shadow Of Generosity

Awaiting my mood boost… Evidence of effort required, Michael.

$66.77

Anonymous

$66.77

Generous Partners

$66.77

Rory Hunter

$66.77

Generous Partners

$66.77

Caitlin Deibe

u aint ever gonna walk that far every day

$66.77

Generous Partners

$66.77

Keerthi Thummalapally

$66.77

Generous Partners

$66.77

Jill Woodward

$66.77

Anonymous

$66.77

Joel W

Smash it mate!

$66.77

Margaret Hunter

Well done!

$66.77

Virginia Wells

$66.77

Anonymous

Go Caity! 💃

$66.77

Simon Stuart

$66.77

Rob Pritchard

$66.77

Anonymous

$66.77

Anonymous

$66.77

Cam

$66.77

Cassie

Good work for a good cause!

$66.77

Anonymous

$66.77

Khalid Saleem

Well done for helping those in need

$66.77

Niki Dufty

$66.77

Donna K

#ForIndi xx

$66.77

Suzzanne Pitson

$66.77

Anonymous

$66.77

Kumar Ghetia

$66.77

Anna Bachmann

Well done DFAT colleagues #ForIndi

$66.77

Bel

My lazy self is living vicariously through your steps. Thank you for doing the hard work for an amazing cause 😊

$66.77

Alison Baker

Go for it, Bilal. Always happy to support a great cause.

$66.77

Siguy

$66.77

Tim G

well done AIFFP team #ForIndi

$66.77

Anonymous

$66.77

Mary And Matt Patterson

$66.77

Carolyn Q

$66.77

Caitlin Deibe Again

$66.77

Tasha

$66.77

Victoria Jackson

#forIndi

$66.77

Molyneuxs

$66.77

Ellen Kiernan

$66.77

Sam B

Well done guys!!

$66.77

Anonymous

$65.29

Claire Mcgeechan

$65.29

Ashley Robinson

Woohoo! Go team!

$65.29

Anita Dwyer

$64.67

Kate Vardos

$64.67

Diego Salinas

$64.67

Megan Weingarth

#ForIndi

$62.00

Anonymous

Good luck, Bilal!

$62.00

Belinda Anderson

Good on you!

$62.00

Anonymous

$62.00

Generous Partners

$62.00

Sb

Happy to be part of a great cause

$62.00

Wasim Malik

$62.00

Jan Huisken

$62.00

A Eddie

Great cause! Keep up the good work! 🙌🏻

$62.00

Eloise Deibe

Slay queen

$62.00

Fred Smith

$62.00

Kumar Ghetia

$62.00

Anonymous

$60.00

Ashleigh Torbarina

$60.00

Simon N

Nice work George and team for a great cause.

$54.12

Chelsea Truong

$54.12

Patricia Cooper

$54.12

John Dore

Thanks for the mood boost! Enjoy the month. Thanks also for providing the opportunity to contribute.

$54.12

Anonymous

$54.12

Geebs R

$54.12

Sheila Mann

You are an inspiration darling Tom!

$54.12

Anonymous

$54.12

Julie Gardner

Go Han! Worth cause mx

$54.12

Anonymous

$54.12

Generous Partners

$54.12

Anonymous

$54.12

Generous Partners

$54.12

Kerry Morris

Get walking!

$54.12

Generous Partners

$54.12

Jeta

Go Mike! I hope your steps feel like walking on the cloud ☁️

$54.12

Generous Partners

$54.12

Bridie Bertram

Good job girl!

$54.12

Generous Partners

$54.12

Emily Trinick

$54.12

Generous Partners

$54.12

Anonymous

$54.12

Carolyn Dekantios

$54.12

Max And Daisy Cabala/gardner

The Husky supports your cause.

$54.12

Tania Simpson

$54.12

Anonymous

$54.12

Jess Coleman

$54.12

James Gaukroger

Congrats on reaching the goal!

$54.12

Wolverine

Go Con 🙌🏼

$54.12

Erin

$54.12

Anonymous

#ForIndi

$54.12

Lynn

Step it up Dep Steps!

$54.12

Darren Sharp

#ForIndi

$54.12

Chloe Selorio

Proud of you. Love you x

$54.12

Amie

10k a day.

