Sophie McAlpine

Support my challenge to care for young Western Australians

Every school day across Western Australia, 250,000 students walk into a school where someone knows their name. In 2025, YouthCARE chaplains and volunteers showed up in 600 school communities and 38 sporting clubs across the state, from the Kimberley to the Great Southern.

They sat with students navigating hard things, served nearly 700,000 meals through Breakfast Club, delivered 30,760 wellbeing sessions, and supported more than 10,000 athletes and their families on the sidelines.

260,000 people. One consistent presence. Ridiculously good care.

Your support helps provide ridiculously good care to young Western Australians.

Help me support YouthCARE today

Chaplains are often the first point of contact for students experiencing emotional distress and hardship. In one-to-one chaplaincy sessions, students are met with presence and compassion, given strategies to cope and heal, and have the opportunity to be referred on to specialist services.

Just one session can change the trajectory of a life.

This May, I'll be walking 10,118 steps a day, representing the 101,182 one-to-one support sessions students had with their YouthCARE Chaplains in 2025.

Your support helps these sessions continue!