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Share the Spark

Empowering youth to make life affirming choices.

Empowering youth to make life affirming choices. Empowering youth to make life affirming choices.

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

    Workshops and EVENTS

    SEPT 23

    Volunteer Training Workshop - Suicide Prevention

    6:30pm

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    8:30pm

    Mona Vale, NSW

    Event Details

    SEPT 23

    Volunteer Training Workshop - Suicide Prevention

    This training is for our registered Passionate Professional volunteers. (Please contact us via the form on our Volunteer Page if you would l...

    Event Details

    6:30pm

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    8:30pm

    Mona Vale, NSW

    OCT 3

    Volunteer Training Workshop - Youth Communication

    6:30pm

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    8:30pm

    Mona Vale, NSW

    Event Details

    OCT 3

    Volunteer Training Workshop - Youth Communication

    This training is for our registered Passionate Professional volunteers. (Please contact us via the form on our Volunteer Page if you would l...

    Event Details

    6:30pm

    -

    8:30pm

    Mona Vale, NSW

    OCT 10

    Volunteer Training Workshop - Using Spark Tools

    6:30pm

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    8:30pm

    Mona Vale, NSW

    Event Details

    OCT 10

    Volunteer Training Workshop - Using Spark Tools

    This training is for our registered Passionate Professional volunteers. (Please contact us via the form on our Volunteer Page if you would l...

    Event Details

    6:30pm

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    8:30pm

    Mona Vale, NSW

    21 OCT 2023

    Spark Tank

    6:30 pm

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    9:30 pm

    Mona Vale, NSW

    Event Details

    21 OCT 2023

    Spark Tank

    Our popular youth business pitch event is on again and will be held at the auditorium of our generous sponsor - Pittwater RSL Club.  Keep an...

    Event Details

    6:30 pm

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    9:30 pm

    Mona Vale, NSW

    1 MAR 2024

    March Mentor Drive

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    Mona Vale, NSW

    Event Details

    1 MAR 2024

    March Mentor Drive

    Do you love what you do? Would you like to spend 2 hours a fortnight sharing your spark with a young person? March and May are our Mentor Dr...

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    Mona Vale, NSW

    PAST EVENTS & TRAINING

    8 JUN 2023 National Leadership Forum Panel Selection

    8 JUN 2023 National Leadership Forum Panel Selection

    8 JUN 2023 National Leadership Forum Panel Selection

    We were pleased to be part of the selection committee for the National Leadership Forum youth award sponsored by Dr. Sophie!

    5 MAY 2023 Youth Expo at Narrabeen Sports High

    8 JUN 2023 National Leadership Forum Panel Selection

    8 JUN 2023 National Leadership Forum Panel Selection

    Our multitalented mentor Martin and our Ambassador Eddie were showing students how to create their own sparks at our expo booth. We even had a queue!  

    6 APR 2023 Unicorns donate to Share the Spark

    8 JUN 2023 National Leadership Forum Panel Selection

    27 MAR 2023 NB Rotaract Club and Deputy Mayor with Spark

    Once again this dear circle of friends made a major donation to Share the Spark in honor of our founder's birthday. You folks ROCK!

    27 MAR 2023 NB Rotaract Club and Deputy Mayor with Spark

    12 JAN 2023 Spark Youth Ambassador Eddie meets Dr. Sophie

    27 MAR 2023 NB Rotaract Club and Deputy Mayor with Spark

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

    4 MAR 2023 SparkFounder interviewed with Tony of RNB

    12 JAN 2023 Spark Youth Ambassador Eddie meets Dr. Sophie

    12 JAN 2023 Spark Youth Ambassador Eddie meets Dr. Sophie

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

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    12 JAN 2023 Spark Youth Ambassador Eddie meets Dr. Sophie

    12 JAN 2023 Spark Youth Ambassador Eddie meets Dr. Sophie

    12 JAN 2023 Spark Youth Ambassador Eddie meets Dr. Sophie

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

    13 OCT 2022 Spark Tank -Youth Business Pitch Event

    13 OCT 2022 Spark Tank -Youth Business Pitch Event

    13 OCT 2022 Spark Tank -Youth Business Pitch Event

    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!

    20 SEPT 2022 Crowdfunding Success for Spark Tank

    13 OCT 2022 Spark Tank -Youth Business Pitch Event

    13 OCT 2022 Spark Tank -Youth Business Pitch Event

    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. 

