North Shore Adult Volunteer of the Year Award Winner Simone Short

Published on: March 2022

Record: HANSARD-1323879322-123297


North Shore Adult Volunteer of the Year Award Winner Simone Short

Ms FELICITY WILSON (North Shore) (16:36:30):I recognise Mosman local Simone Short who was awarded theNorth Shore Adult Volunteer of the Year Award for 2021 for her workwith the Gidget Foundation. The Gidget Foundation was created in 2001after Simone's sister Louise sadly lost her life to suicide after silently battlingwith post-natal depression and anxiety. I once again offer mycondolences to Simone and her entire family for that loss. I commendSimone, her friends and her family for all their work to raise awareness andbreak the stigma surrounding post-natal depression. Congratulations onreceiving this well-deserved award.For over 20 years, the Gidget Foundation has been providing essentialawareness and perinatal support for women in need to help preventthem suffering in silence from post-natal depression and anxiety. Mostimportantly, the foundation also brings women together through support programs to keep them connected with a network who can helpthem through their battles. I thank Simone, the entire teamand the volunteers at the Gidget Foundation,which is headquartered in my community of North Sydney, for all the amazing work they do to support women.

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