GYE were fortunate to have the team at True South Film to follow some of the young people's Kokoda journey in 2023. A big thank you to Villawood Properties for their support to allow us to share these special moments. https://truesouthfilm.com.au/portfolio/geelong-kokoda-youth-program/
The GYE Annual Raffle tickets are now on sale, you can buy tickets directly online with the QR code or contact Sam for a book. Drawn in December '24 at the Kokoda Breakfast
Tickets are now available for the GYE Corporate Long Lunch - 23rd Feb 2024. This is your chance to hear from some of our young people's journey and guest speaker James Gribble with entertainment by comedian Dave Smiedts. Contact Anne-Marie for ticket information: [email protected]
2022 we were able to travel back to Kokoda for the first time since 2019 - not only once but twice. We are very grateful to Channel 9 and A Current Affair for sharing our journey .https://geelongyouthengagement-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/kelly_taylor_gye_org_au/EUgxd0gA24JJgb6TDwqqCLkBR53p4Qn1n7ScofwjvZ9S8w?e=ojEf83
GYE have been very fortunate to be chosen as the beneficiary of the annual Adroit Insurance & Risk Charity Golf Day being held in March 2022. The proceeds from this event will allow GYE to purchase a bus that can be utilised to transport our participants safely to and from program events.
GYE would like to congratulate all our young people and mentors involved with this year's Geelong Kokoda Youth Program. This was the first year of running two GKYP's - we had the students chosen for 2020 back and our new 2021 group. We could not have asked anything more of everyone this year, being so [...]
We were overwhelmed by the generosity of the Geelong community for the Pitch Up event held by Give Where You Live on March 18. Ashley Hall (GKYP - 2015/2019) spoke amazingly on our behalf and had quite a few people in the room in tears with her life story and successes since completing the program, [...]
G.Y.E were very excited to be able to launch the organisation to the Geelong community. We held a breakfast as the enchanting Barrabool Maze Estate over two mornings where we were able to show local business, government, community, and education leaders the future plans for Geelong Youth Engagement. A very special thank you to lovely Catriona [...]