$54.12

Michelle Lowe

#ForIndi

$54.12

Mum & D2 Wetton

$54.12

Anonymous

#ForIndi -- and for her parents and extended family

$54.12

Anonymous

$54.12

Thomas Robertson

Bon voyage Thomas

$54.12

Rowena Harbridge

#ForIndi

$54.12

Anonymous

Good luck

$54.12

Eliza Ackland

Love you!

$54.12

Rosemary Mckay

Well done George!

$54.12

Malcolm Leggett

$54.12

Patrick Rossow

$54.12

Anonymous

$54.12

Alison Bleyerveen

#forIndi

$54.12

Anonymous

$54.12

Fleetpartners, Step One, And Law Partners

Congrats! This donation has been matched by generous sponsors FleetPartners, Step One, and Law Partners.

$54.12

Scott

We have a pool that needs cleaning

$54.12

Stug

Good on you MV and Team!

$54.12

Heath & Elle

$54.12

Laura Nicholson

Go Mal! #ForIndi

$54.12

Tahsina Islam

Go you lil sis!

$54.12

Sarah Wardle

Great work Sarah! #ForIndi

$54.12

Razvia

Please let me know if there's anything else I can help with.

$54.12

Rodney Begley

Well done the AIFFP team on supporting this worthy cause .

$54.12

Rebecca Nolan

Go team!!

$54.12

Edwina Betts

#ForIndi

$54.12

Robert Hartley

Well done Michael! Hope the steps weren't too punishing!

$53.96

Anouska Charles

$52.92

Natalie Carter

Can't wait to hear about your stepping adventures! Hopefully some involving Charlie!

$52.92

Anonymous

$52.92

Laura Taylor

#ForIndi

$52.92

James Seal

$52.75

Patrick

$50.86

Facebook Donation

$50.86

Facebook Donation

$50.00

Elena Grigorieva

$50.00

Anonymous

$50.00

Jordy Humble

$50.00

Meg Somers

$50.00

Steven Yates

$50.00

Richard Turrall

Good work Michael

$50.00

Coop

$50.00

Bilal Akbar

$50.00

Remi Cornu

$50.00

Will Mcpherson

$50.00

Sobia Khanum

Good luck

$50.00

Generous Partners

$50.00

Ari Hoq

$50.00

Generous Partners

$50.00

Ashleigh Torbarina

$50.00

Generous Partners

$50.00

Kale Phillipson

$50.00

Generous Partners

$50.00

Stuart Eggerton

Keep steppin' for a good cause!

$50.00

Kim Tacey

$50.00

Rob

$50.00

David & Catherine Lang

Keep on walking 👏☺️

$50.00

Anonymous

Best Wishes Bilal..

$50.00

George Mina

$50.00

Dene Yeaman

Fantastic cause to support

$50.00

Annalise W

Go team #4Indi

$50.00

Anonymous

$50.00

Anonymous

$50.00

Cheryl Duncan

$50.00

Melissa Rodriguez

Go Amiga!! 💗💪

$50.00

Dimitrios Kasidis

Go Kelly!!! Supporting you!!!

$50.00

Peter Jensen

Well done AIFFP Steppers

$48.71

Bruce And Sally Anne Clarke

$47.00

Jeremy Chisholm

Step on legend!

$45.00

Anonymous

$43.60

Amelia Livingstone

$43.60

Jenni Charleston

Honk! Honk!

$43.60

Cranston Wilson

$43.60

Generous Partners

$43.60

Ryan Shaw

$43.60

Anonymous

Excellent initiative!

$43.60

Penny Nettlefold

#ForIndi

$43.60

Snehal Sosale

Good luck team

$43.60

Jon Duhig

Step up you lazy fools

$43.60

Fleetpartners, Step One, And Law Partners

Congrats! This donation has been matched by generous sponsors FleetPartners, Step One, and Law Partners.

$43.60

Chloe Gibson

$42.64

Josh Law

i belief in you!

$40.67

Annabelle Wood

Go you good things!

$40.00

Maggie Eddie

$38.33

Jolly Bhattacharjee

Keep going !

