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YMCA NSW - Cooma

The Cooma Youth Hub, located in the heart of Cooma, is a drop-in youth centre for young people aged 12 to 17. It offers a safe and friendly environment for young people to hang out in and is open four days a week.

YMCA NT Youth and Community Services

Provides case management to youth at risk. One on one support catered to young people’s needs. Outreach to surrounding indigenous communities as well as our greater urban community.
Our main program is an alternative education programs aimed at providing support and guidance for teenagers who have disengaged with school to find them a path for their future that suits them.
We also run various after hours programs and holiday programs so the youth in our community have a safe space to hang out.

YMCA Op Shop - Upper Mt Gravatt

YMCA Op Shop started to help fund the YMCA School Breakfast Program and provide them with a meal and the ability to focus on their study.

YMCA Springfield Lakes Community Centre

Managing the recent storm activity and recovery process in Ipswich area

YMCA Vocational School - Acacia Ridge

We are a special assistance school senior high school (Years 10-12) for students who have disengaged or at risk of disengaging from school.
Students are referred to us by mainstream schools due to truancy, behaviour, mental health and learning disorders such as ASD and ADHD. Youth service organisations such as Child Safety, Out of Home Care Providers and other youth services also refer young people to us who have disengaged from school. We are a multi-cultural school with numerous Indigenous, Islander, African and Islamic students.
Approx 90% of our young people come from a trauma background often due to DV. 80% of our students have resulting social and emotional disorders, with an additional 20% presenting with cognitive learning issues such ADHD, ASD or Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Our goal is to provide our young people with the opportunities they required to be the best versions of themselves so they can gain employment.

YMCA Vocational School - Parkinson Senior Campus

The Y Parkinson Senior Campus supports young people who have experienced or are experiencing complex trauma and/or are at risk of disengaging from mainstream schooling.

Our campus provides students with adjusted programs which focus on supporting their wellbeing, academic and vocational journeys from grade 10 to 12. Given the low socioeconomic areas our students reside across we are always seeking to find ways to support them where possible.

Overall our school mission is to positively engage young people in education and lifelong learning, and empower them to become well rounded, confident and healthy human beings.

YMCA Wynnum Community Centre

We are a Community Neighborhood Centre, recently funded by the government

Yok Djakoorliny

Yok Djakoorliny is an Aboriginal NFP that is run by and for Aboriginal women. The focus of YD is to help women using health and well being as the focus. We currently run Exercise programs within a prison and help the women when they leave. we provide scholarships annually for 2 women to become personal trainers and then they can go on to earn money and inspire their community. We also do community events and train twice a week with a PT.

Yokai - Healing Our Spirit (WA Stolen Generations Aboriginal Corporation)

Yokai (WA Stolen Generations Aboriginal Corporation) supports the social and emotional wellbeing of WA individuals and families adversely affected by policies and practices of separating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island children from their families, communities, Country and Culture.
"Yokai" is a Noongar call to action - enough is enough!
It is an innovative approach to healing that is based on Aboriginal culture and collective ways of working. Thousands of years of history behind us;
Yokai is all about History - our long historical connections to this Country, the suffering we have experienced after colonisation and the history we are writing as we confront that past and heal our people.

Yoonthalla Services Woorabinda

Yoonthalla Services Woorabinda was established to address the disadvantages faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the discrete Indigenous community of Woorabinda by providing and creating holistic support services and opportunities that will support and assist in the relief of health; social and emotional well-being; cultural safety; education, training and employment; and economic development.

Yoonthalla Services Woorabinda is a community-controlled, community-led, community-based not-for-profit organisation, established by local people to address the disadvantages experienced in Woorabinda.

You Belong Australia

You Belong welcomes, supports and empowers refugees to thrive in the Australian communities within which we serve. In addition, You Belong supports individuals and other organisations to connect with refugees.
This is done though several different programs, including our Learner Driver Mentorship program, resilience building workshops, English classes, vocational skills training, welcome picnics, general assistance, awareness raising and other one off events.

