Youth

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...
Professor Brian Burdekin, AO Patron of The Burdekin Association

Scholarships donation sparks transformation!

April 17, 2024
The Burdekin Association is proud to announce that our patron, Professor Brian Burdekin AO, has generously donated $20,000 today to The Burdekin Association to fund 20 young people's further education scholarships. These are for young people in our care. Professor...
Youth Homelessness Matters Day 2024

Youth Homelessness Matters Day

April 3, 2024
Across Australia in 2022-23, almost 39,000 young people (15-24 years of age) presented alone to a specialist homelessness service. Of these young people, the majority were in need of short or long term accommodation. Half of the young people who...
Qualtrics volunteers assist to transform a property for a young person.

What a difference volunteers make!

March 14, 2024
A huge thank you to the amazing team of volunteers at Qualtrics for helping us transform a single storey, two-bedroom property for a 19-year-old single mother with two children under the age of two. Six employees from Qualtrics, which helps organisations...
Teenager gaming

Gambling, gaming and young people

January 4, 2024
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...