$38.33

Nura Ghaeni

What a great cause! Best of luck!

$38.33

Nura Ghaeni

$37.30

Madeleine Warwick

$37.30

Divya Skene

$37.30

Johnny Five

Who's Johnny?

$37.30

Erica Mackay

$37.30

Tuan Hoang

$37.30

Lesley

Congrats and good job

$37.30

Josephine Julian

$37.30

Anonymous

$37.30

Generous Partners

$37.30

Thea Gillies

$37.30

Generous Partners

$37.30

Raphael Stark

break some clouds!

$37.30

Murph

Step it up!

$37.30

Farrugia-griffins

🫶🏼

$37.30

Nick Brill

Great work Michael!

$37.30

Anonymous

$37.30

Anne Shoemark

Well done Caroline

$37.30

Zhan Smith

$37.30

Maree Chrysostomou

Great work Caz, raising money for babies with cerebral palsy is such an important cause. Well done!

$37.30

Katy Stuart

$37.30

David

$37.30

Alvino

Way to go Wade!!! Steps that can lead into walking, jogging and running! Keep those legs moving!

$37.30

Amin Saskai

$37.30

Bharat Khatwani

Keep up the good work…

$37.30

Anonymous

$37.30

Nina Mclean

You’re amazing, Annabel! I believe in you

$37.30

Kim Semmler

$37.30

Kim Semmler

$37.30

Victoria Wheeler

#ForIndi

$37.30

Ella Davison

$37.30

Chakrabarti

$37.30

Anika Kelly

You go glen coco

$37.30

Belinda

U go girl 💅🏼

$37.30

Suzanne Bent

$37.30

Luzma Espinoza

$37.30

Hugo Fuller

Go Annabel!

$37.30

Kiir Ict Solutions

$37.30

Brodie Feeney

$37.30

Anonymous

$37.30

Hayden Shaw

$37.30

Kiaan And Zuri

Well done aunty Jolly!

$37.30

Jo Buldeski

Awesome finish, team!

$37.30

Anonymous

$37.30

Anonymous

$37.30

Jack

$37.30

Dave And Lou

Great cause mate, cracking effort!

$37.30

Bridie Bertram

$36.48

Ahc Samoa

$36.48

Generous Partners

$36.48

Moiz

Stepping through life like a champ! 🏆😘

$35.00

Kelly Hill

$34.19

Mel Turner

$34.00

Karlee

Love your work!

$34.00

Geri

$34.00

Mia De Broughe

<3

$34.00

Generous Partners

$34.00

Andy B

300k steps - go Connor!

$34.00

Will S

$34.00

Pavlina

You go girl!

$34.00

Zev Shteinman

<3

$34.00

Vincent Clarke

$34.00

Natalie Cohen

#ForIndi

$34.00

Peter Nagy

Keep those steps up, George!

$33.15

Holly Armes

$33.15

Julie Hill

Good on you Erica 😊

$33.15

Holly Armes

$33.15

Rusty

Pity this and other tests weren’t available when you were born. Get moving and good luck! 😜

$33.15

Generous Partners

$33.15

Meetu Rajput

$33.15

Nicholas Reynolds

Get those steps up!

$33.15

Anonymous

Good initiative. Good luck!

$33.15

Anonymous

Enjoy the month Bilal and Team AIFFP!

$33.15

Anna Martin

Go George! Not many steps to go now.

$33.15

Andreas Corcoran

$33.15

N & G M

Well done George

$33.15

Anonymous

$32.43

Joel Board

$30.00

Lawrence Fatiaki

$30.00

Colin G Wood

Run Forest Run

$27.81

Sara And Mono Buckland

Love that you are supporting our babies. Thanks TomTom

$27.81

Mal Mann

$27.81

Daniel Bernsons

$27.81

Generous Partners

$27.81

Henry .

$27.81

Henry .

$27.81

Henry .

$27.81

Dianna Kade

Happy Stepping! :)

$27.81

Aithne Tobin

Go Han!!

$27.81

Katie M

Well done Team!

$27.81

Jessica Tso

$27.81

Tristan Dillon

$26.79

Jas & Joanna Murawezuk

Awesome job Wade!

