Forget Me Not Ball 2025: ​
​A Night of Love, Legacy and Letting Loose - ​
​All for Dementia Research.

Step into a world of star-crossed lovers and velvet decadence at the Forget Me Not Ball 2025, returning this August with a spellbinding Romeo & Juliet theme.

Now in its second year, this dazzling cocktail event has quickly become one of Geelong’s most sophisticated and talked-about social fundraisers - a night where glamour meets purpose, and where every ticket makes a difference.

Date: Saturday, August 30, 2025

Time: 7:00 PM – 11:30 PM

Venue: 1915, PH2, 33 Mackey St, North Geelong VIC 3215

Tickets: $220 (includes all food and drinks – yes, cocktails too!)

Tickets on sale now: https://www.barwonhealthfoundation.org.au/event/forget-me-not-ball-2025/fmnb

Photo Gallery (2024 event): https://spaces.hightail.com/space/9lh7wOZjez

With live music, surprise performances, decadent food and flowing cocktails, plus a room full of music and modern romance, this is not your average charity event. It’s a night to remember - all in support of a cause that touches thousands of families across our region.

In 2024, the inaugural Forget Me Not Ball raised an incredible $64,000, establishing the Forget Me Not Geelong Dementia Fund at the Barwon Health Foundation. Every cent raised goes directly to supporting dementia research and clinical trials in Geelong, in partnership with Barwon Health and Deakin University.

So far, the Fund has made possible:

“The Barwon Health Foundation is delighted to have established the Forget Me Not Dementia Research Initiative. We are so grateful to this group of local people who are putting their efforts into fundraising while also supporting parents living with dementia or suffering the grief of losing a parent to the disease. We are proud to provide them with the structure to make a difference locally through our Foundation.” ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​- Zoe Waters, Executive Director, Barwon Health Foundation

Alexandra Boston, Kate Ward, Jeannette Schreduers, Matt O'Kane, Ebony Ogilvie, Matthew Elder, Lizzie Larcey, Penny Whitehead, Pe (3)Alexandra Boston, Kate Ward, Jeannette Schreduers, Matt O'Kane, Ebony Ogilvie, Matthew Elder, Lizzie Larcey, Penny Whitehead, Pe (4)

Founded by a group of Geelong locals with personal experience navigating the heartbreak of dementia in their own families, the Forget Me Not committee is on a mission to transform grief into action - raising awareness, funding critical research, and breaking the silence around the disease.

“We’re not researchers, but we’re daughters, sons and grandchildren who wanted to do something meaningful. Dementia has touched our families — now we’re fighting back with community, compassion and a little bit of chaos on the dancefloor,” says co-founder, Kate Ward.

100% of funds raised go to dementia research and clinical trials in Geelong.

Can’t attend the Ball? You can still support the cause by:

Let love guide you. Let legacy inspire you. Let’s raise another glass - and another record-breaking amount - for dementia research.

Tickets on sale now. Don’t miss out.
​https://www.barwonhealthfoundation.org.au/event/forget-me-not-ball-2025/fmnb
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2025 Event Sponsors

2025 Community Partners

The Forget Me Not Ball Committee (pictured above)

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