Gidget Foundation CEO Arabella Gibson On ‘Supporting Aussie Families’

Arabella Gibson, CEO The Gibson Foundation
Robyn Foyster Robyn Foyster has been verified by Muck Rack's editorial team

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Feb 28, 2022

When The Gidget Foundation CEO Arabella Gibson won an award at the recent CEO Magazine’s Executive of the Year Awards, she was quick to praise her team for their tireless work.

Speaking shortly after the ceremony hosted by Ben Fordham at The Star Sydney., Arabella said: “These awards are an opportunity to shine a very bright light on the issue of perinatal depression and anxiety. The Awards are also a wonderful recognition of our Foundation and its work over the past 21 years. Personally, I feel very honoured to be leading an exceptional and formidable team of truly wonderful humans!”

Arabella Gibson of Gidget Foundation Australia
Arabella Gibson of Gidget Foundation Australia was named Not-For-Profit Executive of the Year at the awards


More recently Arabella and her team have been busy concentrating their efforts on growing the Gidget Foundation and she was excited to share some of the projects in the pipeline.

“The Gidget Foundation currently has 18 Gidget Houses across 3 states, offering free psychological counselling for expectant and new parents,” Arabella told The Carousel. “Our aim is to grow this footprint right across the country to support as many people as possible. This year we have plans to open 10 new sites – across regional NSW, VIC, Qld and our first in WA!”

Arabella Gibson
Arabella Gibson, CEO, The Gidget Foundation

In what must be an incredibly rewarding role, Arabella reflected on why she loves waking up every day and working at the Foundation. “I am most proud of the fact that the clinical support we offer genuinely changes lives. We support Australian families to recover and go on to live happy and fulfilled lives. Does it get any better than that?! “

And the answer is ‘not really’.

For more information on The Gidget Foundation, click here.

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By Robyn Foyster Robyn Foyster has been verified by Muck Rack's editorial team

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A multi award-winning journalist and editor and experienced executive, Robyn Foyster has successfully led multiple companies including her own media and tech businesses. She is the editor and owner of Women Love Tech, The Carousel and Game Changers. A passionate advocate for diversity, with a strong track record of supporting and mentoring young women, Robyn is a 2023 Women Leading Tech Champion of Change finalist, 2024 finalist for the Samsung Lizzies IT Awards and 2024 Small Business Awards finalist. A regular speaker on TV, radio and podcasts, Robyn spoke on two panels for SXSW Sydney in 2023 and Intel's 2024 Sales Conference in Vietnam and AI Summit in Australia. She has been a judge for the Telstra Business Awards for 8 years. Voted one of B&T's 30 Most Powerful Women In Media, Robyn was Publisher and Editor of Australia's three biggest flagship magazines - The Weekly, Woman's Day and New Idea and a Seven Network Executive. Her career has taken her from Sydney where she began as a copy girl at Sydney's News Ltd whilst completing a BA in Arts and Government at Sydney University, to London, LA and Auckland. After 16 years abroad, Robyn returned to Sydney as a media executive and was Editor-in-Chief of the country's biggest selling magazine, The Australian Women's Weekly.

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