What Is FebFast?

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What is FebFast?

FebFast is a national health and charity initiative, now in its third year of operation.

We work to reduce the impact of alcohol and other drugs on young Australians by raising funds to support organisations working in research, prevention and service delivery concerning alcohol and other drugs use by young people.

We conduct a national education, awareness and fundraising campaign that invites people to sacrifice their alcohol consumption during February, and at the same time raise funds to support youth alcohol and other drug services.

Over the past three years we have seen more than 10,700 people take up the FebFast challenge to give up the grog for a month. Collectively these people have raised more than $1,700,000 to support our cause.

Funds from our campaigns have been distributed to 14 organisations around Australia.

Proceeds from our 2010 registration and fundraising efforts have been shared amongst the Australian Drug Foundation (that operates nationally), YSAS (the Youth Substance Abuse Service) in Victoria, The Ted Noffs Foundation in NSW and the ACT, Mater Hospital’s Adolescent Drug and Alcohol Withdrawal Service in Queensland.

We will also announce a grants program in the next few months to support smaller grass-roots organisations across Australia.


Donate

Donations to FebFast are tax deductible in Australia. Please consider contributing to our work.


Beneficiaries

Proceeds from our 2010 registration and fundraising efforts will be shared amongst the Australian Drug Foundation (that operates nationally), YSAS (the Youth Substance Abuse Service) in Victoria, The Ted Noffs Foundation in NSW and the ACT, Mater Hospital’s Adolescent Drug and Alcohol Withdrawal Service in Queensland and FebFast’s grants program for smaller grass-roots organisations.

To find out more about these organisations, click here.

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Our Board

Mark Brownfield

Mark is the General Manager Retail Sales & Distribution at AGL Energy Ltd, and has had a career in various senior management roles. Mark enjoys an active lifestyle with his young family and is conscious of maintaining and promoting health and wellbeing with family, friends and co-workers.

Fiona Healy

Fiona has a professional background in corporate communications. She is passionate about making a positive contribution to society by supporting social initiatives.

Geoff Munro

Geoff Munro is the National Policy Manager at the Australian Drug Foundation.

John Nguyen

John is a Chartered Accountant and works in the area of financial services risk management. John believes that alcohol should be enjoyed responsibly and emphasises the importance of education and awareness programs in preventing excessive alcohol consumption.

Anna Stewart

Anna Stewart is the Manager Retail Markets Regulation at AGL Energy Ltd. Previously a solicitor practising in the community legal sector, Anna is firmly committed to social justice.

Tam Sandeman

Tam is Managing Director of Asia Pacific’s leading employee communications consultancy, Sydney-based Impact Employee Communications. Over the years, Tam has carried out a range of winning PR campaigns for a number of charities in the UK, Central America and Australasia.


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