Name: Ash Cook Age: 23 Foyer location: Port Adelaide, South Australia Length of time at Foyer: 8/9 Months Current work/study situation: I am studying a Bachelor of Social Work full time and I am working part time at IKEA Prior to moving into the Foyer, I was couch surfing, sleeping in my car or…
This is a MUST LISTEN podcast for today….. Principal Commissioner for Children and Young People, Liana Buchanan and Ben, post Foyer Shepparton resident, discuss Foyer life, Youth mental health, Homelessness services, advocacy and more. Foyer young people forever blow us away by sharing their personal journeys and thoughts for continually improving outcomes for other…
Welcome Foyer Central! Opening in February 2021, a newly constructed campus comprising 53 studio apartments located in Chippendale. More than just student accommodation, Foyer Central will be built on a foundation of diversity and learning cultivated by the community of motivated young people who will live there. Foyer Central is a collaboration between partner organisations…
Core to the Foyer Foundation’s work is compiling threads of research, evaluation and thinking for a solution in youth homelessness. The Foyer Foundation are delighted to see a clear policy development option of Youth Foyers in the recently published report from the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Redesign of a homelessness service system for…
Thanks to some students at Foyer Oxford (Perth), we have titled our redesigned eNewsletter Foyer Foundation Faff. When CEO Katie Hooper tested the name with GOTAFE Shepparton and Logan Youth Foyer in Queensland, they wondered if it was for ‘Facts and Figures from Foyer Foundation’, ‘Fairy tales and facts from Foyer Foundation’, so many more…
Youth Foyers across Australia have completed much of their business continuity planning and are moving into implementation and the new ‘business as usual’. A special shout out to Launch Housing (Education First Youth Foyer (EFYF) at Kangan and EFYF at Holmesglen Foyers), Berry Street (EFYF at GOTAFE) and Anglicare WA (Foyer Oxford) for taking the…
Chloe Shorten, first Ambassador of the Foyer Foundation Melbourne, April 15, 2020 It’s with great delight that we announce that Chloe Shorten has been appointed the inaugural Ambassador of the Foyer Foundation, the national not-for-profit organisation that supports the connection of homeless young people with education and housing. Ms Shorten is a passionate advocate for…
The philosophy of Advantaged Thinking is fundamental to the development and operation of accredited Youth Foyers in Australia.. It was devised by the UK based Colin Falconer (pictured above) during his 14 years as director of innovation at the UK Foyer Federation. At its core, Advantaged Thinking is the recognition that all young people have…
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…
Youth Foyers across Australia are adopting measures to protect its young residents and staff as the rate of the COVID19 virus increases Australia-wide by the day. Containment measures including hand washing, sanitising, office, apartment and communal room cleaning regimes have been ongoing, but the very nature of Youth Foyers as vibrant hubs of youthful activity…