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The association manages a range of services which provide assistance to children, youth, the aged and disabled as well as management of an information and referral service which is available to be accessed by the community.

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Community Organisation - Ballina District Community Services Association Inc.

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Barnardos operates 50 programs, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in the States of New South Wales (NSW) and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). These programs fall into four main areas of work: Family Support - Childrens Family Centres, Adolescent Services, Adoption and Permanent Family Care, and Aftercare.

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Community Organisation - Barnardos

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Y Big Brothers Big Sisters is part of a national professionally run mentoring program that provides children and young people with positive adult role models who offer support and friendship. This is achieved through a trusting relationship with a professionally trained adult volunteer.

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Community Organisation - YWCA NSW

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BIG hART is a National award winning organisation, working to re-engage marginalised communities & individuals through arts-based projects.

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Community Organisation - Big hArt

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UnitingCare Burnside provides care and protection of vulnerable families, young people and children in NSW.

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Church - Uniting Church

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'I used to think my family was so different to everyone else's. All my friends' families seemed so nice.' 'But being around my family just stressed me out. Lots of times I didn't want to go home.

Have you ever felt like this? If there's something happening at home that makes you feel confused or worried, or that's being kept a secret, then you're not alone. And there are things you can do about it. This website can help!

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Information about services offered for youth and families in the Byron Bay area.

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Community Organisation - Byron Youth Services Inc

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"Our purpose is to offer community services of the highest standard in order to improve the quality of life and well being of our community." Services include child care, various family services and training resources for youth. Centres are based in Tuggeranong and Weston.

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Community Organisation - Communities @ Work Inc.

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Concern Australia seeks to provide support and advocacy for disadvantaged groups within the community. Concern Australia seeks to impact and change people's lives through services such as Hand Brake Turn, Steps Outreach Service, Inside Out, Values for Life School Seminars, St Martin's Community Church, God's Squad, LiveWires, John Smith – Blue's Preacher, and 3 Way – Professional Development Training. These services are support by the Head Office based at Collingwood, Victoria.

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Community Organisation - Concern Australia

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CREATE runs programs and services to connect children and young people to each other and their communities; build skills and resources for children and young people in care, and change the care system from the inside out through the participation of children and young people themselves. There are CREATE Centres in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Darwin, Perth, Canberra, Hobart and Brisbane which cover every State and Territory.

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Community Organisation - CREATE Foundation (WA)

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Diversitat is the trading name of Geelong Ethnic Communities Council Inc.
It has grown from an organisation concentrating on Immigration and Welfare issues in the 80's, to a diverse community establishment offering the CALD and General Community services in Aged Care, Employment and Training.

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Community Organisation - Geelong Ethnic Communities Council Inc.

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The Clubhouse is a friendly space where disadvantaged young people can develop their computer and other work-related skills in a relaxed and supportive environment. Clubhouse members - aged from 9 to 18 - gain access to high-end computers, digital cameras, video cameras and Lego robot kits, as well as the skills of volunteers with expertise in digital imaging, web design and computer programming.

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Community Organisation - Fitzroy Computer Clubhouse

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Frontyard Youth Services is here to help young people who are homeless or in need of support. It is now the biggest service centre of its type in Melbourne's central business district. This site acts as a resource so that you can make informed decisions and find the services you need through a unique team of independent services that provide free accommodation, computers, employment training, family reconciliation, health, income support, legal and  ombudsman services.

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Community Organisation - Frontyard Youth Services

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Fusion Australia is a national youth and community organisation with unique programmes in every State and Territory.

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Community Organisation - Fusion Australia

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The gatewayreconnect website is a new website that is unique to Victoria. The website has specific listings for all Reconnect services in the State of Victoria that includes service location, worker contact details and the type of service Reconnect programs are able to offer. The site also offers general information to parents, workers and young people.

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gatewayreconnect

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Samaritans Foundation provides a wide range of services for children, youth, families and those with disabilities in the Hunter, Manning and Central Coast Regions.

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Community Organisation - Good Samaritans

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Gungahlin Youth Services (GYS) is a community service for all Gungahlin youth, aged between 11 and 25, with a focus on 12 to 18 year olds. GYS has trained and experienced youth workers who are employed to develop and facilitate a youth program that meets the needs of Gungahlin youth.

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Community Organisation - Gungahlin Youth Services

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Inside Out is a Concern Australia program providing post-release support for young people exiting Juvenile Justice Centres. Support workers work with young people to help them in their transition back into the community. Depending on the young person's needs, support can include:
assisting them with resolving difficulties with their parents or families;
helping them find housing and income support;
linking them to employment, education and training opportunities;
supporting their search for faith.

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Community Organisation - Concern Australia

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Kids Help Line is a national telephone counselling service for young people aged 5 to 18 years - it is free, anonymous and confidential.

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Community Organisation - Kids Help Line

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Kids Under Cover is a Victorian Charity, established to construct purpose built quality housing for homeless children. Kids Under Cover builds houses and bungalows. Houses are a mixture of three, four and five bedroom dwellings and are supervised by a live-in lead tenant. Bungalows are allocated to 'caregiver families' who provide a safe and supportive environment for homeless young people.

