The Channel 7 Telethon Trust is a registered charitable trust dedicated to raising funds to improve the lives of children and young people throughout Western Australia. Its philosophy is to financially support the medical and social welfare of children and young people, and to fund research into children’s diseases.

Since its inception, Telethon has raised over $87 million and provided much needed financial assistance to a significant number of charitable organisations, children's hospitals and research/medical facilities in Western Australia.

The Trust operates separately from Channel Seven Perth, with a Board of nine Trustees and four full time staff in the Telethon Office.

Telethon and the Trust exist because of the generosity of the Seven Network and Channel Seven Perth. Both provide the Trust with tangible and intangible support through infrastructure facilities, service and professional advice.

The Telethon Weekend live 24-hour charity appeal is held at the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre. It is televised on the Channel 7 Network and on the Golden West Network throughout Regional WA.

The Telethon Office vigorously fundraises 12 months of the year with a varied and exciting schedule of projects supported by commercial partnerships.

Some of the iconic Telethon events and projects include The Lexus Telethon Ball, HBF Telethon Toddle, The Telethon Kids Carnival, Telethon Big Breakfast, Telethon Seniors Concert, Fat Cat Dolls, Telethon Viva Photo Album, Telethon Movie Days and many more. A new range of events and projects are established for Telethon each year.

The charity has received long standing support from leading Western Australian companies such as the JWH Group, which builds the Telethon homes, the Satterley Group and Mirvac Fini, suppliers of the land on which the 2009 Regional and Metropolitan homes are built.

BankWest supports Telethon through its service centres which facilitate the collection of donations after the Telethon weekend. Lexus of Perth sponsor the annual Lexus Telethon Ball, HBF and Toyota respectively, sponsor the HBF Telethon Toddle and the In Touch with Telethon promotions.

The Perth Convention Exhibition Centre enables Telethon to bring the fun and excitement to Perth families by providing the venue for the television broadcast, the Beneficiaries Expo, and the Kids’ Carnival. Staging Connections and Perth Expo Hire provide an enormous amount of infrastructure and facilities for the Telethon weekend. The Sunday Times provides editorial support, as well as turning over their entire call centre and information technology department to receive the thousands of telephone donations that come in over the weekend.

Our regional television partner, the Golden West Network, takes the Telethon program across this vast state, from the Kimberleys in the north to Esperance in the South. GWN also assists Telethon in regional fundraising projects.

Our biggest supporter by far is the Seven Network through Channel Seven Perth.

These and many other partners assist us in conducting many successful events and programs.