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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....
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Confront the Crisis – Housing for all

We recently attended the Confront the Crisis - Housing for All summit on ending homelessness and confronting the housing crisis in NSW. Confront the Crisis Confront the Crisis is a campaign by Community Housing Industry Association NSW which calls on...
Youth Homelessness and Family Support Services

Demand for our services continues to grow

The Burdekin Association exists to support young people towards a better-quality life. Many of us have found ourselves in this job because we love the idea of helping others and advocating for our most vulnerable people in society. We have...
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Emerging Leaders Mentoring Program

Burdekin recently partnered with the City of Canada Bay Council and Ethnic Communities Council of NSW to deliver the Emerging Leaders Mentoring Program. The aim of the program was to help build participants' skills in leadership, advocacy and community engagement,...
Christmas Fundraising Campaign 2022

Christmas fundraising update

A quick update on our Christmas Fundraising Campaign. As you probably know, we aimed to raise money for our Youth Development Fund as well as fulfill the gift wishes of our young people. As always, our community was incredibly generous...