    1 AUG 2022 Spark Tank Judges and Mentor training

    13 OCT 2022 Spark Tank -Youth Business Pitch Event

    1 AUG 2022 Spark Tank Judges and Mentor training

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

    16 DEC 2021 Spark Tank Teams select their logos

    4 NOV 2021 Our last (hopefully) virtual board meeting

    4 NOV 2021 Our last (hopefully) virtual board meeting

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

    4 NOV 2021 Our last (hopefully) virtual board meeting

    4 NOV 2021 Our last (hopefully) virtual board meeting

    4 NOV 2021 Our last (hopefully) virtual board meeting

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

    8 NOV 2020 Spark Tank Event - Streamed Live

    4 NOV 2021 Our last (hopefully) virtual board meeting

    8 NOV 2020 Spark Tank Event - Streamed Live

    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!

    25 AUG 2021 Volunteer Training Workshop - Youth Communication

    25 AUG 2021 Volunteer Training Workshop - Youth Communication

    25 AUG 2021 Volunteer Training Workshop - Youth Communication

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

    18 AUG 2021 Volunteer Training Workshop - Suicide Prevention

    25 AUG 2021 Volunteer Training Workshop - Youth Communication

    25 AUG 2021 Volunteer Training Workshop - Youth Communication

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

    5 AUG 2021 Virtual Board Meeting, Welcome Pix!

    25 AUG 2021 Volunteer Training Workshop - Youth Communication

    19 OCT 2020 Virtual Volunteer Training - Using Spark Tools

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

    19 OCT 2020 Virtual Volunteer Training - Using Spark Tools

    19 OCT 2020 Virtual Volunteer Training - Using Spark Tools

    19 OCT 2020 Virtual Volunteer Training - Using Spark Tools

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

    12 OCT 2020 Volunteer Training - Youth Communication

    19 OCT 2020 Virtual Volunteer Training - Using Spark Tools

    5 OCT 2020 Virtual Volunteer Training - Suicide Prevention

    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.

    5 OCT 2020 Virtual Volunteer Training - Suicide Prevention

    19 OCT 2020 Virtual Volunteer Training - Using Spark Tools

    5 OCT 2020 Virtual Volunteer Training - Suicide Prevention

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

    7 MAY 2020 Board Meeting - Our first virtual one

    25 FEB 2020 Volunteer Training - Suicide Prevention

    3 MAR 2020 Volunteer Training - Youth Communication

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

    3 MAR 2020 Volunteer Training - Youth Communication

    25 FEB 2020 Volunteer Training - Suicide Prevention

    3 MAR 2020 Volunteer Training - Youth Communication

    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! 

    25 FEB 2020 Volunteer Training - Suicide Prevention

    25 FEB 2020 Volunteer Training - Suicide Prevention

    25 FEB 2020 Volunteer Training - Suicide Prevention

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

    29 OCT 2019 Spark Tank Event - Live in Avalon

    6 AUG 2019 Volunteer Training - Suicide Prevention

    25 FEB 2020 Volunteer Training - Suicide Prevention

    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.

    6 AUG 2019 Volunteer Training - Suicide Prevention

    6 AUG 2019 Volunteer Training - Suicide Prevention

    6 AUG 2019 Volunteer Training - Suicide Prevention

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

    13 AUG 2019 Volunteer Training - Youth Communication

    6 AUG 2019 Volunteer Training - Suicide Prevention

    6 AUG 2019 Volunteer Training - Suicide Prevention

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

    25 June 2019 Panel Talk - Empowering youth

    24 MAR 2019 Youth half-day Mindfulness Intensive

    25 June 2019 Panel Talk - Empowering youth

    speaker at a workshop

    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.  



    3 APR 2019 Adult Mindfulness 4-week course

    24 MAR 2019 Youth half-day Mindfulness Intensive

    25 June 2019 Panel Talk - Empowering youth

    people talking together

    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 .

    24 MAR 2019 Youth half-day Mindfulness Intensive

    24 MAR 2019 Youth half-day Mindfulness Intensive

    17 MAR 2019 Adult half-day Mindfulness Intensive

    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.

    17 MAR 2019 Adult half-day Mindfulness Intensive

    21 FEB 2019 Volunteer Training - Suicide Prevention

    17 MAR 2019 Adult half-day Mindfulness Intensive

    seated meditation class

    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.  

    28 FEB 2019 Volunteer Training - Youth Communication

    21 FEB 2019 Volunteer Training - Suicide Prevention

    21 FEB 2019 Volunteer Training - Suicide Prevention

    people at training workshop looking at cards

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

    21 FEB 2019 Volunteer Training - Suicide Prevention

    21 FEB 2019 Volunteer Training - Suicide Prevention

    21 FEB 2019 Volunteer Training - Suicide Prevention

    people seated at training workshop

    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. 


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