CASS provides crisis accommodation for young people who need a place to stay. Our accommodation services are located in both Burnie and Devonport. Our CASS team provides 13 to 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 assist young people [...]

Due to the ongoing success and popularity of our regular school holiday programs, this January we decided to set a "3-activity maximum" per attendee in order to give new people a chance to join us. As a result, we were able to engage with a large number of new young people in the program. This also [...]

Name: Samantha Hall YFCC Service Area: Employment Services Location: Devonport and Burnie What do you like about your role? I love working back in an organisation with a youth focus that is engaging young people in employment and education. I am really enjoying the culture and connection to the community that YFCC has. A bit about you:  [...]

As a child safe organisation we are constantly seeking to ensure our programs and services are designed to help children and young people feel safe. Below is a comment from a 17-year-old in our Employment Services Detour program. ‘I enjoy my sessions with my worker because I feel safe and confident to speak my mind. I [...]

Regular activities @ Burnie Library Family History - 1st Monday of the month 1:00pm - 4:00pm Local History - Tuesdays 9:30am - 12:30pm Knitting for Charity - Tuesdays 10:00am - 12:00pm Families Learning Together - Tuesdays 3:30pm - 4:30pm, Term 1, 14th Feb - 4th April R&R/Storytime - Wednesdays 10:30am - 11:00am English Conversation - Wednesdays 10:00am - 12:00pm [...]

A Tasmanian Lifeline is a telephone support service for Tasmanians of all ages who need someone to talk things through with. We operate from 8am – 8pm, 7 days a week (including Christmas Day and other public holidays). We are Tasmanian based and Tasmanian focused service that can offer either a one-off phone call or ongoing [...]

As a child safe organisation we are constantly seeking to ensure our programs and services are designed to help children and young people feel safe. The following feedback is from a 17-year-old client from our Crisis Accommodation Service. ''I feel like CASS is more of a home, not a Shelter. It is not dirty or anything [...]

On the 8th of November the Malana Youth at Risk Centre was opened in Launceston. The opening was attended by a number of local Government and Non-Government Service Providers. The opening was a great chance to cement already existing relationships as well as build new ones to support the young people who will be accommodated at [...]

Name: Mark Howlett YFCC Service Area: Youth Coach, Malana (YARC) Location: Launceston What do you like about your role? I like being given the opportunity to work with young people. A bit about you: I am a Launceston boy, born and bred, and I have spent the best part of the last forty years as a teacher, [...]

The Transitional Accommodation Support Service (TASS) works with young people and young parents to make a successful move into long term, safe, and affordable housing. We believe all young people have the right to safe and sustainable accommodation. Young people, aged 15-20 years, who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of experiencing homelessness, are able to [...]