youth homelessness
Gambling, gaming and young people
After two years of dedicated effort and success, we are excited to report that we have acquired funding for the extension of The Dee Why Project for an additional three years. The Dee Why Project is generously funded by the...
Manly residence refurbished and reinvigorated!
We have some exciting news! Our residence in Manly was recently refurbished to welcome three new young people, after five months of hard work on the property. In collaboration with three volunteers from ReLove and four volunteers from Stockland volunteering on their Social...
We’ve been awarded a FutureSteps Grant!
The Burdekin Association is excited to reveal that we are the recipient of a FutureSteps Grant of $89,000 to be spent on renovating one of the houses we manage for young people transitioning from out of home care to semi-independent living...
Foster Care and Kinship Week 2023
"More than 100 vulnerable children and young people are living in alternative emergency housing, such as hotels and motels, as the child protection system faces a dire shortage of Foster Carers," reported Amber Schultz in The Sun Herald on September...
Professor Brian Burdekin on ABC Radio National
Click here to listen to the radio interview. The Burdekin Association's Patron and Australia’s first Federal Human Rights Commissioner, Professor Brian Burdekin AO spent over 30 years advocating for the needs of children - those with disabilities and mental illness....