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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 […]

Media Release, Jun 20, 2022

Safety Beyond the Rainbow For Many LGBTQIA+ Young People

LGBTQIA+ young people account for one in four people supported by Brisbane Youth Service (BYS)* and are twice as likely to experience homelessness and have higher rates of family and intimate partner violence and poor mental health than their cis-heterosexual peers**. A six-year analysis (table 1) shows that while rates of mental health issues for […]

Media Release, Jun 02, 2022

New CEO Announcement: BYS Welcomes Pam Barker

Brisbane Youth Service is delighted to announce the appointment of Pam Barker as Chief Executive Officer. Pam brings a wealth of experience across youth services, homelessness prevention, mental health programs, corporate finance, and policy reform. She has worked with vulnerable young people and children for 18 years, catalysing change through a mixture of advocacy and […]

Media Release, Apr 19, 2022

Breaking the cycle of violence this Youth Homelessness Matters Day

This Wednesday 20 April 2022 is Youth Homelessness Matters Day – the annual national day to raise awareness, challenge stereotypes, and advocate for greater support for young people experiencing homelessness. Domestic and family violence are well recognised as common causes of homelessness. In 2020-21, 72% of young people who presented to Brisbane Youth Service […]