ANd what a Fun Night it was - Thank you to all who made it such a big success!

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Northern Beaches Roteract, the younger arm of Rotary, along with Deputy Mayor Sue Heins,  were eager to hear about Share the Spark.

Kimberly Clouthier, Spark founder, told her story to Tony Butera on Radio Northern Beaches. 

Our Spark Ambassador Eddie started off the year by spreading the word to our local  MP. Well done Eddie for opening those doors.

Spark Tank 2022 was an amazing success at Glen Street Theatre. We gave away over $15,000 cash plus coaching and over $10,000 in prizes!

Our Sparks successfully raised over $15,000 to give away to the winners of our Spark Tank event to use as seed funding for their great business ideas. 

We had a wonderful bunch of talented and caring folks attend our mentor training sessions in August and September. 

Relax Brand Design donated 6 branding packages worth over $3000 each for our winning Spark Tank teams. The logos they developed are amazing! 

We held our final board meeting and AGM for 2021 online again, but next year we are keen to be face to face again!

Six amazing teams competed live for over $40,000 in cash and prizes. Thanks for the support from NB Council, Relax brand design and Sevenmile!

Our new mentors are eager to help the Northern Beaches youth! This intake boasts 10 video game designers from Wargaming!

We follow the SAFE  Talk program and each new mentor received a training certificate after participation. We had 21 for this class!

We welcome our new President, Pix Jonasson, to our board on yet another virtual board meeting due to lockdown. 

We use evidence-based tools that show clear measures of success and help our young people get where they want to go.

We focus on listening skills to ensure our mentees are heard! We have lots of fun exercises during the traing that bring out the best in everyone.

Our training went virtual during COVID. But the engagement was high and the new mentors are really great!

Due to COVID restrictions we could not meet in person, but our first virtual Zoom meeting was actually quite productive!

No, they didn't wear the same clothes - this is a photo from the week prior, but our Youth Communication workshop was also great fun! 

More amazing mentors joined our ranks! They are now prepared to help young people and the local community combat suicide. 

Six teams of young people competed for over $4000 by pitching their great start-up and community ideas to a panel of successful local business leaders.

This training was for our registered Passionate Professional volunteers. (Please contact us if you would like to become one!) 

This training was for our registered Passionate Professional volunteers. (Please contact us if you would like to become one!) 

A passionate panel of health experts spoke about specific day to day things that may provoke depression and suicidal thinking in young people and then provide simple actionable tips to prevent it.  These were not your 'Google top ten tips', but instead the nitty-gritty of why we think and act the way we do.  

This Mindfulness workshop series, led by Scott Moran, was designed for parents to reduce anxiety and stress, to improve emotional stability, creativity and happiness, and to be less attached to outcomes and more mindful of what's unfolding in theirs and their children’s lives.  It took place over four Wednesdays in April .

This Mindfulness Intensive half-day workshop, led by Scott Moran, was designed as an introduction and exploration of mindfulness techniques that young people can use to improve and strengthen the relationship with themselves and their family.

This Mindfulness Intensive half-day workshop, led by Scott Moran, was designed as an introduction and exploration of mindfulness techniques that parents can use to improve and strengthen the relationship with themselves and their family.  

This training was for our registered Passionate Professional volunteers. (Please contact us if you would like to become one!) 

This training was for our registered Passionate Professional volunteers. (Please contact us if you would like to become one!)  On completion participants earned SuicideTalk certification.