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
The Event Date: Friday, 18th November 2022 Location: Queenscliff Golf Course, Golf Course Road, Swan Island Price: $500 (inc gst) for a teams of 4 players 9.00am: Registration 10.00am: Shotgun Start 2.00pm: Lunch will be served followed by guest speakers and auction prizes 4.00pm: Conclusion Register: Contact Sam Davison on 0409 192 290 or [email protected] [...]
Who doesn’t love a good pie!?!?! We are doing a ROUTLEYS PIE DRIVE until the 25/05/2022. 25% of your order will be donated to GYE supporting “at risk” youths based in the Geelong, Surf Coast, Bellarine, Colac and Golden Plans regions. Please find attached our order form, please return all forms to [email protected] before the [...]
GYE will host its Annual Charity Golf Day at Queenscliff Golf Course, Golf Course Road, Swan Island on Friday, 1st April 2022. The date is set for Friday, 1st April 2022, where we will start with registration at 07.30am, a breakfast, briefing and a shotgun start at 08.30am. Lunch will be [...]
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 [...]
Faced with the stark, often devastating realities of mental illness from a young age, with no other option in sight, Ashley became a full-time carer for her mother while also battling the everyday pressures that came along with being a Year 9 student at school. Living on welfare with no money for school lunches or [...]
Headed down a dangerous and uncertain path, in his teenage years, Sean admits his life wasn’t exactly going where he wanted it to, he was missing lots of school and experimenting with drugs and alcohol. The separation of parents had an immediate impact on the teen after his father left to work, and eventually settle [...]
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, [...]
