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Media Release, Sep 23, 2019

Brisbane Youth Service tackles hidden form of homelessness with new couch surfing hotline

Brisbane Youth Service (BYS) is tackling a hidden form of homelessness with the launch of a new Couch Surfing Hotline, offering vital assistance to Brisbane’s vulnerable young people and families. Taking an innovative approach BYS will trial the Hotline for young people who are couch surfing due to homelessness. Young people will be assisted to […]

Posted Sep 20, 2019

‘It means connection’: BYS support worker talks reconciliation

In September Brisbane Youth Service launched its Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), to guide how we work with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Young Peoples, who made up 31 per cent of the young people who accessed our support in 2018-19. Bonnie Lawton is a BYS Housing Support Worker and a member of the RAP […]

Posted Sep 13, 2019

Painting with purpose: Brisbane Youth Service Hub receives fresh new look

Brisbane Youth Service’s Fortitude Valley Hub is receiving a fresh new look thanks to Rochele Painting and a little bit of colour therapy. The facelift includes new paint for some of the Hub’s intake and assessment rooms, rendered in different colour schemes to celebrate the diversity of young people BYS supports. What’s in a colour? […]

Posted Sep 13, 2019

Brisbane Youth Service launches new action plan on journey towards Reconciliation

Reconciliation is an ongoing journey that reminds us that while generations of Australians have fought hard for meaningful change, future gains are likely to take just as much, if not more, commitment and effort. Officially endorsed by Reconciliation Australia, Brisbane Youth Service’s new Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) was launched at the Valley Hub on 4 […]

Posted Sep 06, 2019

Young people super-styled thanks to talents of BYS social work student

Young people experiencing homelessness are being treated to some professional styling and a little pampering at BYS’s Valley Hub thanks to the scissor tricks of social work student, come professional stylist, Jake Bailey. A qualified hairdresser, Jake has been volunteering his time and talents to give style cuts to young people at his pop-up ‘salon’ […]

Media Release, Sep 03, 2019

BYS launches new action plan on journey towards Reconciliation

BYS is proud to launch its new Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) to help create new and better futures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people. Officially endorsed by Reconciliation Australia, the new RAP will be launched at the Valley Hub on 4 September 2019 with BYS Patron, Australian football legend and Gunggari and Gubbi […]

Posted Aug 28, 2019

Smarten up! Grants help create new futures for young people through education

They say knowledge is power but for some young people experiencing homelessness, funding the basic resources needed for education can be a monumental challenge, and even the smallest bit of financial support can help change a young person’s future. Brisbane Youth Service Smarten Up grants are making an impact on young people’s education, helping them to […]

Media Release, Aug 21, 2019

Team Youth Homelessness! BYS runs in Sunday Mail Bridge to Brisbane

Team End Youth Homelessness is getting ready to pound the pavement for The Sunday Mail Bridge to Brisbane 2019 to help create new and better futures for young people. Brisbane Youth Service (BYS) is proud to be an official VIP Charity Partner of the annual Bridge to Brisbane, giving locals and BYS supporters the opportunity […]

Media Release, Aug 05, 2019

Daggy Jumper Day puts young people in spotlight for national Homelessness Week 2019

Dig out your naff knits and silly sweaters! Brisbane Youth Service (BYS) is calling on the community to put the spotlight on young people experiencing homelessness on Daggy Jumper Day on August 9. Held during national Homelessness Week, Daggy Jumper Day raises awareness and support for young people who are in crisis or experiencing homelessness […]

Posted Aug 02, 2019

‘Housing ends homelessness’: BYS gets behind national call to action in August

Right now more than 116,000 Australians are experiencing homelessness and 195,000 are on social housing waiting lists. Over 26,000 young Australians aged 12 to 25 are without a safe or suitable home, and around 4,500 young people face homelessness in Queensland every night. Despite an increased need for a solution to homelessness, federal funding has […]

Media Release, Aug 01, 2019

BYS marks Homelessness Week as 4,500 young Queenslanders face homelessness every night

Brisbane Youth Service (BYS) is calling on the community to get involved and recognise Homelessness Week 2019, as more than 26,000 young people face homelessness in Australia every night. Held from the 4-10 August, Homelessness Week is a national event which raises awareness of people experiencing homelessness, the issues they are faced with and the […]

Posted Jul 29, 2019

Small items, BIG impact: BYS delivers dignity to young people sleeping rough

Gypsy Harris has a thing for shoes. She’s a Queenslander “through and through”, and loves being near the water. She is now bright eyed and bubbly but until recently, struggling with depression and anxiety, Gypsy lived on the streets. The 18-year-old is just one of the 4,500 young people, aged between 12 and 24, who […]