It is estimated that 25,000 - or 1 in 8 - people in the Geelong region will benefit directly from a Give Where You Live grant

One in five young people will experience a diagnosable depressive episode by the age of 18 Headspace 2013

Only 41% of Geelong's population has completed Year 12 or the equivalent SEIFA 2103

One in five Geelong people are living with a disability

In 2012, Lifeline Geelong telephone crisis line responded to around 7000 calls Lifeline Geelong Barwon 2013

26% of Geelong households have a total household income of under $600 per week Census 2012

42% of homeless women and children have experienced domestic violence Bethany 2013

45% of people with a disability are also living close to or under the poverty line NDIS 2012

At one point in time more than 20,000 people in the Geelong region ran out of food in the last 12 months

Each year approximately 100 children in Geelong experience the shock and grief of the death of a parent Wombat's Wish 2013