There’s some new stock in town at the Bush Balm shop. We are very pleased to introduce our new range of t-shirts, tote bags and tea towels featuring artwork designs from Purple House patients just in time for Christmas.

Art is, and always has been, central to everything we do at the Purple House. From the extraordinary collaborative paintings that raised over a million dollars to start Western Desert Dialysis, to the beautiful patient works that cover our walls. It shouldn’t be surprising then that we had a busy time at the Desert Mob 2022 art festival earlier this month.

It has been an exciting couple of weeks at our social enterprise event space, the Purple Shed. Things have been in full swing as we recently hosted two special visits.

The Renal Society of Australasia (RSA) Conference was held in Darwin this year for the first time ever. Purple House left a mark on the event with our superstar Megan Neil winning best paper in two categories for her powerful presentation ‘Wiyarrinyi Ngurrangka/dying on country: working together for a good, safe death’.

Coles supermarkets across the Northern Territory and regional Western Australia have again partnered with Purple House to celebrate NAIDOC week 2022. From Sunday 3rd July to Sunday 10th July, Coles will donate $1 for every customer wearing the colour purple during their shop.

Yolngu elder, Malawa Dhamarrandji, was one of the patients brought home for this special day. It was the first time he had been home in about six years, and he told everyone “Here in my home town, I reckon it’s paradise. There’s all the family, it’s all family – all my grandsons, granddaughters, everyone.”

More than 400 people joined us for the launch of the new APY Art Centre Collective Gallery and Studio in Adelaide in May 2019. It's also the home of Purple House's new social support service. The APY Art Centre Collective is a group of ten Aboriginal...

The Purple Truck was featured on ABC Television's Australian Story on Monday 18 February 2019, alongside legendary Australian actor Jack Thompson.The program tells the story of Jack coming to terms with his diagnosis of kidney disease in early 2018. It meant he would...