Membership of Palliative Care WA
Palliative Care WA is a member-based not-for-profit organisation. Every member directly contributes to the capacity and sustainability of our role as your peak body.
Membership fees contribute to our ability to be a strong, independent and collective voice for the sector and ensure that our policy and advocacy positions reflect that of our members and the broader community.
🧡 The Board of Palliative Care WA is mindful of the cost-of-living pressures community members are under so have decided to drastically reduce the cost of membership. Individual memberships are now only $40 for individuals including GST, and FREE for concessional members (seniors, concession card holders, full-time students and volunteers). Last year fees were $105 and $53. 🧡
The need for a strong voice to represent palliative care is greater than ever. The delivery of quality palliative care is being impacted by an ageing population with increasingly complex health conditions, technological advances in medicine and consumer directed care. An engaged and diverse membership base is critical to capture the needs of those operating in and around the palliative care space. Our membership is drawn from right across the sector and the State. Currently that includes palliative care, aged care and home care providers; health, disability and community service professionals; carers and health consumers; researchers and educators; policy makers; students and volunteers.
We need your support. For more information on the benefits of membership see below.
Palliative Care WA also gratefully accepts donations. Your donation will make a huge difference and will allow us to continue working to ensure that all Western Australians understand, and have equitable access to, quality palliative care. Palliative Care WA is a registered charity and endorsed as a Deductible Gift Recipient for tax purposes. To donate, please visit here: HERE.
To learn more about our Honorary Life Members, visit HERE.
Individual membership
Membership of Palliative Care WA provides you with opportunities to stay informed, get involved and positively impact the delivery of palliative care in WA.
Our membership is drawn from right across the sector and the State. Currently, our members include palliative care, aged care and home care providers, community service professionals, healthcare professionals, clinicians, carers, health consumers, policymakers, researchers, educators, students and volunteers.
Such a diverse and engaged membership strengthens our role as your peak body and assists us to be able to provide an independent, strong and collective voice for palliative care within WA.
Membership benefits
Your membership is important! It allows us to continue to undertake activities for the community and the sector. As a member you will also receive the following benefits:
- Opportunities to engage and network with professionals from the palliative care, aged care and community service sectors and interested members of the community
- Regular emails on the latest news covering activities, events, research, sector developments and key sector topics
- Free access to webinars and in-person and online attendance at sector forums
- Reduced pricing to attend larger events such as annual Breakfast for National Palliative Care Week and biennial Sector Awards and Gala Dinner
- Opportunities to participate in consultations and contribute to our strategic planning, project development and systemic advocacy work to ensure access to quality palliative care for all Western Australians
- One voting right at the Annual General Meeting
- Right to nominate for election to the Palliative Care WA Board.
2025/26 Membership fees
Individual membership for 2025/26 have been reduced considerably to $40 (incl GST) and is available to any person over the age of 18 years. Concessional membership is FREE and is available for concession-card holders, volunteers, seniors, and full-time students. Membership runs from 1 July to 30 June.
Please note that individual membership is not transferable, nor is it linked to organisational membership.
If you’re paying for an Individual membership, after you click submit, you will be directed to PayPal to complete your payment. You don’t require a PayPal account, you can select to pay via credit card.
If you have any questions regarding membership of Palliative Care WA please contact us on 1300 551 704 or info@palliativecarewa.asn.au.
Organisation membership
As an Organisation Member you can directly contribute to the capacity and sustainability of your peak body.
A strong, diverse and engaged membership base enables us to provide a collective and independent voice for palliative care, continue to positively impact our sector’s development and advocate for equitable access to quality palliative care for all Western Australians.
Palliative Care WA engages with organisations from a wide variety of sectors including health, community, aged, disability, education and research as well as all tiers of government. Government and non-government organisations are eligible for membership and must appoint one representative to be a point of contact.
2025/26 Membership fees
Recognising the range of corporate organisations and their capacity to pay our membership fees, PCWA has created more bands so that smaller organisations can join. PCWA has not increased the overall fees and is mindful of the pressure businesses are under.
Organisational membership fees are determined by the gross annual income of an organisation as evidenced in its annual report. All membership fees for 2025/26 below are inclusive of GST. Membership runs from 1 July – 30 June.
- $263 gross annual income $0 – $1m
- $525 gross annual income $1m – $10m
- $1,575 gross annual income $10m – $50m
- $5,250 gross annual income $50m and above
Benefits of Membership
There are a range of benefits including:
- Invitations to participate in events as relevant subject matter experts
- Opportunities to present at events to showcase innovations within your organisation
- Invitations to participate in consultations, help to develop collective policy positions, and contribute to systemic advocacy for quality palliative care for all Western Australians
- Potential to engage in sector-wide collaborations such as the Advance Care Planning Consortium or the CEO Roundtable for Palliative Care
- Opportunities to submit content to be considered for inclusion in our communications
- Opportunities to engage with a wide range of other key stakeholders and members of the palliative care, aged care and community service sectors
- One voting right for your nominated representative at the Annual General Meeting
- Regular emails on the latest news covering activities, events, research, sector developments and key sector topics
- Preferential invitations to sponsor Palliative Care WA events, publications and other activities
Please note that organisational membership does not confer individual membership benefits to any staff members.
Current members
We thank the following member organisations for their continued support.
- Aboriginal Health Council of WA
- Albany Community Hospice
- Ambulance Wish Western Australia
- Bethesda Health Care
- Brightwater Care Group
- Busselton Hospice Care Inc
- Cancer Council WA
- Carers WA
- Centre for Research in Aged Care, Edith Cowan University
- Dying With Dignity WA
- GLBTI Rights in Ageing Incorporated (GRAI)
- Hall and Prior
- Health Consumers’ Council WA
- Kimberley Palliative Care Service
- Lionheart Camp for Kids
- LJM Memorial Hospice
- Melville Cares Inc
- Motor Neurone Disease Association of WA
- Silver Chain Group
- St John Ambulance WA
- St John of God Health Care
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