Raise Foundation | Annual Impact Report 2025
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Young people at the heart of everything we do
We don’t believe in doing our work for young people, we believe in working together with young people to design and deliver programs which meet them where they are. Young people are embedded throughout the organisation in shaping how we work, what we do and what we say. Raise Youth Advisory Councils The YACs meet regularly across the year to provide insights from the youth perspective, advocate for the young voice and collaborate on projects with teams across the organisation. We are grateful to have so many highly skilled and ambitious young people aged 14-24 who are passionate about improving the wellbeing of other young people through mentoring. We would like to thank our 2025 YAC members: Ava Anselme, Ashwak Ahmed, Juilian Stavrou, Zali Fisher, Michael Humpryson, Jess Stone, Dillon Harris, Darcy Oates, Julia Lander, Henry Gray, Theodora Koutzoumis, Skye Harman, Rebecca Le, Tilly Groves, Sania Gabba and Zoya Zoya.
We also extend our thanks to all our YAC members from our partner schools; Ren, Chloe, Cherry, Mercy, Tanya, Viv, Tiffany, Madailein, Addison, Lily, Annasia, Chloe, Emily and Luke. Their energy and involvement were essential in piloting the participation of our younger YAC members. Some of the projects our YACs have been involved in: • M arketing and messaging approaches for mentee recruitment in Raise Digital • Mentor recruitment • Fundraising campaigns • S peaking at Raise events, including our evaluation webinar and milestone events such as the QLD 10- year celebration • S haring insights with Raise on issues impacting young people, such as social media ban, mental health, gaming, loneliness and AI • Developing video content • Involvement in Youth Mentoring benchmarks • Consultation of longitudinal studies • Curriculum revisions
Below, left: Amanda Thomas – Head of Youth Engagement at Raise and the YAC participating in our fundraiser Step by Step ; and right: YAC members Tilly and Zoya share their experience of Raise mentoring at Raise HQ.
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