AYAH Receives Generous Donation from Fundraiser The Adolescent and Young Adult Hospice (AYAH) in Manly has received a generous boost thanks to the Manly Vale Calabria Club’s 2025 Annual Charity Dinner and Dance
The funds will go towards renovating Parkhill Cottage, creating a peaceful, multi-purpose space for AYAH patients and their families. Tayia said the funds would be important in supporting AYAH’s next stage of development. “These upgrades will offer comfort, connection, and support during some of life’s most challenging moments,” she said.
Night. The event brought the community together for an evening of celebration, live entertainment, and fundraising, raising an impressive $20,000 to support AYAH’s work with young patients and their families. Tayia Yeates, Service Manager at AYAH, said the generosity would make a tangible difference. “This incredible support will help us create more special moments for our patients and their families,” she said. “We would like to give a heartfelt thank you to the Manly Vale Calabria Club and everyone involved for hosting such a wonderful event. From the delicious food to the live music and exciting auctions, it was a night full of energy, generosity, and community spirit.” AYAH’s community partners also played a key role in making the night memorable, donating a fantastic range of raffle and silent auction prizes
Calabria Club Board Members, Tayia Yeates, Service Manager, (third from left), Local MP James Griffin, (second from right) and Megan Jones, Community Partnerships Manager (far right)
Rising concerns over teen vaping Royal North Shore Hospital emergency physician and trauma consultant Dr Brian Burns has sounded the alarm over the growing health crisis caused by vaping among young Australians.
evidence-based school program reduced vaping by 65 per cent among Year 7 and 8 students. As a result, the Vaping Prevention Program is now being rolled out nationally. Brian, who spoke at the program’s launch in July this year, praised the initiative. “It will translate into better health care for adolescents because it decreases vaping,” he said.
“Vaping itself can cause acute lung injury. There are chemicals in vapes that damage the lungs,” he said. “The actual nicotine dose in the vapes can also be very high — up to 50 times higher than in cigarettes.” Vaping rates have gone up among 11- to 17-year-olds, rising from 3.3% in 2021 to between 9% and 14% in 2022. “There is serious concern in the medical community around vaping,”he said. Brian described vaping as “surreptitious” and often not the primary reason a young person presents to hospital. “Vaping is almost the tip of the iceberg,” he said. “We know that vaping is associated with other issues such as chronic mental health conditions and behavioural problems.” Emergency departments now routinely screen for vaping, recognising it as a significant public health issue. Recent research from the University of Sydney’s Matilda Centre found that an
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