ContinYou - conversations for growth, resilience and inspiration.

Baw Baw Shire Council

This free event features 2 inspiring keynotes Wayne Schwass and Bianca Chatfield.
6:30 Light finger food on arrival for a 7pm start.

Oaks at Logan Park

Wayne SchwassWith a 14 year AFL playing career, Wayne Schwass has gone on to establish himself as a respected sports media broadcaster for over 17 years. During his ALF career, Wayne experienced his own mental health challenges and has since become a wellbeing champion with a leading voice on mental health and emotional wellbeing. In 2006, he started the Sunrise Foundation – a not-for-profit that delivered preventative education programs to more than 5000 secondary school students. Through his work with the foundation, Wayne discovered his passion for creating awareness and proactively doing something about the mental health and the ongoing suicide crisis in Australia. In 2017 Wayne founded PukaUp where he continues his work of normalising the conversation around mental health and giving people the opportunity to take control of their own wellbeing, before reaching crisis point.For the past 16 years, Wayne has delivered his entertaining and engaging presentations to hundreds of organisations and community groups across the country. Wayne’s powerful storytelling ability, humour, authenticity and vulnerability coupled with his practical and relatable delivery skills, allows him to connect with and inspire audiences to take actionBianca ChatfieldBianca was one of the youngest players ever to have debuted for the Australian Diamonds at the age of only 18. She made a name for herself on the court as one of the toughest defenders in the country and was soon recognised as one of the most respected leaders in women's sport.After taking the sporting world by storm, gold medal winning netballer Bianca Chatfield's journey from professional athlete to leading media personality and business owner is indicative of her vivacious nature, dedication and professionalism across all fields.During her time on the netball court, Bianca endured some tough times but also enjoyed great success; wining both gold and silver medals at the Commonwealth Games alongside a host of premiership victories and awards.Since retiring from the sport in 2015, her career has grown from strength to strength. Bianca splits her time advocating for women in sport through media and educating on leadership and how to develop a high-performance mindset to get the best out of yourself whether that be in the sporting or business worlds. This event is being provided by Baw Baw Shire Council under the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).

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