KYDS Youth Development Service, Mission Australia Northern Sydney, headspace Brookvale, Burdekin, Sydney Drug and Education Counselling all offer a variety of youth counselling and youth mental health services out of the Beaches Youth Hub. To book youth counselling, call : 0487 936 875 , or visit in person at 59 Old Barrenjoey Road, Avalon Recreation Centre, Avalon.

Our Youth Advisory are young people aged 12-24 who bring their dreams, ideas, and concerns about what is it like living, working, or studying in the Pittwater area.

Beaches Youth Hub

Q: Individual support and mentoring

Identifying a young person’s needs and areas of improvement. Staff from will work alongside the young person to design strategies to meet their personal needs and ensure positive outcomes. To book individual support and mentoring, call : 0487 936 875 , or visit in person at 59 Old Barrenjoey Road, Avalon Recreation Centre, Avalon.

Q: Social Events for Young People

The Beaches Youth Hub runs social events to celebrate young people in our community and provide a space of connection. In the past we have hosted: skate jam, bike dirt jumps, waves of wellness, learning to surf, beats and eats, bubble soccer and inflatable obstacle course.

Q: Workshops for young people and their families

At the Beaches Youth Hub, we run engaging workshops for young people and their families. These workshops cover topics on healthy relationships, youth mental health, drug and alcohol, sexual health, body image and self-love, parenting seminars, life skills, and much more. We aim to assess the need in the community of topics that benefit young people the most.

Pittwater youth mental health support services

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What is the Beaches Youth Hub?

The Beaches Youth Hub is a community initiative created in 2018, due to a dire shortage of youth mental health support in the Pittwater area.

The hub is a collaboration of support services that offer free counselling, case management and individual support, mentoring, workshops, and events.

No Dr. referral needed
Free! There is no cost
12-24 year olds
Confidential support
Access a variety of services

Our partners

Beaches Youth Hub is made possible by a collaboration of services to bring free youth mental health support to the Pittwater area. Services co-locate to Avalon, providing support to young people.

headspace Brookvale: Youth Mental Health Services

Our youth mental health services

We connect with the community by providing a space where everyone feels welcome and can access meaningful support. We aim to break down the stigma to help-seeking. These youth services are here for anyone aged 12-24 and their families.

Youth counselling

Individual support and mentoring

Social Events for Young People

Youth Advisory Group

Workshops for young people and their families

History of Beaches Youth Hub

In 2017, Barrenjoey High School Principal, Ian Bowsher approached our CEO, Justene Gordon to ask for help for young people in Pittwater as they had suffered a series of youth crises over a three-year period that devastated the community. Publicly funded youth mental health services in the area were non-existent at the time.

The concept of The Avalon Youth Hub (now Beaches Youth Hub) was born, with the premise that individual organisations could not provide adequate services to the area, but together they could provide a safe space for youth in crisis and their families to seek help.

Burdekin is the lead agency; however work is shared across a number of organisations including Mission Australia, headspace, KYDS, SDECC, and funded by Northern Beaches Council.