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The Burdekin Association youth homelessness services

Causes of youth homelessness – family breakdown

Family breakdown is one of the leading causes of youth homelessness in Australia today. According to AIHW, in 2020–21, around 41,700 people aged 15–24 presented alone to SHS agencies, accounting for 15% of all SHS clients. The main reasons these...
Burdekin youth support services

Celebrating our Volunteers

Our Volunteer Program was launched in 2020 during National Volunteer Week and every year since, we celebrate our volunteers and their contribution to the organisation with a nice meal, warm words and certificates of appreciation. Check out the photos below,...
Teenage challenges - parent support

Challenges facing young people – school

In the Mission Australia Youth Survey of 2022 young people reported their biggest personal challenges in the past year, what they found helpful in dealing with that challenge and what more could be done to help them address their challenge....
The Burdekin Association youth services

10 reasons why young people are awesome

We are all about the awesomeness of young people and while we try to remind you now and then of this fact, we thought a whole blog dedicated to what we think about young people is a great idea. Unfortunately...
Volunteer with young people

Volunteer Week and 3 Years of our Volunteer Program

Volunteer Week is Australia’s largest annual celebration of volunteering and will be held on 15 – 21 May 2023. The week also means the Burdekin Volunteer Program turns three! This year the theme for Volunteers Week is The Change Makers....