Aspire to be Deadly

What a wonderful acknowledgment by The International Platform on Sport and Development.

Looking for Fun Holiday activities join in the fun - the Aspire Team will be there.

🎉 Youth Week at the Esplanade – Cairns! 🎉
PCYC Cairns, in collaboration with Cairns Regional Council, Bori Muy, Northern Pride, Harbrow Mentoring, Royal Life Saving QLD, Aspire, First Aid Cairns, Wuchooperen, and Our Future Mentors, invites young people to an action‑packed Youth Week celebration!
📍 Where: Cairns Esplanade
📅 When: 16 April | 11AM – 3PM
Get ready for a live DJ, beach and lawn games, volleyball, EDOR, an exciting cast net competition, and a food van with FREE food for young people 🌭🎶🏐
Bring your mates, soak up the vibes, and celebrate youth, community, and connection by the beach! 🌊🔥
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Bori Muy
Our Future Mentors
Harbrow Mentoring Australia
Wuchopperen Health Service Ltd
Aspire to be Deadly
PRIDE
Cairns Regional Council
Cairns Safer Streets

Working together for great outcomes

Aspire Cairns Community Limited is looking forward to supporting this event

🎉 Youth Week at the Esplanade – Cairns! 🎉
PCYC Cairns, in collaboration with Cairns Regional Council, Bori Muy, Northern Pride, Harbrow Mentoring, Royal Life Saving QLD, Aspire, First Aid Cairns, Wuchooperen, and Our Future Mentors, invites young people to an action‑packed Youth Week celebration!
📍 Where: Cairns Esplanade
📅 When: 16 April | 11AM – 3PM
Get ready for a live DJ, beach and lawn games, volleyball, EDOR, an exciting cast net competition, and a food van with FREE food for young people 🌭🎶🏐
Bring your mates, soak up the vibes, and celebrate youth, community, and connection by the beach! 🌊🔥
fans
Bori Muy
Our Future Mentors
Harbrow Mentoring Australia
Wuchopperen Health Service Ltd
Aspire to be Deadly
PRIDE
Cairns Regional Council
Cairns Safer Streets

Happy International Women's Day

This International Women’s Day, Aspire Community celebrates Sawadu — one of our dedicated mentors — whose leadership and quiet strength remind us why it matters for young women to be seen, heard, and active within their communities.
As a mentor, Sawadu shows our girls what’s possible when they step forward, take up space, and engage in opportunities that build confidence, connection, and pride. Her presence reinforces that young women belong in every room, on every field, and at the centre of community life.

hAPPY International Women's Day

🌟 CELEBRATING LISA FATNOWNA 🌟
Senior Mentor • Cultural Leader • Community Inspiration
At Aspire Community, we’re incredibly proud to acknowledge the impact of Lisa Fatnowna, whose leadership, wisdom and heart continue to shape the journey of our young people.
Lisa brings to life what it truly means to PLAY • LEARN • LEAD • THRIVE.
🎮 PLAY – She creates safe, fun and culturally strong spaces where our kids can belong and grow through sport and connection.
📘 LEARN – Her gentle guidance and lived wisdom help young people build confidence, resilience and pride in who they are.
🧭 LEAD – Lisa leads by example, with integrity, kindness and community at the centre of everything she does.
🌱 THRIVE – Every young person who crosses her path walks away inspired, stronger, and believing in their future.
Lisa, thank you for the difference you make every single day.
You are a gift to Aspire Community and a role model for us all. 💛✨

Happy International Women's Day

This International Women’s Day, Aspire Community celebrates the leadership, courage, and connection that women bring to our communities every day. We are proud to welcome Esther Gaffney to our team — an emerging leader whose deep grassroots relationships reflect the heart of our work. Esther embodies the spirit of this year’s IWD focus: elevating women whose lived experience, cultural strength, and community pride shape real, lasting change.
Emerging leaders like Esther remind us that when women are supported, recognised, and empowered, entire communities rise. Today, and every day, Aspire Community honours the women who are building pathways for the next generation — creating futures filled with opportunity, hope, and possibility.

Happy International Women's Day

🔥 On International Women’s Day, we celebrate the remarkable women of Aspire Community — women who lead, inspire, advocate, innovate, and create change from the grassroots up. Their strength fuels our mission. Their voices shape our programs. Their leadership lights the way for the young women and girls who follow.
To every woman in Aspire Community: you are valued, respected, and celebrated — today and every day.

Aspire to be Deadly continues to be supported at the highest levels thanks to our supporters

Swipe to hear from women across the Beyond Sport network who are driving change through sport and in their communities.

Today we’re celebrating International Women’s Day and highlighting leaders whose work reflects this year’s theme — Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls.

Featuring voices from:
• Estelle Jean — Yoga and Sport With Refugees
• Miyu Okada — Knocku
• Hellena Sailas — Arena Recycling
• Joanna Lester — Power Meri
• Mariana De Reyes — Nicol David Organisation
• Julie McNeil — Aspire Cairns Community

Happy International Women’s Day 🌍

PLAY OUR WAY with Esther this week in Pormpuraaw

This International Women’s Day, Aspire Community celebrates Sawadu — one of our dedicated mentors — whose leadership and quiet strength remind us why it matters for young women to be seen, heard, and active within their communities.
As a mentor, Sawadu shows our girls what’s possible when they step forward, take up space, and engage in opportunities that build confidence, connection, and pride. Her presence reinforces that young women belong in every room, on every field, and at the centre of community life.

IWD 2026

This International Women’s Day, Aspire Community celebrates Sawadu — one of our dedicated mentors — whose leadership and quiet strength remind us why it matters for young women to be seen, heard, and active within their communities.
As a mentor, Sawadu shows our girls what’s possible when they step forward, take up space, and engage in opportunities that build confidence, connection, and pride. Her presence reinforces that young women belong in every room, on every field, and at the centre of community life.