Welcome
The Amanda Young Foundation is a non-profit community organisation dedicated to reducing deaths in WA from meningococcal disease, and supporting survivors of the disease. The Foundation is also committed to supporting the development of young people into WA’s future leaders. The Foundation was formed in 1998 following the tragic death of Amanda Young from meningococcal septicaemia at the tender age of 18 years.
The Foundation achieves its mission through:
- Meningococcal Awareness and Education – increasing awareness and educating the community and medical profession regarding meningococcal disease;
- Funding Research – providing funding for relevant medical research and encouraging increased research into meningococcal disease;
- Young Leaders Summit – organising an annual camp for year 11 school students across the state to support and encourage the development of leadership skills;
- Fundraising Events – our fundraising events fund the Foundation’s work and also have an awareness raising affect. Our main annual events include the Amanda Young Foundation Charity Ball held in May each year, the Open Garden at Romancing the Stone garden in Maida Vale, and Amanda’s Garden Fete, a weekend event in October each year.
Amanda Louise Young
6 September 1979 - 12 October 1997
Some people enter our lives and stay a while
Others come, we blink and are gone
But they leave their signatures on our hearts
And we are never the same again.
Courtesy Adrian Monger
Out Of This World Charity Ball 2012
on 28th April 2012 at the Burswood Ballroom
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Meningococcal Short Information Video
A short informative video about Meningococcal Disease - introduced by golfer Jack Newton, and with remarks from Dr Clayton Golledge, Infectious Disease Specialist, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.