You Matter (Aus) Ltd

You Matter is a Victorian based charity which supports women and families who have experienced domestic and family violence, through helping to ensure we can provide all that is needed to fully equip their homes with the furniture and household goods necessary to run a functional home.
You Matter works with domestic violence agencies to support their clients once they have secured long-term accommodation. You Matter supports the recovery space in domestic and family violence, aiming to prevent women returning to the abusive situation and enabling them to move on and become contributing members of society once again.
You Matter’s Vision that women and children feel supported to live a safe and happy life within their own homes and their community and your contribution will go towards this.

Young Crisis Accommodation Centre

Specialist Homeless Service supporting Women, Women with children, Men, Youth and families that are fleeing Domestic and Family Violence, Homeless, at risk of Homelessness. Early Intervention / Prevention, Rapid Rehousing, Crisis Accommodation, Post Crisis Support, Complex Needs

Young Preschool Kindergarten

Young Preschool Kindergarten offers day care and education for children aged 3-5 years. Young Preschool Kindergarten also runs Young Mobile Play - an educational based program in the Young and Hilltops area, operating three days a week, two sessions a day for children between the ages of 0-5 years.

Youngcare

Youngcare delivers housing, grants and advocacy support to the disability sector

Younity Community Services Ltd

Previously known as Deception Bay Community Youth Programs (DBCYP) we are now Younity Community Services In and we are a community based organisation that has provided activities and services for young people since 1994.

We believe that the Deception Bay commnuity can only benefit from active participation from young people.
An ongoing investment in young people's social and emotional well being will inevitably lead to a healthier, happier community. This is why DBCYP is committed to building the capacity of the Deception Bay community to actively include young people in community life.

yourtown - Deception Bay Family Support Services

yourtown Deception Bay delivers 4 programs for the Deception Bay and Moreton area. Starfish Mental Health program (18yrs and under), Glugor Young Parents (25yrs and under), Expressive Therapy and Communities for Children

yourtown - Kingston

We are a not for profit organisation that works predominantly with young people and families throughout South East Qld, NSW and WA. We also have refuges for those affected by homelessness and domestic violence. The Starfish Program, which provides support for children, young people (0 - 18 years old) and families to strengthen and improve mental health and emotional wellbeing within the Logan region. Starfish also works with community groups and schools. Starfish provides free practical support; individual counselling; links to local services; parent/carer psycho-education; mental health and social-emotional wellbeing workshops; and community outreach, education and events.

yourtown - Milton

yourtown is a national organisation and registered charity that aims to tackle the issues affecting young people’s lives, including long-term unemployment, mental health issues, and domestic and family violence. Established in 1961, yourtown's mission is to enable young people, especially those who are marginalised and without voice, to improve their quality of life.

yourtown - Upper Mount Gravatt

We work with vulnerable young people in the Community and help get them in to employment and or training. We work to overcome any barriers including housing. Many of our young members find themselves iut of home without essential items.

Youth Advocacy Centre Inc

YAC offers free legal services, youth support and family support assistance and services to young people generally 10 to 18 years (inclusive) particularly those who are involved in, or are at risk of involvement in, the youth justice and/or the child protection systems, and/or are homeless or at risk of homelessness and live in or around the greater Brisbane region.

Youth and Family Connect

As well as providing essential community services such as distributing free food and assisting those experiencing hardship, we spearhead unique and refreshing community cultural arts and wellbeing initiatives, events and programs.

Youth Care Pine Rivers Inc

Supported accommodation service for young people

Youth Empowered Towards Independence - YETI

YETI is a youth service working with young people aged 8-25 years living in Far North Queensland.

Youth Enterprise Trust

The Youth Enterprise Trust (YET) is a Queensland based charity established in 1990 by Lloyd Hancock whose mission is ‘Connecting young adults “thru” wilderness to sustainable communities’.