Youth Focus

Tuesday, 14 March, 2006 - 21:00
Gus Irdi (Irdi Legal): chairman, Dan Smetana (Joyce Corporation): deputy chairman, Graham Addison: treasurer, Jenny Allen: CEO. Board of directors: Karl O’Callaghan (Police Commissioner), Kellie Benda (RAC), Ricky Burgess (WA Local Govt Assn), John Akehurst (RSA Consulting), Geoff Rasmussen (Azure Capital), Justine Bell-Morris (Qantas), Anne-Maree Ferguson (Perth Convention Bureau).Youth Focus provides practical and effective support for young people aged from 12 to 18 and their families, who are showing early signs associated with suicide and deliberate self harm. A major Youth Focus fundraising event starts on April 3 when 40 social cyclists from the Perth business community leave Albany on a five day bike ride to Perth. Ride for Youth 2006 hopes to raise over $400,000 and is sponsored by Hawaiian Management Group.