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🚨 1 WEEK TO GO! LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER 🚨 Time is running out! ⏳ Don't miss your chance to be part of the Youth Homelessness Matters Breakfast Forum (NSW) – a powerful morning of insight, advocacy, and action. Hear from leading voices across the not-for-profit, private, and public sectors as we tackle solutions to one of Australia’s most pressing issues: youth homelessness. 🎤Don't miss out on our excellent panel of speakers including: Natalie Devlin, Charter Hall, Zoë Robinson, Office of the Advocate for Children and Young People (ACYP), NSW, Jason Juretic, Stepping Stone House, Rebecca Mullins, My Foundations Youth Housing Ltd, Adrian Harrington, Lighthouse Infrastructure, Jane Fitzgerald, Property Council of Australia, Lillian Zrim, PHD, and John MacMillan, Yfoundations. 📅 24 March 2025 ⏰ 7:00am arrival | 7:30am start – 9:00am 📍 Lendlease, Tower 3, Level 14, 300 Barangaroo Ave, Barangaroo ✅ Register now before it’s too late! 👉 https://lnkd.in/gxZ9a-TW #YouthHomelessnessMatters #EndYouthHomelessness #YHMD2025 #AdvocacyInAction

🔹 Youth Homelessness Matters Day | Breakfast Forum (QLD) 🔹 ⏳ Only 20 seats left! Registrations close 19 March - don’t miss out. Join us for an exclusive breakfast forum where an expert panel will explore collaborative solutions to end youth homelessness. Hear from our speakers Leah Lang, Queensland Government Architect; Pam Barker GAICD, Brisbane Youth Service; Tom Allsop, PeakCare Queensland; and moderated by Jackson Hills, Q Shelter. An incredible morning to advocate, connect, and take action. 📅 27 March 2025 ⏰ 7:30am arrival | 8:00am start – 9:00am 📍 KPMG Heritage Lanes, Level 11, 80 Ann Street, Brisbane 👉 Register now: https://lnkd.in/ef6AyVC6 Thank you to our partners Q Shelter and KPMG Australia. Antoinette Rusby-Perera Rebecca Field

Youth Homelessness Matters Day is just around the corner... have you got your shirt yet? Order your YHMD 2025 t-shirts and other merch through the Yfoundations website today! Make sure to place your orders by 28 March to get them in time for YHMD on 16 April. Don't miss out – order now!! https://lnkd.in/gTmCFWHi

🔹 Youth Homelessness Matters Day | Breakfast Forum (VIC) 🔹 🏡 Join the movement. Be part of the solution. 🏡 How can we break the cycle of youth homelessness? At this exclusive breakfast forum, the Property Industry Foundation brings together leaders from the not-for-profit, private, and public sectors to discuss real solutions to one of Victoria’s most pressing issues. Hear from our incredible speakers: Brenda Boland, CEO, Lighthouse Foundation; Christine Campbell, Graduate Patron, Lighthouse Foundation; James Henry, General Manager, Property Development, Housing Choices Australia, John Macmillan, CEO, Yfoundations; Matthew Cleary, Regional Director Victoria, Urbis. Our expert panel will explore: 🔹 The impact of the housing crisis on young people 🔹 Prevention and early intervention strategies 🔹 Innovative housing solutions 🔹 Youth-centered design for long-term change 💡 This is your opportunity to engage, advocate, and take meaningful action. 📅 Date: Thursday, 27 March 2025 ⏰ Time: 7:00am arrival | 7:30am start – 9:00am 📍 Location: MinterEllison, Collins Arch, Level 20, 447 Collins St, Melbourne 🎟 Register now – https://lnkd.in/er_K_kX8 A special thank you to our partners, MinterEllison, for supporting this event. #YouthHomelessnessMatters #EndYouthHomelessness #AdvocacyInAction #YHMD2025

New data from AIHW shows that 2 in 5 deaths amongst young people aged under 25 accessing SHS are due to suicide - the highest of any age group. This is a stark reminder that homelessness isn't just about housing - it's about safety, stability and survival. 🏠Every young person deserves a safe place to call home. 💜Every young person deserves support before it's too late. We need urgent increased investment in crisis services, housing, prevention and early intervention, and the services that keep young people safe. Our young people can’t wait. https://lnkd.in/gCXWABBF

