Stories of Giving and Receiving is a podcast from the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation – a thriving family foundation with more than sixty years of grant-making experience. Host Emilia Kefford speaks directly to changemakers supported through the Foundation’s Backing Young People strategy. These conversations shine a light on their challenges, achievements, and what it takes to truly effect change.
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Jameson Harvey: Inspiring the Next Generation of STEM Innovators 🤖
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30:23In this episode we chat with Jameson Harvey, who founded Red Dirt Robotics after graduating high school in 2021. Jameson is on a mission to inspire young people across Australia with STEM. With the help of a Backing the Future grant, Jameson ran robotics workshops across 35 schools, working with 910 kids and 100 staff all across Queensland, startin…
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Rizina Yadav: Amplifying Young Women's Voices Through Research and Advocacy 📢
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40:42In this episode, we chat with Rizina Yadav, founder of Young Women’s Alliance about her experience receiving a Backing the Future grant. Rizina shares her remarkable journey from growing up in regional Australia to studying at Stanford University, and her deep passion for creating social impact. With the grant, Rizina created a nationally represent…
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In this episode, we chat with Cal Champagne, founder of Grow the Future Bega, a social enterprise on a mission to create meaningful opportunities for young people through regenerative farming. Cal received his Backing the Future grant in November 2022 after moving back home to the Bega Valley, and chats with Emilia about his early beginnings in the…
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Bevis Masson-Leach: Empowering Youth Through Music 🎶
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35:27In this episode, we chat with Bevis Masson-Leach, a music producer and youth workshop facilitator who used a Backing the Future grant to run transformative music workshops for young people in regional New South Wales. Bevis’s mission wasn’t to just create music, but to use song writing as a vehicle for the participants to express themselves in a sa…
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Hayden Tonazzi: Mentoring Young Regional Artists ðŸŽ
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30:39In this pilot episode, you’ll meet Hayden Tonazzi, theatre director and creative producer, as he shares how a Backing the Future grant enabled him to mentor regional artists in New South Wales. With the grant, Hayden created a program that provides mentorship and resources to local artists, empowering them to develop and sustain community-based dra…
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Sarah Chapman: Paving the Way for Girls in STEM💡
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46:18In this episode, we chat with Sarah Chapman, founder of STEM Changemakers, who dedicated a year to creating life-changing STEM programs for disadvantaged girls in regional North Queensland with her Backing the Future grant. Passionate about increasing access to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, Sarah explains how t…
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Stories of Giving and Receiving is a podcast from the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation – a thriving family foundation with more than sixty years of grant-making experience. Host Emilia Kefford speaks directly to change makers supported through the Foundation’s Backing Young People strategy. These conversations shine a light on their challenges, ac…
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Stories of Giving and Receiving - Series 1 Trailer
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3:29Stories of Giving and Receiving is a podcast from the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation – a thriving family foundation with more than sixty years of grant-making experience. Host Emilia Kefford speaks directly to change makers supported through the Foundation’s Backing Young People strategy. These conversations shine a light on their challenges, ac…
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