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Avalon Youth Hub

Family Services

Our Family Services offer a flexible response to issues raised by families, providing practical and therapeutic support. The focus is on identifying individual and family strengths and encourages the young person together with family members to create their own solutions....
Refer a young person

Refer a Young Person OLD

A young person can be referred by their family, another service or by themselves.  To access supported accommodation the intake worker will need to speak with the young person. Young lives, lived to their FULL POTENTIAL. The referral process The...
Youth Services for Homeless Kids and Teens

What We Do

Our purpose is to inspire hope.  This is how we do it: Put simply, we exist to inspire young people to believe their lives can be enriched by experience and empowered by hope. We believe every young person has the...

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Stronger, better and more capable - together. Thank you for considering to support our work. By adding to our fundraising efforts you will be making a dramatic difference in the lives of children and young people in need. Cash donations are...
Building an Emotionally Healthy Community Together

Building an Emotionally Healthy Community Together

We appreciate the support received from independent individuals, representatives of business, government at all levels, civic society and other organisations over the years to help local youth. Without this support, we couldn't have provided the services in the particular way...
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Youth Services

Empowering young lives We champion the young person. Our vision Empowering young lives Our values Imaginative: We find a way Responsive: We embrace the individual Determined: We give it our all We are Burdekin. Burdekin is an independent not-for-profit organisation...
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Home Sweet 2019 charity sleepover record awareness and fundraising results.

On September 20, 2019 the second Link Housing Home Sweet charity sleepover was held at Freshwater Surf Life Saving Club. The aim was to raise awareness and funds to support those who are homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless in Sydney. Beneficiaries This...
Christmas campaign 2017

Christmas ideas at work

Government currently pays for a child until they turn 18, after that they must finance and support themselves. Research shows that leaving care before a young person is ready for independence leads to poor outcomes and potential mental health issues....
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Photos from our 2017 AGM

We held our Annual General Meeting on October 16th. Thank you to those who attended, with special thanks to the Honorable Robert Stokes, our key speaker. Here are some photos from the event. Our annual report is also available for...
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HomeSweet 2017 Charity Event

We are delighted to say that the Link Housing Inaugral fundraiser Home Sweet 2017 was an amazing success. The event took place on Friday 15th September. As a result of everyone's hard work, we had more than fifty people sleep...
2017 Golf Day

Photos from our 2017 Golf Day

What happened when the Northern Beaches community of  individuals, business' and other supporters came together for a fundraising golf event? Fun...and lots of it. Read more
Foster Carer NSW - The Burdekin Association

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