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Posted Mar 28, 2019Read MoreBrisbane Bullets help out with Burpees for BYS
NBL club Brisbane Bullets are supporting Brisbane Youth Service (BYS) in our endeavour to break a Guinness World Record to raise awareness of youth homelessness. We ho...
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Posted Mar 28, 2019Read MoreOlympian Pita Taufatofua supporting Burpees for BYS
In 2016 Pita Taufatofua broke the internet as the shirtless Tongan flag bearer at the Rio Olympic games, but what most people don’t know is that the dual-sport Olympian...
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Posted Mar 21, 2019Read MoreSuperheroes are real: the story of Dave the Trainer
It started with the desire of wanting to give back, a passion, founded in my own experience, which has morphed from a fitness challenge to a burpees challenge and is now ...
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Posted Mar 21, 2019Read MoreAnnouncing Student One as our First Major Partner
We are excited to announce that Student One has signed on as our very first Major Partner! Our first activity with Student One is an exciting new event…post Burpees...
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Posted Mar 20, 2019Read MoreYouth Justice Strategy 2019-2023
Youth Justice Strategy 2019-2023: Working together Changing the Story The Queensland Government Youth Justice Strategy was released in December 2018. The Strategy i...
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Posted Mar 20, 2019Read MoreHuman Rights Act 2019 (Queensland)
The Human Rights Act 2019 became law on 27 February 2019 after the Human Rights Bill 2018 was passed in Parliament. Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Yvette D'...
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Posted Mar 20, 2019Read MoreThank you to our friends at Terrace
On the 28 February 2019, Reidy House at St Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace, held their Reidy Rice Lunch where students share in a bowl of rice to show solidarity wit...
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Posted Mar 20, 2019Read MoreBYS ‘test and tag’ program
Brisbane Youth Service has begun a new in-house 'test and tag' process for second hand electronic equipment to ensure electronics given to the young people we support are...
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Posted Mar 15, 2019Read MoreInternational Women’s Day: Empowerment Self-Defence Workshop
Brisbane Youth Service was delighted to host an empowering self-defence work shop for young women on International Women's Day - 8 March 2019. The workshop focused on...
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Posted Mar 08, 2019Read MoreFebfast at BYS!
This past month a number of our staff participated in febfast, where the team gave up sugar in the office for the month of February. They also created a yellow brick r...