Give NW Coast youth a say about what matters to them! Throughout 2018, Family Planning Tasmania (FPT) will be working intensively on the North West Coast, delivering our exciting new project LARC4U. LARC4U aims to reduce the rate of unplanned teenage pregnancies by increasing knowledge in the community, and improving access to LARC. LARC, which includes [...]
The Windeward Bound Trust have a nine-day Adventure Under Sail scheduled for the upcoming July school holidays (9th - 17th July 2018). This voyage will depart from, and return to Hobart sailing 'where the wind takes them' throughout Southern Tasmania. Please click here to visit our Facebook page and see what our sail trainees have been up to on their recent voyage. The cost [...]
During Families Week, YFCC collaborated in two events in celebration of Families. The IFSS team, in partnership with the East Devonport Child and Family Centre, held a Families Week Celebration on the 17th of May at the East Devonport Recreation Centre. The HYP team, in partnership with the Burnie Child and Family Centre held a week’s [...]
Over two days in May the state’s Alcohol & Other Drugs sector came together for the biannual ATDC conference. The theme for 2018 was Shaping Our Future and attendees were informed, provoked and challenged about how we can best meet the needs of the community into the future. YFCC staff in attendance relished the opportunity to increase knowledge [...]
Name: Georgina Thomson YFCC Service Area: Youth Crisis Accommodation Support Service Location: Burnie Length of time working with YFCC: 6 years What you like about your role: What I love most about my role is the number of resilient individuals that I meet. Every day my job looks different and it keeps me on my toes. [...]
YFCC would like to introduce Natasha (Tash) Evans as our new Transitional Accommodation Support Services Worker from 30th April, based in our Burnie office. Tash recently left Anglicare after 7 years working with RAIN, KIDS and Supported Youth - working with Young People is her passion. Currently finishing my diploma of remedial massage, she enjoys research [...]
Name: Nick Bond YFCC Service Area: Board Member Location: Devonport Length of time working with YFCC: 2 years, 3 months What you like about your role: I like that unlike many larger organisations in our section, YFCC is a locally focused organisation doing its best to support our clients in the North West and West Coast. I [...]
Acknowledgement of Country
Our organisation acknowledges the palawa people as the Traditional Custodians of lutruwita/Tasmania. We recognise their enduring connection to land, sea, and community, and we pay our deepest respects to Elders past and present.
We also acknowledge and honour the ongoing contributions of Aboriginal and Torress Strait Islander peoples across Australia and their rich cultural heritage, which continues to shape and strengthen our communities today.
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