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Posted Apr 06, 2023

INQUEENSLAND: Queensland needs to do more to reduce the ranks of its homeless youth

The numbers of young people experiencing homelessness – some as young as 12 – are exploding in Queensland. Long term solutions are urgently needed, writes Pam Barker. Our youth workers do their best to keep young people safe, however, they are often forced to present the tough choice of sleeping rough or in […]

Posted Mar 25, 2023

ABC News: Children in Queensland’s foster and residential care system are living on the streets of Brisbane.

Hundreds of children under Queensland government care are in ‘other living arrangements’, for many that means homelessness Self-placing is the term the Queensland government use when a child under its care leaves a foster, kinship or residential care placement. Others use the term homeless. Where do self-placing children go? Pam Barker and her team at […]

Posted Mar 22, 2023

Q&A with Clinic GP, Dr Mairaed Crawford

Seven questions with Clinic GP, Dr Mairaed Crawford What do you do here at Brisbane Youth Service? I am one of the doctors (GPs) working in the BYS clinic. I see young people for all sorts of things – mental health issues, sexual and reproductive health, arranging immunisations and medications, reviewing complex medical conditions. […]

Posted Mar 22, 2023

Flood Damaged Youth Shelter Receives Brand New Vehicle

A year on from Brisbane’s devastating 2022 floods, young people living in one of Brisbane Youth Service’s transitional housing shelters are grateful to have access to a brand-new van, purchased through the Queensland Government’s Community Grant Program. House Manager Paul expressed his gratitude for this new vehicle, emphasising the significance of easily accessible transport for […]

Posted Feb 01, 2023

Q&A with Housing Services Senior Manager, Sarah Dybing

Seven questions with Housing Services Senior Manager, Sarah Dybing. What do you do here at Brisbane Youth Service? I work in the Housing Services team as the Senior Manager. The best part of your job? Working with an amazing team & hearing stories of young people kicking goals! How does the work […]

Posted Jan 17, 2023

10 News First: Empty Houses Available To Homeless

“My children and I became homeless due to the real-estate raising the rent so high I couldn’t pay it, but when I said I could find a way to afford it, they then changed their minds stating they were doing renovations instead and needed us to leave to do it. This was back in May […]

Media Release, Jan 12, 2023

A Home for the New Year – One Young Family Safe

In an innovative response to the housing crisis, Brisbane Youth Service (BYS) has partnered with the Brisbane City Council (BCC) to use vacant properties designated for future Council development for young people, and young families, experiencing homelessness. A beautiful three-bedroom home became available in December through the partnership, meaning a new place to call home […]

Media Release, Dec 05, 2022

BYS Welcomes Coordinated Response to Keep Young People Safe

During the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (25 November – 10 December), Brisbane Youth Service (BYS) welcomes new reforms and initiatives announced by the Queensland Government after advocating for a coordinated response to address the high rates of domestic and family violence (DFV) experienced by young people. Last week, the Palaszczuk Government committed […]

Posted Nov 09, 2022

Best Workplace Award WINNER: Brisbane Youth Service

While we have felt it, Brisbane Youth Service (BYS) is officially being recognised an exceptional place to work and national employer of choice! BYS has participated in the Voice Project employee feedback survey since 2018. Our annual staff survey results have just been released, and we have been awarded the Voice Project’s ‘Best Workplace Award […]

Media Release, Oct 13, 2022

Housing for Young People to Help Break the Cycle of Homelessness in Queensland

Brisbane Youth Service (BYS) welcomes the recent State Government announcement of the Towards Ending Homelessness for Young Queenslanders 2022-27 policy and framework, providing greater clarity on how the almost $30 million State budget investment in housing and young homelessness initiatives will be spent to best support vulnerable young Queenslanders. The announcement comes a week before […]

Posted Oct 06, 2022

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Brisbane Youth Service AGM will be held on Tuesday 22 November 2022. 3:30-5:00pm Brisbane Youth Service Hub 42 McLachlan Street Fortitude Valley We hope you can join us to celebrate the achievements of the past year.

Media Release, Aug 02, 2022

Unsafe, Unsuitable, and Unsustainable: What’s The Plan for Crisis Housing for Young People?

This Homelessness Week (1 – 7 August) with the theme, “To end youth homelessness we need a plan,” youth workers are scrambling to find often unsuitable and unsafe crisis accommodation for young people experiencing homelessness, leaving them fatigued and frustrated with an exhausted system that appears to be failing the most vulnerable. While the new […]