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THE  BIG AL FOUNDATION WELCOMES YOU! 

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HOW WE IMPACT




AUSSIE RULES EMOTIONAL FITNESS COACH INITIATIVE.

Emotional Fitness for the next generation.

This initiative tackles local mental and emotional wellbeing  through a
proactive, accessible, and community-centric approach. Trained Emotional Fitness
coaches, skilled in Transformational Breathwork that come from within the
football community itself offer targeted support within football clubs where
young individuals face significant challenges. This proactive strategy equips
young people aged 12-25 with stress management and emotional resilience tools
for daily living.  




THE HEARTSMART SCHOOL PROGRAMME

Planting seeds for the next generation

Our school programs, focusing on breathwork, mindfulness, and emotional
awareness, are pivotal in laying the foundation for emotional intelligence among
students from primary to high school levels. By instilling these skills early
on, The Big AL Foundation is sowing the seeds for a generation equipped to
navigate life's challenges with resilience and empathy,




BUILDING CONNECTED COMMUNITIES

Empowering Others

Emphasizing community-based and peer-to-peer support we foster a localized,
accessible system that leverages the power of peer connections and the power of
lived experience. Collaborating with local members, players and coaching staff,
it ensures widespread accessibility within the community itself. 




WHO ARE WE?

Why we do what we do

After losing my beautiful 21 year old son Alex, to suicide on the 15th April
2021 everything changed.  From this pain was born "The Big AL Foundation" -
Emotional Fitness for the next generation. 

 

The Big AL Foundation is a charity dedicated to enhancing and normalising the
mental and emotional wellbeing of youth aged 10-25. We envision a future where
Emotional Fitness without question is an integral and normal part of life for
every young man and woman’s individual wellbeing as much as physical fitness is.
We will  achieve this through training Emotional fitness coaches in
Transformational Breathwork and delivering peer to peer mentorship, placing them
in football clubs nationwide along with schools based wellness programs,
equipping the next generation for the challenges that life will bring with self
awareness and courage.  

 

With love Trish




WHO IS BIG AL (ALEX)

Live Wildly, Love All, Serve Others - Alex

Alex was the most extraordinary young man.  He spent all of his time
volunteering for camps with underprivildeged kids and making this world a more
compassionate place at every moment he could.  He believed in a world where
emotions were not black or white, wrong or right,  male or female.  They were
just a normal part of the human experience and we should walk together with each
other through life's inevitable ups and downs.

He was an actor, writer, poet and an advocate for love, kindness and humanity.
This image was taken as he gave the leaving address to his Year 1 2. chohort at
Rostervor College.  He literally left peers and parents alike speechless from
the maturity and incredible wisdom he shared.



Together this foundation will continue the love, heart and compassion in the
world that he would undoubtably be doing today if he was still here with us for
the emotional wellbeing of the next generation that he cared so much for. 


OUR CORE VALUES

Love is at the heart of all we do




HUMANITY

We free willingly accept the honor

it is to be human and whole heartedly respect each others intricacies with mutal
respect for all.




ACCOUNTABILITY

We are accountable for self

and the organisation.




EMPATHY

Guides us to understand and resonate with the experiences and emotions of
others.




COMPASSION 

Drives  us to act with kindness and understanding, uplifting those in need and
fostering a sense of unity and support.




OUR STRATEGIC PILLARS

Love is at the heart of all we do




EDUCATE

Ignite minds, unlock opportunities, and new ways of thinking to  empower
individuals to reach their fullest potential and contribute meaningfully to
society.




REGULATE

Maiintaining a balanced state of awareness where the body's responses to stress
and relaxation are appropriately managed, fostering emotional stability,
resilience, and overall well-being.




EMPOWER

Equipping individuals with the tools, resources, and confidence to realize their
full potential and effect positive change in their lives and communities.




SELF  AWARENESS

Illluminate  strengths, weaknesses, and motivations, enabling us to navigate
life with clarity, authenticity, and purpose.

MY UNIVERSAL CREED


THE LAST POEM ALEX WROTE FOR US AND WHAT OUR FOUNDATION STANDS FOR.

I have come to believe

That it is an almost 

Irrefutable truth, that

The same elements that

Compose your body, mind and soul

Also, exist within me.

 

That the Earth, Sun, and Galaxies,

And our Moon

Contain this essence too, like

A dash of salt in a body of water pure.

 

And although we’re different In

more ways than one; Thoughts,

appearance, religion

Heritage, culture, and many more It

is this spark that unites our paths

Outwardly dissimilar, but inwardly the same.

 

I do not have any obligation To

acknowledge the presence

Of the light within you, the world

Or even myself,

But I choose to do so.



I free willingly accept

The honor that it is to be human

And wholeheartedly respect you

All your intricacies included

The only payment I deem worthy

Is reciprocation.



We are one people with individual autonomy

We are one species

With idiosyncrasies that give us spirit.

We are one kind of many colors,

We are one flesh

Molded to different shapes and sizes.

 

So,

If we cry, weep, or fail Let it be together,

If we laugh, smile, or succeed Let it be together.

 

For our own peace lies not within ourselves.

But lies in the hearts of our fellow humans

Waiting to be found.

 

We must act toward one another

In a manner of kinship

Follow in the footsteps of love

And uphold the principles of compassion.

 

And above all else,

 

We must live each day like we mean it.

So that when we see, touch, feel, smell,

Or hear this life for the last time

We will have been doing something worthwhile.



Alex


THANKYOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!




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