We exist to make healthcare brilliant, beautiful and human by embedding applied arts and everyday kindness into how care is delivered, led and lived.
Our goal is simple and systemic: reduce distress, improve communication and cultivate wellbeing for patients, families and staff so safety and compassion reinforce each other across the whole service.
Listen for what matters, explain clearly, create calm. Evidence shows arts and music reduce anxiety and support better engagement.
Build psychological safety and shared standards so teams speak up and learn. Evidence shows this is linked to better patient-safety outcomes.
Protect purpose through reflection and self-care. Evidence shows burnout is a workplace problem that needs cultural solutions.
“Healthcare without kindness and compassion is technical work, not healing work.”
We integrate applied arts with education and leadership to reduce distress, improve communication and grow cultures of respect.
Clarify our value, scale sustainable products, build partnerships & profile, grow philanthropy, and strengthen organisational sustainability.
When we treat patients, colleagues and ourselves with kindness, care gets safer, communication gets clearer, and everyone’s wellbeing improves. Join the movement.
The Hush Foundation
PO Box 1385
Camberwell, VIC, 3124
A Deductible Gift Recipient 1 charity
Make a tax deductible donation
ABN 751 380 88972
Join our mailing list to stay informed about Hush, our Music releases, the Gathering of Kindness and more
Incorporating the Australian Institute of Patient and Family Centred Care. To read more about our merger, please CLICK HERE.
We acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of the lands on which we live and work and pay our respects to Indigenous Elders past, present and emerging.
© 2025 The Hush Foundation
