The Salvation Army Youth Outreach Service in Spring Hill, Queensland, Australia | Community organisation

The Salvation Army Youth Outreach Service

Locality: Spring Hill, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 7 3854 1245

Address: 97 School Street 4000 Spring Hill, QLD, Australia

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21.01.2022 The KickStart Tenancy Support Program provides mobile support to help you identify and work on issues impacting your tenancy. We work with young people who are aged 16-25, living on the northside of Brisbane and are on their lease. If you're having issues with rent arrears, budgeting, your neighbours, housemates, looking after yourself or you place give us a call on: 3854 1245 or email us at: [email protected]

16.01.2022 Jack is 19 and has been out of home for four years. Describing his experience of homelessness, Jack says When you are swimming in deeper water, you see a lot o...f sharks and they bite. And you bite back and turn into a shark yourself. If you start off like Nemo, it takes a huge toll. Be a changemaker for homeless youth. Help us provide access to health and wellness services for young people like Jack by becoming a Joining Hands GiveBack Ambassador. Find out more here: http://joininghands.com.au/giveback-ambassador/ : Briony Masters Photographer #30facesofhomelessness

15.01.2022 Today Michael spoke to Jack from 4ZZZ News about our new Tenancy Support Program - Kickstart, Thanks for having us 4ZZZ

14.01.2022 Josh is 20 and has been out of home for 2 years. Josh says, Don’t look at homeless people as drifters. Just because we don’t have a home doesn’t mean we’re not... human, we still have feelings and we still cry the same. And Josh’s story is one that may well bring tears to your eyes Josh used to live with his Dad. His Dad was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and Josh was his carer, from the moment he was diagnosed until he died. Josh looked after the medication, bathing his Dadeverything. Josh was just a teenager when all of this was going on. To cope with the responsibility and the trauma of watching his Dad dying, Josh began to use drugs. After his Dad died, Josh went to live with his Mum but that didn’t work out. There was family violence and he describes it as mayhem. Josh then ended up on the streets where he was cycling around and couch surfing and spent some time in crisis shelters. Josh is now connected with The Salvation Army Youth Outreach Service - Spring Hill for support and accommodation. He says drugs are out of the picture now and he’s getting on track. We'd love it if you'd share this post so that more people could know what the reality is for Josh and the other young people experiencing homelessness in our #30facesofhomelessness campaign. : Briony Masters Photographer

11.01.2022 Today is the day we celebrate 30 years of YOS! Join us from 10am to 2pm today at School St Spring Hill for a street party. See you then

11.01.2022 Just over 1 hour left to head down to U Matter Games which is part of Youth Week! New Farm Park is the place to go :) Don't forget to come and say hi to our crew who are participating too. Free food, sport and stalls. https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/whats-/event/u-matter-games

10.01.2022 YOS is turning 30!! Join us for a street party in celebration of the Salvation Army Youth Outreach Service helping young people overcome adversity & build independence for more than 30 years!!

10.01.2022 Krystle works at The Salvation Army Youth Outreach Service - Spring Hill, pictured here (L) with her client Amie (C) and colleague Michael (R). She believes al...l young people should automatically have access to the same opportunities, experiences and resources, including housing, regardless of their circumstances. The fact that they don’t drives me to keep working in this sector and keep advocating for the needs of young people. Krystle really believes in young people and their ability to achieve their goals and says she is constantly inspired by their resilience, humour, courage, resourcefulness and capacity to care, despite their circumstances. She knows the impact a positive relationship with youth workers can have in the life of a young person and is encouraged by this. Krystle describes how she came to do what she does like this: I started my career as a homelessness social worker, working predominantly with adult men experiencing long term primary homelessness. The majority of men I worked with had first experienced homelessness as an adolescent and I found this motivated me to move into the youth homelessness sector. Be a changemaker for homeless youth. Help us provide access to health and wellness services for young people by becoming a Joining Hands GiveBack Ambassador. Find out more here: http://joininghands.com.au/giveback-ambassador/ : Briony Masters Photographer #30facesofhomelessness

07.01.2022 National Volunteer Week is an annual celebration to acknowledge volunteers across Australia. TSA Youth Services would like to recognise our volunteers as integral to our mission - we couldn't do what we do without you. We thank you for your time, talent, skill and commitment, especially during these challenging times. Happy Volunteer Week! #changingcommunities #changinglives

05.01.2022 Come along and say hi to the YOS crew at Brisbane City Council's FREE Youth Week Event this Thursday. Live music, barbeques, skating plus more starting at 11am. Check it out!

01.01.2022 Simon is 20 and has experienced homelessness for the past 3 years. He says, I left home, as my mental health was affecting everything. I was reacting violentl...y as my family were very controlling and wouldn’t let me leave the house. They were trying to protect me from myself; I was self-harming and thinking about suicide. It was at 3am and dad asked me to leave so I left and was walking around and the cops recognised me and picked me up and told me to go home. From this point, Simon went from one shelter to another to another, spent some time at a residential mental health facility and stayed with his sister for a while. Simon’s experience is a reminder that homelessness isn’t just about sleeping on the streets, as he says its people who are staying with friends and who have nowhere else to go, people in shelters and transitional housing. Simon is part of something pretty special happening at the end of the month stay tuned! : Briony Masters Photographer #30facesofhomelessness