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A collective approach to food security

Food insecurity is a prevalent challenge faced by people experiencing homelessness and disadvantage who are often met with not knowing how and where their next meal might come from. The COVID-19 crisis exacerbated this dire reality for hundreds of Victorians across inner Melbourne.
Our latest Impact Report is available now!

This year we reflect on the enormous impact that Youth Projects continues to have in the wider community, and the thousands of life changing opportunities to young people and people at risk of, or experiencing homelessness. Read more in our latest Impact Report.
Daimon's Story

Daimon moved to Melbourne for a change of pace and improve his job prospects. But what ensued was beyond his wildest expectations…
Nurturing the next generation of Youth Workers

We recently teamed up with RMIT to provide students studying Youth Work to explore the sociological impacts on young people and facilitate practical change projects as part of their studies.

After dark on Melbourne's streets with a Night Nurse

"We have no fancy equipment or medication on us, not even a doctor. What we do have is a backpack filled with basic medical supplies, our collective experience as nurses and compassion."
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COVID-19 Update 01 July 2020

What does COVID-19 mean for any interactions you might have with Youth Projects. Current as at 01 July 2020.
The Good Life Podcast

Ben Vasiliou's journey through life has not been without challenges or vulnerability, but it has led to him becoming a passionate advocate for social justice. Listen to Ben's interview on The Good Life podcast.
Client Engagement Officer

Work at the heart of an organisation providing high impact support to young people and people experiencing homelessness.
Amber's Story

Amber needed someone who she could relate to and openly speak to about the challenges that she was experiencing. We didn't hesitate to invest time and energy building a connection with her to provide the support she needed.
OPINION | Last line of defence, front line of ending homelessness

We live in a first world country, yet we continue to accept homelessness as an intractable program that we would love to fix, if only we knew how. But, we do.
OPINION | A stark contrast of journeys through a broken system

It was in one exact moment that I saw so clearly just how differently the fork in the road can go; our childhoods bonded by circumstance, yet our journeys in such contrast. We know that homelessness can be solved, and I will not stop fighting to end homelessness.
Nurturing the next generation of Youth Workers

We recently teamed up with RMIT to provide students studying Youth Work to explore the sociological impacts on young people and facilitate practical change projects as part of their studies.
Youth Transitions Coach

Work at the heart of an organisation providing high impact support to young people and people experiencing homelessness.