Glen Gerreyn is a motivational speaker and guest speaker for high schools across Sydney, and he spent 20 years living and working in this city. He knows the run of a Sydney school year the way only a local can.
On 5 December 2025, Glen ran a 2-hour Men of Honour seminar with the Year 10 boys at Epping Boys High School. He set one invitation: take an action and tell us about it. 25 boys wrote in of their own accord. One set a target to earn $10,000 before Year 12. Another committed to 100 basketball makes a day. By January, one had written, directed and edited his first short film.
One boy wrote: “I hope that with these tools, and your guidance and wisdom, I can attain a better self. Someone who is more connected to the people around him, and to himself.”
That’s the bar for a high school speaker. Not a good day in the hall. Students who walk out and do something on Monday. Read what all 25 of them wrote in the Epping Boys High School case study.
Glen has spent more than 25 years doing this in 750 schools across Australia, and Sydney schools have booked this work for 2 decades. We know the shape of the NSW calendar, the pressure on a Year 12 cohort heading into Trials and the HSC, and how hard it is to land an incursion between sport, exams, and everything else on the term planner.
Many principals start their search with high school motivational speaker. Glen answers to that title, then goes further: students leave with tools on paper and a plan for Monday.
What Our Sydney Student Wellbeing Seminars Bring Into the Room
Hope is a skill. We name it, we teach it, and we give students the tools to practise it: grit, optimism, courage, and resilience. Our seminars are built for Years 7 to 12 and they’re delivered in person, because a screen can’t hold a room of teenagers the way a person in front of them can.
Every seminar is research-based and aligned with the Australian Student Wellbeing Framework, and built to fit the wellbeing and pastoral care program you already run. We don’t replace your work. We give your students and your staff a shared language to keep using long after we’ve packed up and gone home.
Sydney Student Wellbeing Seminars You Can Book
Day of Hope. A cognitive reset for a full year level. Students leave with a plan on paper, not just a feeling.
Hope Express. A 70-minute seminar that shifts how students see their future. Built for Years 7 to 12.
Men of Honour. A character seminar for teenage boys, on what it means to grow into a man worth respecting. Also runs as our consent education for schools incursion.
Schools Across Sydney And New South Wales We’ve Worked With
Barker College, St Joseph’s College Hunters Hill, Wenona, Arden Anglican School, Epping Boys High School, Mount St Benedict College, Oakhill College, Brigidine College Randwick, Arndell Anglican College, Clancy Catholic College, Crestwood High School, Liverpool Girls High School, St Augustine’s College Brookvale
See the full list of New South Wales schools we’ve worked with.
If your school is anywhere from the north shore to the northern beaches, the Hills to Liverpool, or out to Penrith and beyond, we can be there in person.
Book a free 15-minute consult. Tell us about your students and your biggest challenge this term, and we’ll tell you which seminar fits and exactly what the day looks like.
Questions schools ask
What are Sydney’s student wellbeing seminars?
The HopeFULL Institute runs in-person student wellbeing seminars for Sydney and New South Wales schools, including Day of Hope, Hope Express and Men of Honour. Glen Gerreyn spent 20 years living and working in Sydney and has delivered these programs in 750 schools over 25 years. Seminars start from $2,450, plus travel for Sydney schools.
Do you run seminars for Sydney schools?
Yes. Glen presents in person at Sydney schools. Every seminar is live and in the room; we don’t do virtual sessions.
What does travel add to the cost for a Sydney school?
The seminar fee starts from $2,450. Travel is quoted separately for schools outside South East Queensland; for Sydney that’s typically flights, and accommodation for an early start.
Which seminars can Sydney schools book?
Day of Hope for a cohort or whole school, Men of Honour for your young men, and Hope Express, a 70-minute seminar for Years 9 to 12. Many schools add a parent evening on the same visit.
How far ahead should we book?
Most schools book a term ahead, and popular weeks go first: the start of term and the lead-up to exams. We take bookings up to 2 years in advance, and nearby schools sometimes share a visit and split the travel.