The Youth Impact Foundation

Many of you know I’m passionate about enhancing mental health and opportunities to support wellbeing. The Youth Impact Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation that exists to do just this and is dedicated to Australia’s youth and the charities supporting them. This Wednesday, December 4th, marks The Youth Impact Foundation’s Giving Day, and they need your help to reach the goal of $300,000—which will be doubled through a matching grant! Tis the season of giving so please donate as every little bit helps as we fight to move the dial on youth mental health and suicide rates.

✨ Double Your Impact This Giving Day Next Wednesday, December 4th, is The Youth Impact Foundation’s Giving Day, and we need your support to hit our $300,000 target—every dollar you donate will be matched! Together, we can raise $600,000 to ensure no young person is left behind in 2025. 🌟 Why It Matters: In 2024, we supported over 200,000 young people like Daniel, whose story you’ll read below. These young people are the future, and empowering them to thrive is at the heart of our mission. No matter their background, The Youth Impact Foundation creates pathways for opportunity—and with your help, we can reach even more. 💬 Meet Daniel: “The program showed me that I didn’t have to settle for what others expected of me…it helped me believe in myself and take control of my future.” — Daniel, Youth Impact Foundation participant 💡 How You Can Make a Difference: ➡️ Donate Now: https://lnkd.in/gCqb7XQX. Your donation will be doubled thanks to the generous match from The Edward Alexander Foundation. ➡️ Share: Can’t donate? Sharing this post or forwarding our campaign helps us spread the word and unlock the match. We deeply appreciate your support—whether through a donation or by amplifying our message. Thank you for standing with us and the young people we serve. This Giving Day is made possible through the incredible generosity of The Edward Alexander Foundation and Larry Fingleson.

✨ Help Us Double Our Impact on Wednesday Next Wednesday, December 4th, marks The Youth Impact Foundation’s Giving Day, and we need your help to reach our goal of $300,000—which will be doubled through a matching grant! That’s a potential of $600,000 to ensure young people don’t get left behind in 2025. 🌟 Why This Matters: In 2024, we worked with over 200,000 young people like Daniel, who you will meet below. Each of these young people is the future, and giving them the best chance to thrive is at the core of what we do. Regardless of background, The Youth Impact Foundation provides opportunity and access to all young people, and you can help us extend this access. 💬 Who You Are Helping: Meet Daniel: “The program showed me that I didn’t have to settle for what others expected of me…it helped me believe in myself and take control of my future.” — Daniel, Youth Impact Foundation participant 💡 How You Can Help: ➡️ Donate Now: https://lnkd.in/gCqb7XQX. Your contribution will be doubled thanks to our generous match from The Edward Alexander Foundation. ➡️ Share: Can’t give? Please share this post or forward our campaign to your network to help us unlock the match. We are so grateful for any contribution you can make. Thank you on behalf of our team and the young people we serve. Today wouldn’t be possible without our generous support from The Edward Alexander Foundation and Larry Fingleson.

In collaboration with Koda Capital, it was great to host experts from a range of leading organisations in Canteen Australia, The Kids' Cancer Project, TLC Impact, Cerebral Palsy Alliance, The Smith Family, Giant Steps Australia, Wentworth Capital, GSA Insurance Brokers, Vision Australia, The Shepherd Centre, Life Ed NSW/ACT, NextSense, The Youth Impact Foundation, Adara Group, Ocean Lovers Festival, Montgomery Investment Management Paul Heath, CEO of Koda, gave insight on his personal experience working on boards in the NFP sector, Sabil Chowdhury, Adviser and Partner, advised on the importance of governance, & Will Beresford, Manager Philanthropy & Social Capital, imparted almost 2 decades of wisdom working in both NFPs and on the funding side. Great to have everyone along. Janelle Cook; Patrick Phibbs; Owen Finegan; David Jack; Jude Ohagan, Joshua O'Rourke, Steve Anthony, Hannah Loxton, Charles Galayini, Anabella Ward, Ian Finlayson MAICD, David Stewart, Jono Peatfield, Amal Maait, Veronica Pardey, Andy Skidmore, Simon Thurston, Jessica Kubowicz, Anita Kolni, Carolyn Grant, Rebecca Elepano, Matt O'Donnell, Eti Amegor

“Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” — Ryunosuke Satoro Today The Youth Impact Foundation and Together4Youth partnered again to hold the second session of our professional learning series designed to promote collaboration across youth focused For-Purpose organisations. Our session was lead by the legends Skye Hughes and Amanda Marshall at Youth Engagement Project who delivered a masterclass on Facilitation and Engagement Thanks to all of those involved, Loved being able to create this space and looking forward to the next one. Nathan Strempel Life Ed NSW/ACT Burn Bright Australia ABCN batyr Beacon Foundation The b kinder foundation Harrison Riedel Foundation PROJECT ROCKIT Raise Foundation Top Blokes Foundation

Last week, The Youth Impact Foundation had the pleasure of participating in the Cricket NSW Foundation's Annual golf event at Bonnie Doon Golf Club Functions & Events. We were proud to support CNSW Foundation, especially given their unwavering support from Cricket NSW & Jake Balnave of Burn Bright Australia & National Leadership Forum, two of our brands. It was a small gesture, but we were thrilled to give back to such a valued partner.

Absolutely loved the chance to speak at the #Brisbane Primary School Dream and Lead Conference for Youth Leadership Academy Australia So nice to team up with incredibly talented individuals with a shared passion for empowering young people. Appreciate you big time Wil Massara, Amanda Marshall, Bonnie Ryan-Rowe, Laura Leeson and Lachlan Wray Love that we all get to work with Andy Skidmore, Layton Fraser, Michaela Young, Simon Thurston and the Burn Bright Australia team under the The Youth Impact Foundation banner. More than 750 Year 5 & 6 students from 50 schools travelling in from all parts of #Queensland. An awesome day capped off by a Frozen singalong! #LetItGo

I'm so excited to share that Youth Leadership Academy Australia & Youth Engagement Project have officially joined the The Youth Impact Foundation family and are fully integrated. The Youth Leadership Academy Australia, founded by Wil Massara facilitate and run large scale youth conference events, at locations such as the International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney) for thousands of young - with a large event being run in EVERY capital city. YLAA is a youth-led organisation dedicated to empowering young individuals to lead themselves, schools, and communities for a positive future. Through impactful in-person events and tailor-made school programs, YLAA provide accessible leadership opportunities across Australia. The Youth Engagement Project, founded by Amanda Marshall and Skye Hughes specilises in training teachers and other youth organisations. The Youth Engagement Project is dedicated to empowering organisations. educators and speakers to make a genuine and lasting impact on the lives of young people. YEP believe in moving beyond tokenistic presentations or workshops by equipping facilitators, speakers and educators with the necessary skills to engage youth authentically. These two organisations join a suite of other brands and organisations in The Youth Impact Foundation such as Burn Bright Australia, Attitude Youth Charitable Trust, National Leadership Forum, InnerFit NZ & Ignite Camp. The thing that excites me most, is that by genuine & authentic collaboration we can have significantly increased impact on the young people of our nation, than we ever would do alone. We have a further 2 other organisations that we are currently working on under a MOU, which I can't wait to share when we get to that point. So. Freaking. Excited.

The cat is out of the bag 🤐 Yesterday, Youth Leadership Academy Australia became apart of The Youth Impact Foundation family 🥳🥳🥳 TYIF exists to create a world where all young people flourish, understand their influence and impact the world selflessly. As an organisation TYIF does this by connecting, integrating and enabling charities to create greater financial sustainability and amplifying impact. I will continue to lead YLAA as CEO, whilst also stepping into a new role as Head of Strategic Projects for TYIF ⚡️ We remain incredibly committed on YLAA’s mission to educate, equip and empower young people to lead themselves, your schools and our communities. And my focus for the next 12 months - increasing regional and rural access to leadership opportunities. I am excited to lead YLAA into the next chapter of growth with the TYIF team. 🎉