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The Foyer Foundation would like to acknowledge with thanks the generous contribution of Professor Mark Ashton in funding the publication of our Annual Report. Professor Ashton is the Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of Melbourne and past Head of Plastic Surgery at The Royal Melbourne Hospital. He is President of the Australian Society of Plastic…

The Foyer Foundation are excited to welcome Jennifer Newton to the team. Jen has a broad depth of experience that she brings to the Project Manager role. Jen is innovative in her approach and with a background in marketing, communication and stakeholder management skills we are pleased to have her joining the team. Consolidating our…

Leederville in Perth’s inner city has become one of the city’s most desirable neighbourhoods. Its bustling retail and café strip is usually filled with students and young workers employed in creative pursuits – though COVID 19 related events this last week have made for a more subdued atmosphere. But let’s cast back to earlier times…

Katie Hooper joined the Foyer Foundation in February 2020 after more than decade as the CEO of Foster Care Association of Victoria.  A month into the new role she has discovered the strengths of the Foyer movement and the people who power it. “Thank you to the broader Foyer community for the warm welcome I…

Fashion designer Nancy Oziya (above left) – an alumni of the Broadmeadows Education First Youth Foyer – was at the Arts Centre, Melbourne on December 5 to help celebrate the 10th anniversary of social enterprise The Social Studio. Nancy is pictured with journalist and TV presenter, Jan Fran , who wore one of Nancy’s designs…

Logan Youth Foyer Support Service (LYFSS) is located 25  kilometres south of Brisbane’s CBD and is home to single, young people aged 16 to 25. The Logan Foyer has been operated by Wesley Mission Queensland since it opened in 2009 and offers accommodation in furnished 16 one-bedroom units and 18 studio units. In July 2019…

Jenny Hand has been the manager of Foyer Warrnambool operated by Brophy Family and Youth Services since it opened its purpose-built building in central Warrnambool in 2012. Since that time, 96 young people aged from 16 to their early 20s have lived at the Foyer for up to two years where they have learnt the…

John Grant AM has been an accountant, investment banker, venture capitalist and company director during his 60-year career. He has had a lifetime interest in philanthropy but In recent years has become more actively engaged, as Chairman of The Grant Family Charitable Trust. The Grant Family Charitable Trust was established 2010 and is focussed on providing…

How long have you worked in the Foyer space? And how did you come to work at Foyer? I have been at the EFYF since Holmesglen opened in 2013 however, I am now into my 10th year of working in the Foyers space. Prior to moving to Australia I worked in Cheltenham & Bristol, UK…