Gift cards for teens in care

Yes, all you have to do is choose the gift and our team will match the gift with the young person whose wish it is.

Gift cards are a great option to allow children and teens to get exactly what they wish for. This could include fun activities such as going to the movies or buying something like skincare, clothes, and shoes.

There is no right or wrong amount of a gift card to give, and we, on behalf of our young people, are grateful with whatever you can afford to contribute.

Yes, what a great idea! This is very generous!

Donate a larger amount and fund gifts for several teenagers.

Absolutely!! We make sure that gift cards for teens get to them on the right days.

We work hard to facilitate warm memories for the young people in our care.

When you buy gift cards for teens in care, we can send you a receipt for your donation.

We don’t have a big fundraising team and it can be a little tricky to reply to individual donors during seasonal times like Christmas, but we can certainly do it in January or as soon as we are back on 100% capacity.

We don’t mind, whatever you prefer, both work and benefits the young person.

Donations in monetary form are slightly easier because it allows us to access goods and services for our young people directly rather than going via a gift card.

Young people come into the care of Burdekin for a number of reasons.

Across Sydney, we are working with over 90 children and young people in out-of-home care.  These are children and young people who cannot live with their families for a variety of reasons, including their own safety.

In addition, in our Youth Housing Program, on any given night we house up to thirty-eight young people in bedsits, one- and two-bedroom homes across the Northern Sydney region. We provide case management support to ensure these young people are equipped to develop the life skills required to move into independence upon exiting our service.

We directly support a further twenty to forty children, young people and their families in any given month with the aim of preventing youth homelessness through intervention strategies that look to address the key risk factors that can result in homelessness, such as family breakdown, disengagement from education, mental illness and drug and alcohol abuse.

The top five reasons for presenting to our Youth Housing Program:

• Relationship and family breakdown
• Current issue with housing (eviction/lease ending/affordability)
• Mental health
• Financial difficulties
• Lack of family/community support

There are many ways to participate in our work. One of the best ways to help our young people is a financial donation or donation in-kind, however, there are other ways too. 

You can also assist by choosing to become a foster carer for young people or by volunteering with young people. Burdekin always needs carers and volunteers. Please check out the information on the website and contact us if you are interested and would like to discuss opportunities.

You may be able to offer a unique product or service that will support our work and change the lives of young people. The possibilities are endless, and often hugely inspiring.

If you would like to partner with us in different ways not listed here to help solve youth homelessness please get in touch! partnerships@burdekin.org.au

Yes! Giving comes in all shapes and forms. Our community of supporters regularly provide goods and services for the public good.

Donations in-kind may be physical items like donating new furniture, white goods, clothes, necessities (food, toiletries), school supplies, recreational tickets etc or consist of donations in the form of professional expertise, skills and services such as legal services or property refurbishment, facility management and the like. Before you do, please contact us to see if what you have fills a current need. fundraisingenquiries@burdekin.org.au