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Cultural Industries 18 Dec 2025

Foodbank’s new $8m Bunbury facility brought to life

The state government will contribute almost $5 million to building the new multi-service facility, after Foodbank WA's previous Bunbury home was sold earlier this year.

Participants in 2025's Miner v Wild. Photo: Michael O'Brien

Mining 18 Aug 2025

Miners go wild for youth charity

A group of miners spent the past week trudging through the remote Kimberley carrying little more than a desire to support youth mental health and a hope someone catches a barra.

Ashlee Harrison founded zero2hero, a WA charity dedicated to youth suicide prevention and mental health, in 2009.

Cultural Industries 21 May 2025

Harrison shines bright for youth

Personal tragedy sparked Ashlee Harrison's work to help young people with mental health issues or at risk of suicide.

Blue runs at the State Theatre Centre of Western Australia. Photo: Black Swan Theatre Company

Cultural Industries 24 Apr 2025

Black Swan partnership sparks mental health dialogue

A collaboration with Hawaiian and Youth Focus is sparking conversations around youth mental health.

The Hawaiian Ride for Youth has been going for 23 years.

Cultural Industries 25 Mar 2025

Ride for Youth kicks off

The Hawaiian Ride for Youth will take off in Albany today to raise funds for youth mental health awareness and prevention.

Deals 07 Feb 2025

Youth Focus in West Perth move

The mental health charity is moving from its current Burswood office following its $10 million purchase of a property.

Cultural Industries 27 Sep 2024

Miners’ expedition has youth focus

A four-day survival adventure undertaken by mining executives has generated funds to support young people in need.

Appointments 27 Sep 2024

Appointments September 27, 2024

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Carina Tan-Van Baren, Russell Gibbs, Yujing Lim, James Cox, Glenn Poole, Charlie Gunningham, Danelle Cross, Anna Shave, Oliver Bazzani, Eliza Carbines, Sandy Chong, Jemma Iles, Kent Matla, Clare Mould, Faz Pollard and Mette Wendler.

Special Reports 19 Jun 2024

Philanthropic trusts turn the page

The past year has seen some big changes among WA's top philanthropists and how they go about their task.

Appointments 28 Jul 2023

Appointments July 28, 2023

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Paul Larsen, Stephen Daly, Jodie Perram, Leigh Dyson, Scott Lowe, Bianca Sandri, Felicity Gooding, Shelley Cable and Michael Keenan.

Appointments 06 Jan 2023

Appointments January 6, 2023

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Thomas Nador, Eric Streitberg, Danicia Quinlan, Shaun McRobert, Samuel McSkimming, Derry Simpson, Daniel Smith and Michael Kerman.

Cultural Industries 28 Mar 2022

Bike ride raises $2.9m

More than 200 people participated in the 20th annual Hawaiian Ride for Youth and raised a record $2.9 million for mental health charity Youth Focus.

Cultural Industries 16 Mar 2022

Original peloton back on the bike

Hawaiian Ride for Youth is still turning a wheel, celebrating its 20th year while other charity bike rides drop out.

Cultural Industries 01 Oct 2021

Delving into meaningful data

While larger charities devote resources to measuring their impact, many smaller organisations don't necessarily have the capacity.

Appointments 05 Mar 2021

Appointments March 5, 2021

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Kate West, Hamish McEwin, Jack Collard, Derry Simpson, Emily Clarke and James Nicholls.

Health 28 Jan 2021

Run for a Reason 2021 cancelled

HBF Run for a Reason has been cancelled for a second year due to health concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.

Appointments 27 Aug 2020

Appointments August 28, 2020

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Christina Matthews, Guy Vincent, Peytee Grusche, Donna Goddard and Peter Pollard.

Appointments 11 Jun 2020

Appointments June 12, 2020

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Craig Hasson, Richard Baddeley, Rod Jones and Ryan Abbott.

Appointments 10 Jun 2020

Board Moves June 10, 2020

Our board moves wrap includes John McGlue, Andrew Teo, Leslie Wise, Greg Clark, Kathryn Davies, Bruce Griffin, and Rod Jones.

Events 22 May 2020

Activ cancels City to Surf

Disability service provider Activ has become the latest organisation to withdraw a major fundraising event, with this year's City to Surf cancelled on the back of state and federal government coronavirus directives.

Special Reports 04 May 2020

Hitting reset on fundraising

Charities relying on donations are facing uncertain times.

News 20 Mar 2020

COVID-19 daily wrap: PM tightens indoor gatherings

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced further restrictions on indoor public gatherings to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Appointments 27 Feb 2020

Appointments February 28, 2019

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Dean Hely, Ashleigh Lin, Billy Meston, Andrew Stevens, Rob Arthur, Richard Whiting, Mark Major and Paul Underwood.

Transport & Logistics 18 Nov 2019

Cook moves up at Arc

Murray Cook will take the reins at freight rail network operator Arc Infrastructure early next year as chief executive Paul Larsen steps aside after 12 years in the role.

Great for the State 22 Oct 2019

Perron foundation set up for long-term future

Elizabeth Perron has been given the daunting task of continuing her late father's philanthropic legacy. She spoke to Business News about how she is tackling this task.

Great for the State 22 Oct 2019

Museum foundation sets big targets

Helping to establish a $35 million endowment fund for the WA Museum is the latest step in Jenny Allen's philanthropic journey.

Cultural Industries 16 Oct 2019

Aikins brings gift for generating giving

Fundraising is a mechanical process and 90 per cent of the work is research, according to an international expert visiting Perth next week.

Health 10 Sep 2019

Youth Focus encourages Australia to Sock it to Suicide

Australia Post staff are among those wearing bright, bold socks as part of a Youth Focus suicide awareness campaign launched today.

Health 04 Jun 2019

West best for mass fundraising fun

Western Australians are putting their bodies on the line to provide vital funds for some of the state's most active medical charities and research organisations.

Cultural Industries 13 Nov 2018

Youth Focus announces new CEO

Charity chief executive Arthur Papakotsias has been appointed the new chief executive of Youth Focus, replacing the outgoing Fiona Kalaf.

Cultural Industries 15 Oct 2018

MACA ride for cancer tops $4 million

The seventh annual MACA Ride to Conquer Cancer has raised $4.1 million, bringing the total amount raised by the event to over $31.8 million.

Professions 01 Aug 2018

Kalaf set to join APM

New APM chief executive Michael Anghie has bolstered his team by recruiting Youth Focus chief executive Fiona Kalaf to take a newly created role with the human services company.

Cultural Industries 26 Mar 2018

Hawaiian Ride for Youth raises $2.2m

The 2018 Hawaiian Ride for Youth continues to be one of the state's most successful fundraisers, raising $2.2 million for mental health prevention with 170 riders.

Appointments 16 Jul 2017

People Moves July 14, 2017

Legal appointments

Cultural Industries 22 May 2017

Broadening the appeal of giving

SPECIAL REPORT: Charities are diversifying their approach to building revenue streams as a soft economy challenges their business-as-usual fundraising models.