This International Women’s Day, we stand with UN Women Australia's Campaign to #MarchForward for all women and girls. In Australia, two out of three young people accessing Specialist Homelessness Services identify as female. Their strength in the face of hardship pushes us to do better, to challenge the inequalities that put them at risk and to create a future where every young person has a safe place to call home and the opportunities they deserve. It's time to turn promises into progress. #youthhomelessness #iwd

The Home Time Campaign Election Platform is a roadmap to unlocking housing for young people. With key reforms and investment, the federal government can significantly reduce child and youth homelessness. Join us by sending your message to federal candidates today. #FixHousingForYoungPeople #HomeTime #2025Election hometime.org.au/action

As our communities in Northern NSW brace for the impact of Cyclone Alfred, we’re ready to provide shelter and support. Evacuation centres have been established in Tyalgum, Mullumbimby, Kingscliff, Murwillumbah, Ocean Shores, Kyogle, East Lismore, Evans Head, Burringbar, Uki, Coraki, Terranora, Casino, Ballina East and Alstonville to help you through these challenging times.      At our centres, we will link you with services to help you get back on your feet, including:  ✅ Emergency accommodation  ✅ Psychological first aid and chaplaincy  ✅ Meals  ✅ Essential supplies.   Emergency responders will keep you informed with regular updates, current advice and warnings, and information on when you can safely return home.  Please bring any prescription medication, your prescription and baby care products with you. As always, evacuation centres are a place of last resort – stay with family and friends if you can. Please do not bring donated items to evacuation centres. If you wish to donate, many charities have standing donation mechanisms that you can use to show you care. More information • Find the location of evacuation centres on the NSW State Emergency Services (SES) website: dcjnsw.info/3QKJIL7 Stay informed by: • Downloading the Hazards Near Me app, which provides emergency warnings and advice for fires, floods and tsunamis in NSW: dcjnsw.info/HazardsNearMe • Monitoring the SES website: dcjnsw.info/NSWSES • Monitoring the Bureau of Meteorology: dcjnsw.info/BOM • Listening to local ABC radio for the latest updates. Stay safe by: • Ensuring you have adequate food, water and critical medical supplies for several days if power goes down. • Do not enter flood waters, ocean or rivers. • If you are located in lower lying areas that are at risk of flooding, consider staying with family or friends on higher ground. • For those located closer to the Queensland border, there are strong wind warnings, be alert for debris. • Ensure your phone is charged, with communications and power networks at risk of going down. • For emergency help in floods or storms, ring the SES (NSW and ACT) on 132 500.  • Call 000 (triple zero) in case of an emergency.

The NSW Homelessness Strategy 2025–2035 is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to create real, lasting change.   Unaccompanied children and young people are one of the largest groups experiencing homelessness across NSW. If we are serious about breaking the cycle, they must be a priority.   Yfoundations has put forward 16 key recommendations to ensure the Strategy delivers: ☑️ a NSW Child & Youth Homelessness Action Plan with clear commitments ☑️ increased investment in specialised, trauma-informed services ☑️ more affordable and accessible housing for young people ☑️ co-designed solutions led by Aboriginal communities ☑️ proper funding to support and strengthen the SHS sector The NSW Government must act now - young people cannot wait.   Read our full submission here and stand with children and young people: https://lnkd.in/gx_GT7AZ   #NSWHomelessnessStrategy #EndYouthHomelessness #HousingIsAHumanRight

On this day in 2008, the Australian Government formally acknowledged the deep trauma caused by the forced removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, communities, and culture. At Yfoundations, we recognise that the impacts of these policies continue to be felt today. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people remain disproportionately affected by homelessness, driven by systemic inequalities, intergenerational trauma, and the ongoing effects of colonisation. We stand in solidarity with First Nations communities in the ongoing fight for justice, healing, and self-determination. 🖤💛❤️ Today, we reflect, we remember, and we commit to meaningful action. #NationalApology #StolenGenerations #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #YouthHomelessness