Rivers Gift

River’s Gift is Australia’s solely SIDS focused charity, dedicated to funding world leading scientific research, providing safe sleep education and raising awareness of this devastating syndrome.

SIDS is still one of the largest causes of death of children from 1 month to 1 year.

Established in November 2011 by Karl Waddell and Alex Hamilton, these two devastated yet focused and determined parents were searching for answers surrounding the sudden and unexpected death of their healthy baby boy, their first child, River.  River passed away in his sleep at just 128 days old with no specific cause of death established after a thorough forensic investigation.

River’s Gift has evolved into a globally recognised cause, with thousands of supporters joining them in their mission of Stamping Out SIDS.

To date, River’s Gift has generated over $1 million and relies solely on the support of the community and corporate giving for raising the funds required to drive and implement their initiatives.