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Ben and Jerry's Community Volunteer Day

Ben & Jerry’s Volunteers Transform Properties!

July 2, 2024
At Burdekin, we believe in the power of community and the impact of collective effort. Recently, we experienced a great example of this when the amazing team of 60 Ben & Jerry's volunteers from all across Australia and New Zealand...
B A GameChanger Peer Education Workshop, gaming and gambling

B A GameChanger – Gaming & Gambling

June 24, 2024
We are thrilled to announce that Year 10 students from Balgowlah Boys High School recently joined The Burdekin Association's B A GameChanger Peer Education Program focused on gaming and gambling. Our comprehensive full-day training workshop provided students with crucial insights...
Avalon Youth Hub staff and young people

Expanding opportunities for Avalon Youth Hub

May 8, 2024
Exciting news has emerged for young people and their families on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, as Northern Beaches Council has endorsed a significant development for Avalon Youth Hub! The former Avalon Customer Contact Centre will now be offered to...
Teenage challenges - parent support

Challenges facing young people – school

May 19, 2023
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

May 10, 2023
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...