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At the 2018 AGM, Brisbane Youth Service said farewell to long time President Helen Wood, and Treasurer Brian Tucker. BYS Life Membership was awarded to Brian for his dedication, support and counsel over 11 years. Brian joined the Board in 2007 and has guided BYS into a solid financial position and offered a new appreciation for numbers […]

On 6 December, Brisbane Youth Service held Australia’s first ever Queer Prom (that we know of)! Twenty-five young people attended, and with workers, volunteers, students and guests we had over 40 people take part on the night. This is the first prom in Australia – that we know of – that has ever been organized […]

Brisbane Youth Services provides a safe space and ally for LGBTIQ+ young people. In 17/18, 18% of the young people BYS supported identified as LGBTIQ+. BYS has strong goals to grow our Queer service delivery. We are working to evaluate and design our service delivery to be more welcoming to young people from the LGBTIQ+ community; […]

The BYS Values in Action awards recognise staff members who display exemplary examples of our values: Respect Optimism Accountability Resilience The awards are peer nominated, manager endorsed and the BYS Executive Management Team decide the winners. Meet the first recipients of a BYS Values in Action award – Annie and Kyara. Annie had been with […]

The  Get on Ya Feet Project distributes backpacks with essential items to support young people who are sleeping rough on the streets. The backpacks include a sleeping bag, water bottle, pillow, poncho, socks, watch and food van lists. Additionally young people receive a brand new pair of shoes from Athlete’s Foot, fitted for them in store, […]

BYS Alcohol and Other Drug Workers in collaboration with the Youth Support Program deliver street-based outreach to young people in public spaces: Monday afternoon outreach at the State Library of Queensland (finished for this year) Thursday night – Fortnightly – Street-based outreach at the Red Cross Night Café and the Brisbane CBD Friday morning street-based […]

Imagine shooting hoops with your basketball heroes … a group of young people from BYS got to do just that, thanks to the generosity of our supporters the Brisbane Bullets. As part of the Brisbane Bullets ‘Inner Sanctum Program’ a group of young people were treated to an exclusive training session with players from the Brisbane […]

Brisbane Youth Service and Open Doors Youth Service ran an 8-week art therapy program last year for LGBTIQ+ young people called ‘Art for Change’. The program resulted in the creation of a series of 10 post cards featuring art work by young people and information about change, that challenges common misconceptions. The post cards encourage […]

Australian Association for Adolescent Health’s annual Youth Health Conference, “Owning Future Change”, is the premiere Australian interdisciplinary conference for young people, researchers, clinicians, health workers and educators who work to improve, promote and advocate for  the health and wellbeing of young people in Australia and beyond. BYS Research and Evaluation Coordinator, Rhianon Vichta, presented at the 2018 […]

The Child and Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS) at Children’s Health Queensland recently held a seminar focusing on what’s happening in Brisbane’s Youth Alcohol and other Drug Sector as part of their Infant, Child, Family and Youth Seminar Series.   The CYMHS specialises in helping infants, children and young people up to the age of 18 years who […]

The young men of Reidy House, St Joseph’s College Gregory Terrace held their 4th annual ‘Rough Night In’ recently raising over $2,000 to help support young people experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless. This year’s event was their biggest yet with 30 boys volunteering their Saturday night to take part in the fundraiser. The […]