During the month of March, YFCC in conjunction with Devonport City Council celebrated International Women’s Day (IWD). This year’s theme for IWD was #Break the bias. We decided to do just that, by holding a free women’s learn to skateboard session with the Drop In Skate School in East Devonport. We had a broad range of [...]

We provide crisis accommodation for young people who need a place to stay. Our accommodation services are located in both Burnie and Devonport. Our Crisis Accommodation Support Service (CASS) team provide 13-20 year old's who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless, a place to stay for up to 6 weeks. The service can [...]

As an organisation that offers a variety of services and programs to young people and children, we pride ourselves on making every possible effort to ensure young people and children are aware of their rights and feel safe when accessing our services. We received the following quote from a client of our Integrated Family Support Service [...]

Name: Robert Hardman YFCC Service Area: Youth Alcohol and Drugs Service Location: Burnie What do you like about your role? Helping influence improved outcomes for young people. Making possibilities for conversation about addiction in our addicted society and trying to understand this. Working with a good bunch of people to make some small difference in the world. [...]

Name: Renae Burns YFCC Service Area: Emergency Relief Service Project Worker Location: Based at 62 Stewart Street office, delivering services across the Northwest and West Coast. What do you like about your role? I have been in this role now since early February. I have felt very welcomed, and everyone is friendly and helpful. I really [...]

Working It Out (WIO), Tasmania’s gender, sexuality and intersex status support and education service, is providing a special peer-to-peer support program Working It Out Together. Revived from a COVID-19 initiative, Working It Out Together recognises that LGBTIQ+ people may experience the pandemic more acutely than others, while also understanding that we also have a long history [...]

As an organisation that offers a variety of services and programs to young people and children, we pride ourselves on making every possible effort to ensure young people and children are aware of their rights and feel safe when accessing our services. YFCC’s ARVOS and School Holiday programs incorporate more than just fun and free recreation [...]

The Fit For Work (FFW) project, funded through Jobs Tasmania, works with local Job Services agencies in the Devonport region to identify young jobseekers (aged between 16 and 25 years) who need additional supports to enter the workforce. A full-time project worker works intensively with participants for 6 to 12 months to address complex health and [...]

Name: Kylie Duraj YFCC Service Area: IFSS Location: Devonport What do you like about your role? This is week 6 in the Integrated Family Support Service role, and I am loving being part of such an amazing team. I’m really looking forward to meeting new families and supporting them with their goals in their parenting journey. [...]

Name: Kiara Digby YFCC Service Area: Crisis Accommodation Support Services Worker - Casual Location: Devonport What do you like about your role? What I enjoy about this role is the ability to use my lived experience to assist young people with the disadvantages and challenges they face in the different aspects of their life. Whether it [...]