Foyer Foundation is supporting Homelessness Week 2 – 7 August and working with Homelessness Australia to end homelessness. This year the theme for Homelessness Week (#HW2020) is Everybody Needs a Home, Foyer Foundation strongly believes every young person deserves access to a Foyer. Foyer Foundation will be sharing a series of features across social media…
Last week Launch Housing CEO Bevan Warner spoke to industry and students around Education Youth Foyers. In the address, Bevan highlighted the strength and impact Foyers have on the Australian youth saying: “The truth is that Education First Youth Foyers really work and transform lives”. See the statistics compiled as evidence: EDUCATION: 67% of students…
Foyer Foundation are happy to support the Raise the Rate campaign, that is working to reduce poverty and inequality in Australia. Raise the Rate’s goal is to fix our current social security safety net to $500 per week, that keeps Australia people out of poverty. Research has found the poverty line in Australia, for a…
We are very excited by the news of a new headspace centre opening this year. Read the media release below: A new headspace centre in the City of Monash is planned to open in October 2020 and a consortium led by Alfred Health will deliver the centre and associated services, following a competitive tender process by Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network (EMPHN). headspace Monash is for young people aged 12 to 25 years who are seeking early intervention mental health…
Well done to Foyer Warrnambool in Victoria that has celebrated their 100th resident, as celebration by Warrnambool’s The Standard this week. Foyer Warrnambool has helped 100 youth since it was established in 2013. Located at 210 Timor Street, Warrnambool, Foyer manager Jenny Hand celebrated 100th resident Tori Buchanan like most great celebration; with chocolate cake…
Reflecting on 10 years since Julia Gillard became Prime Minister, we look at the leadership shown by females in the Australian Foyers. Working and learning in a wide variety of industries, here’s a few examples of the strong leadership within the Australian Youth Foyers: Rikiesha is completing a traineeship with the Attorney General’s Office and…
Foyer Port Adelaide is located in a repurposed 1800s hotel in the port-side region of Adelaide, 14km northwest of the Adelaide CBD. The development was saved as a heritage listed building and contributes significantly to community activity and business renewal in the immediate precinct, with the revitalisation prompting renewed retail investment in Port Adelaide. Situated…
Finding strength in solidarity – Colin Falconer of InspireChilli reflects on how recent research conducted for the UK Listening Fund can help Advantaged Thinking in Australia. This month sees the publication of a research report I was commissioned to write for the Listening Fund to explore how the Covid-19 pandemic impacted on the ‘listening’ work…
As we enter July 2020 and the end of Phase 1 of the Foyer Foundations Impact Framework development project, the Foyer Foundation is excited to share an update on this significant work. The impact framework aims to capture outcomes for Foyer-connected young people across Australia. It is underpinned by the Foyer Foundation’s efforts to support…
Around 500 young people who have experienced homelessness are currently residing across Australia’s fourteen Youth Foyers. These young people are living, studying, developing skills and seeking employment across Australia and are looking forward to the new normal post COVID19. Australia’s initial lockdown lasted from March till the beginning of May 2020, when the flattened curve…