Ambassadors – Building Better Lives®


	At 23 years of age, Grayden Moore was on the brink of his adult life – and what a life! Grayden had just returned home from Florida after completing a degree in Sports Management, and was ranked in the top 10 junior tennis players in Australia. He leapt back into his fast-paced, action-packed life. He surfed, he played football, he coached junior tennis, socialised, partied, loved going to the beach … and he rode his skateboard . . . It was a devastating skateboard accident that abruptly, dramatically and permanently changed the course of Grayden’s life. Read more

	With the world at her feet, Michelle Newland had completed the first year of her primary teaching degree – finishing in the top 10% students at Australian Catholic University when just three days after celebrating her 19th birthday, she suffered a near-fatal asthma attack which resulted in a severe brain injury. Read more

	Jason Anderson grew up in Melbourne’s east, and describes his family as ‘unremarkable.’ His Dad worked for the Roads Corporation and his Mum stayed at home and did other people’s laundry for a bit of extra cash, while Jason’s passion for the Monaro played out in backyard suburbia. At 24, when his daughter was four months old Jason was attempting to get his motorcycle licence when he noticed that his balance wasn’t good. A visit to his GP and then a neurologist led to a formal diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Read more

	Anj Barker was an active 17 year-old when her life changed in a split-second, and she and her family were confronted with the idea of Anj living in a nursing home for the rest of her life. The week Anj had commenced practising for her debutante her life changed forever when she was brutally bashed to near-death by a controlling ex-boyfriend. Anj warns us all this could happen to any young person; this could happen to you, to your sister, or to your daughter. Read more

	Sarah Ryan’s daughter was just three months old, when Sarah suffered a sudden and massive stroke. Her life was saved by an emergency craniectomy. Overnight, Sarah lost so much. She lost the ability to walk as well the use of her left arm; she also lost the ability to meet the practical and pressing needs of her newborn baby. Read More