The Malana Youth at Risk Centre (YARC) is a specialist homelessness service based in Launceston that provides temporary accommodation and care tailored to the specific needs of unaccompanied children and young people aged between 12 and 15 years. It provides 24 hour short to medium term accommodation, and specialist homelessness support 7 days a week. The [...]

INSPIRING YOUTH AWARDS 2024 We are excited to announce that the 2024 YFCC Inspiring Youth Awards are open for nominations! This is a simple yet meaningful way to recognise anyone who is 13 – 20 years old and helping make Northwest Tasmania a better place to live – it does not matter how small or large [...]

‘Every 6 months, YFCC conducts an independent survey of approximately 10% of our clients to help us understand from a client’s perspective – what worked well, and what could we do better. We take this feedback seriously, particularly when it comes from people under 18 years of age, as we know they don’t often feel listened [...]

On 15 July, it was World Youth Skills Day, the perfect opportunity to highlight the Burnie City Youth Council and its skill development this year. This year, the Youth Council have: Participated in two leadership training workshops with Jeder Institute. Used their new skills to provide input into the Burnie City Council’s Urban Plan. Presented a [...]

Free Support for Tasmania's Young Carers Young People under the age of 25 who provide unpaid care and support to a family member or friend can access free support from the Australian Government Carer Gateway. Free support and services may look like: Information, advice, and referrals Help at home (e.g. meal prep, cleaning) Tutoring or an [...]

‘Every 6 months, YFCC conducts an independent survey of approximately 10% of our clients to help us understand from a client’s perspective – what worked well, and what could we do better. We take this feedback seriously, particularly when it comes from people below 18 years of age, as we know they don’t often feel listened [...]

Have you noticed our new sign writing on our Driver Mentor vehicles? Be sure to keep an eye out on the roads for our program vehicles. The program is really picking up momentum, with our mentors Emma and Stuart delivering over 260 driver sessions with young people across the coast. Sessions have been delivered in Devonport, [...]

Client Evaluation Report Summary The six-monthly Client Evaluation was conducted in May 2024 with a randomised sample of 82 (10%) clients from across all YFCC service areas. It is acknowledged that whilst the data and results drawn from this sample accurately represents the individuals who took part, it may not be indicative of all clients. [...]

Did you know YFCC’s ATODS service has been helping people of all ages reduce the impact of the drugs and/or alcohol on their lives for over 25 years? In that time, we’ve seen a lot of change and also some things that stay the same. Alcohol and cannabis have remained constant substances people seek support for, [...]

During May our incredibly gifted Helping Young Families and Family Support teams combined to provide a cinema experience for families to celebrate Families week. The cinema experience was provided in Burnie and in Devonport. This year we were fortunate to have radio advertising of the events and the numbers of attendees would indicate that the radio [...]