Hawthorn Football Club is proud to have a major community partnership with Youthbeyondblue, as well as relationships with various other community organisations. 

These relationships form the Club’s community partners.

Through these partnerships, the Club is able to assist in raising awareness and funds, as well as giving experiences for their members in any way that it can.

The Hawks encourage their members and fans to become familiar with these organisations that are a part of the Hawks family.

Youthbeyondblue

Hawthorn is proud to support Youthbeyondblue as the Club’s Major Community Partner. The partnership sees the Club take a strategic approach with beyondblue to help raise awareness of depression and anxiety in young people and to help reduce the stigma of these illnesses in society.

The Club is involved in beyondblue events throughout the year, including the match-day activation of the beyondblue Cup.

Youthbeyondblue’s messages of Look. Listen. Talk. Seek Help. are aimed at encouraging young people to talk about their problems and to seek help where required.

If you or someone you know is experiencing depression or anxiety, visit youthbeyondblue.com or phone 1300 22 46 36.

Starlight Children’s Foundation

Hawthorn Football Club is proud to have developed a strong partnership Starlight as we understand that living with illness or injury can cause enormous strain on the lives of children and their families. The pain, loneliness and isolation that sick children feel dominates their lives, and they often miss out on normal experiences that healthy children take for granted.

Starlight provides programs integral to the total care of seriously ill children – while health professional’s focus on treating the illness, Starlight is there to lift the spirits of the child, giving them the opportunity to laugh, play and be a child again.

Through the partnership the Club is able to provide memorable experiences to seriously ill children, for example opening our doors for VIP training sessions, offering match day experiences, game tickets and much more.

If you would like more information on the fantastic work Starlight does, visit them online www.starlight.org.au

The Beacon Foundation

The Beacon Foundation and Hawthorn Football Club share a common passion - a desire for our young people to kick personal goals by making positive choices for their future.

A not for profit organisation, the Beacon Foundation works towards helping young people make positive career choices, assisting the school to work transition by supporting practical hands on programs in more than 100 schools across Australia, and calling on local business and industry to step up and lend a hand.

Beacon programs engage students in Year 10, tackling the issue of youth unemployment head on. Programs include work experience, industry site tours, mock interviews, buddy up and mentoring programs, work ready workshops and a charter signing ceremony.

Hawthorn Football Club teams with Beacon to provide ten Industry Tours at the Ricoh Centre, showcasing career opportunities within football.

Beacon is always on the lookout for support and interest from city and regional business and industry wanting to help make a difference to the future of our young people – like the Hawks, we value time, passion and commitment.

For more information on how to support the Beacon Foundation, either in kind or financially, visit the website at www.beaconfoundation.com.au

Match Day Charities 2012

The Club also offered a number of match-day charity opportunities throughout 2012 to raise awareness and funds for these great organisations.

• Zaidee’s Rainbow Foundation
• Victorian Blue Ribbon Foundation
• Kokoda Track Foundation
• The Salvation Army
• Mirabel
• Give Me 5 For Kids
• Variety
• RSL