News Articles for Youth Focus

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Charities relying on donations are facing uncertain times.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Leederville-based bicycle accessories maker Cycliq has recruited Vimy Resources boss Mike Young onto its board as a non-executive director.

Volunteer groups Community Mates and Big Help Mob are the third NFP pair in WA to amalgamate within the past month.

WA hosted 20 major charity bike rides during the past year, collectively raising about $10 million, but the numbers are set to fall.

Western Australian corporate leader Geoff Rasmussen passed away on Friday night after a long battle with cancer.

Two of WA's most successful charity events raised a total of $4.6 million this month, but not all fundraisers are achieving similar results

Jenny Allen has been appointed as the chief executive of The 500 Club.