$25.00

Anonymous

$25.00

Generous Partners

$25.00

Tony Nguyen

$25.00

Katie M

Well done team!

$25.00

Katie M

Well done team!

$25.00

Annabel Deibe

$25.00

Jarrod Dibden

$25.00

Fleetpartners, Step One, And Law Partners

Congrats! This donation has been matched by generous sponsors FleetPartners, Step One, and Law Partners.

$25.00

Anonymous

$25.00

Fleetpartners, Step One, And Law Partners

Congrats! This donation has been matched by generous sponsors FleetPartners, Step One, and Law Partners.

$25.00

Anonymous

$25.00

Fleetpartners, Step One, And Law Partners

Congrats! This donation has been matched by generous sponsors FleetPartners, Step One, and Law Partners.

$25.00

Balraj Gounder

$25.00

Generous Donation

$25.00

Athene Leggett

Huzzah!

$22.58

Paisley Mcnab

$22.58

Aaron Williams

Go you good thing!

$22.58

Oscar Heer

$22.58

Stephen

Kickass!!

$22.58

Dee Kalra

Go Tash!

$22.58

Anonymous

$22.58

Generous Partners

$22.58

Anonymous

$22.58

Kirrilee

Go team!

$22.58

Anonymous

$22.58

Jeta

Good luck Stu, smash those steps!

$22.58

Anonymous

$22.58

Rob

Smashing it mate, hope you are well.

$22.58

Hamish Mcconville

$22.58

Belle Wood

Step to it!

$22.58

Alexis

$22.58

Isaac H

$22.58

Helvi 😊

$22.58

Sagreeta Chopra

$22.58

Peter Robertson

$22.58

Jay

Well done Mal!

$22.58

Jay

Keep up the great work Ash!

$22.58

Jay

Well done Connor!

$22.58

Jay

Well done Tessa!

$22.58

Connie Lo

$22.58

Aly Foster

$22.58

Skye Ludlow

love ya

$22.58

Anonymous

$22.58

Andrew Bourke

$22.58

Nar Cannon

Good job bro. Take care on those brittle ankles

$22.58

Pratt Family

$22.58

Lynn

$22.10

Tamsyn Simpson

$20.53

Facebook Donation

$20.00

Tayla Deeble

You got this!x

$20.00

Anonymous

$20.00

Generous Partners

$20.00

Anonymous

$20.00

Generous Partners

$20.00

Stacey Henderson

This is an amazing cause - every step is making a difference. Keep stepping and go team!

$20.00

Emmy

Go Kirrali!

$20.00

Chris Fullwood

$20.00

Rob Hayes

Well done Erica!

$20.00

Elloise Tye

Forever the best boss ever!!! So proud of uuu

$17.85

Helena

$17.16

Naz Khamooshi

$17.16

Jack Davenport-klunder

$17.16

Anonymous

$17.16

Fleetpartners, Step One, And Law Partners

Congrats! This donation has been matched by generous sponsors FleetPartners, Step One, and Law Partners.

$17.16

Anonymous

$17.16

Aron Eswaran

$17.16

Anika Kelly

Superstar on the podium

$16.80

Makaela Egan

Big Steppa 🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃

$15.00

Anonymous

$15.00

Generous Partners

$15.00

Gemma R

Go Belly!!! 🩵🩵🩵🏃‍♀️

$15.00

Bec Stuart

Over 300k steps that’s amazing!!

$13.88

Anonymous

$12.77

Basu Banka

$11.65

Tess Mcspedden

$11.65

Rob Lipping

$11.65

Ishara Davey

Hi Sarah, A little donation to kick start your support. My best friends’ twins had birth complications and were born with cerebral palsy. From seeing her journey, this is indeed a worthy cause. All the best for the steps! Ishara

$11.65

Melanie Trinick

$11.65

Anonymous

$11.65

Rhett

Remember when I beat you up Mount Ainslie?

$11.65

Albo

$11.65

Anonymous

$11.65

Samuel Taylor

$11.65

Rachel Stone

$11.65

Matthew Harsanyi

$11.65

Isaac H

$11.65

Jessica-ashlii Coleman

$11.65

Tony

$11.65

Anonymous

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