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Community Organisation - Kids Under Cover

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The Lighthouse Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to empowering young people to take responsibility for their own lives. In a loving family environment, Lighthouse provides long-term accommodation, care, support and outreach to young people aged 15 - 22 years, who would otherwise be homeless.

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Community Organisation - Lighthouse Foundation

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Mission Australia's services are centred around:
Family support initiatives for families and children in need;
Youth initiatives for disadvantaged young people;
Housing support initiatives for homeless people and those at risk of homelessness;
Employment and training initiatives for the long-term unemployed; and
Community building initiatives that help strengthen and empower entire communities.

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Community Organisation - Mission Australia

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Open Family Australia provides outreach support and services to young people at-risk. It has been working since 1978 with some of Australia's most marginalised youth, linking them to the services they require and helping them to reconnect to their family and community.

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Community Organisation - Open Family Australia

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The Pathways Foundation is a high impact social venture that provides a contemporary, community based Rite of Passage for boys into Manhood and girls into Womanhood. Since 1995, the national, award winning Pathways to Manhood program has been transforming the lives of Australian families. The Pathways Foundation is a registered harm prevention charity.

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Community Organisation - Pathways Foundation

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- Crisis Help and Counselling,
- Women's Domestic Violence Crisis Assistance,
- Addiction Assistance (Alcohol, Drug and Gambling),
- Aged Care Services,
- Court and Prison Services,
- Disability Services,
- Domestic Violence Services,
- Employment Services/Employment Plus,
- Family Support Services/Emergency Relief,
- Family Tracing Service,
- Homeless Services,
- Migrant Services,
- Youth and Children's Services.

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Community Organisation - Salvation Army

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The Shaftesbury Citizenship Centre/Campus exists to enhance the quality of life of the people of Queensland and in particular disadvantaged youth. The Shaftesbury Citizenship Centre conducts a programme of rehabilitation for young people who are in need.

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Community Organisation - Shaftesbury Campus Connection

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Streetwize create comics and other information resources for young people address such issues as health, the law, education, employment, housing and safety. Streetwize Communications strive to get their information out to hard-to-reach target groups including: young people; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities; people of culturally-diverse backgrounds, people of low literacy, people from rural and regional areas, and other hard-to-reach groups.

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Community Organisation - Streetwize Communications

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Stretch-A-Family is an Adolescent Fostering and Community Placement Agency and a Residential Care Provider for 12-18 year old homeless adolescents. The agency office is in Stanmore, NSW. Residential care services include a medium term house (Stanmore) and a long term, transition to independent living house (On Track), both located in Sydney's Inner West.

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Community Organisation - Stretch-A-Family Inc.

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We are a Christian, non-profit community organisation whose primary aim is to assist young people between the ages of 12 and 25.

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Community Organisation - Teen Challenge

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Variety, The Children's Charity transforms the lives of Australia's sick, disabled and disadvantaged children.

Variety was established in 1975, and today delivers over $1 million each month in aid to children and children's organisations around the country in urgently needed equipment such as wheelchairs, vocal output speech devices and prosthetic limbs.

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Community Organisation - Variety Australia

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Whitelion works with young people who are in the child protection system due to their experience of neglect and abuse. This includes young people in residential and foster care in Melbourne's North West region and Barwon's South West region.

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Community Organisation - Whitelion

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The Yellow Ribbon Program is designed by young people, for the benefit of young people. It is a help seeking/peer support program, with a very simple aim - to create an environment which encourages and empowers young people to ask for help in a time of need. It further aims to educate the community to know how to respond to the needs of young people.

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Community Organisation - Yellow Ribbon Australia

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Welcome to the YMCAs of Australia official home page. Australia's YMCAs comprise one of the largest not-for-profit community service organisations in the country. The YMCA currently operates in five major fields: Youth and family support services;
Community sport and recreation programs; Childcare services; Education and training; and Camping and Outdoor Recreation.

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Community Organisation - YMCA

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The Youth Accommodation Association is an association of organisations which provide accommodation for young homeless people in NSW.

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Community Organisation - Youth Accommodation Association

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The Youth Advocacy Centre offers free confidential legal and welfare assistance to young people under 17 who live in or around Brisbane and on a limited basis to young people outside Brisbane, but living in Queensland, by telephone. Help may also be available to 17 and 18 year olds if their problem is about school or being held in a Brisbane juvenile detention centre.

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Community Organisation - Youth Advocacy Centre

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The Youth Enterprise Trust is an independent charitable organisation. It helps disadvantaged young people (aged 16 - 24 years) through a personally challenging and intense program that operates in the wilderness of the Carnarvon Ranges in Central Queensland and in semi-rural South East Queensland.

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Community Organisation - Youth Enterprise Trust

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Youthlaw is the first specialist young people's community legal centre in Victoria. Youthlaw is a free legal service for young people.

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Community Organisation - Youthlaw