By and large, I’ve resisted the urge to talk about what this whole thing has meant to me personally. But in this entry, I thought I’d relax that rule, so just indulge me for a while.

Firstly, a brief run down on what the last 6 months have been about:

Fundraising for a budget of $70 000
Finding in-kind and monetary support. 50 Grant applications and corporate sponsorship applications completed (not so many supported!). Quiz night, movie night, wine-selling, 15 meetings with corporates and government, a beard party (ie come dressed as your favourite bearded person in history - I went as Al from Home Improvement).

Consultations Around Australia
Throughout this project, we visited approximately 30 communities in 5 states and 1 territory. We reckon that in the end, we ended up talking directly with about 4000 young people. Between private Sydney Girls Schools in Sydney and chatting with guys in Warmun (Turkey Creek), it was an eclectic mix.
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