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Bunnings Sausage Sizzle
Sunday, August 1st 2021
The GPAN Youth Action Group hosted a Sausage Sizzle at the Broadmeadows Bunnings on the weekend between lockdown 5.0 and 6.0 for those in Metropolitan Melbourne. It was a glorious day to reunite as a team, engage with our community and enjoy some delicious snags! 

Movie Night

Wednesday, June 2nd 2021
It's lockdown 4.0 in Victoria and we are moving to online meetings with the GPAN Youth Action Group (YAG). 
This time we are making the most of it and streaming 'Book Smart' on Netflix via Zoom. 
​What would we do without tech?

Climate Strike

Friday, May 21st 2021
Members of the GPAN Youth Action Group (YAG) joined Banksia Gardens Community Services team members and thousands of young people to strike to demand climate action by the Australian Government. 

Hume Central Secondary College Workshop

Friday, May 21st 2021
The GPAN project teamed up with the Brotherhood of St Laurence (BSL) to deliver a workshop on 'Challenging Gender Stereotypes' to students at Hume Central Secondary College.

GPAN Training 
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February- March 2021
This year, we delivered our eighth consecutive year of  GPAN training. 13 young recruits from the local area graduated on Wednesday, March 24th 2021. 
We would like to thank the expert guest speakers that joined us each week from Victoria Police, Berry Street, Women's Health in the North, Peter Streker and Northern Community Legal Centre. 
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Eurydice Dixon Gender Equality Champions Award

Wednesday, November 25th 2021
Madi Hill and Dinuki Rajapaksha received the Eurydice Dixon Gender Equality Champions Award in 2020. 
Madi and Dinuki were celebrated for their achievements in being gender equity champions in their communities. 
Dinuki used the scholarship to further her tertiary studies.
Madi chose to donate part of the scholarship funds and purchase a guitar to pursuit her dream career in music. 

End of Year Celebration
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Wednesday, November 25th 2020
This year, GPAN hosted its annual trivia night on Zoom. We were joined by 40 guests for four rounds of Kahoot Trivia and to celebrate the many achievements of the 2020 GPAN team. 

GPAN Training

International Women's Day

Craigieburn Festival
February- April 2021
Sunday, March 8th 2020
Saturday, February 29th 2020
At the beginning of each year, GPAN offers a free six-week training to young people who are looking to join this enthusiastic team.
We cover topics such as gender equality, respectful relationships, gender stereotypes, responding to disclosures and much more.
Our new members gain the skills and confidence in speaking up about these important issues and develop the tools they need for promoting gender equality and preventing violence against women in their community. We were joined by guest speakers from Victoria Police, Women's Health in the North, the Northern Community Legal Centre and more!
This year we celebrated International Women's Day at the ICC T20 World Cup Women's Final. 
The Australian Women's Cricket Team took on India and won the final.
The 86,174 strong crowd broke the Australian record for attendees at an Australian women's sporting event!
In the last weekend of summer, GPAN had a fabulous time at the Craigieburn Festival as part of Hume City Council's festival season.
The GPAN team engaged with the community through giant GPAN jenga, badge-making and testing the crowd's general knowledge with our favourite trivia questions all about women's achievements!