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Foyer Foundation Working together with the growing Foyer Network to end youth homelessness and unlock thriving futures for young people.

🎉 ICYMI: South Australia is getting a second Youth Foyer!The Whyalla Foyer will give young people aged 16-24 a place to ...
21/10/2026

🎉 ICYMI: South Australia is getting a second Youth Foyer!

The Whyalla Foyer will give young people aged 16-24 a place to live, learn and grow, with 20 units, on-site support, and school, TAFE and uni all just a walk away.

Foyer Ambassador and former Port Adelaide Foyer resident Sienna Sedgmen knows first hand the impact that Youth Foyer has:

“Before Foyer, I often felt like a hot potato, passed between crisis services... The Whyalla Foyer will offer young people something fundamentally different: the time, stability and consistent support to work through that complexity, instead of starting over with every new service.”

With almost 4,000 young South Australians seeking homelessness support last year, this couldn’t come at a better time.

Congratulations to Mission Australia, Cornerstone Housing Inc. and Housing Australia for making this happen through the Housing Australia Future Fund and thanks to the SA FoyerInvest Working Group, led by Nicole Chaplin, who have campaigned tirelessly for more Youth Foyers in SA. This is a big win for young people in regional SA!

https://foyer.org.au/youth-foyer-for-whyalla/

A is a launchpad to independence 🚀 For young people aged 16-24 facing homelessness, it offers up to two years of safe ...
07/10/2026

A is a launchpad to independence 🚀

For young people aged 16-24 facing homelessness, it offers up to two years of safe housing and 1:1 coaching in exchange for a commitment to their education and career.

The result? 80% exit into permanent housing, work, or study, and 87% leave confident in reaching their life goals.

KD put it simply: “Through Foyer I found structure, mentorship, accountability and opportunity. Most importantly, I found a safe environment where my dreams actually mattered.”

Got $2? That’s all it takes to support the Foyer movement and enter the People First draw ➡️ link in our bio!

05/10/2026

“I left ready to take on the world beyond Foyer.”

Caitlyn moved into the Shepparton Education First Youth Foyer in 2016, and lived there for a year and nine months. She finished her VCE, got accepted to uni and started working during that time.

Almost 10 years since she left the Foyer, Caitlyn says that for her it was so much more than a safe place to live, it was a life changing experience.

Every young Victorian facing homelessness deserves that same opportunity.

The Victorian FoyerInvest Working Group is calling on decision-makers to fund six new Youth Foyers across Victoria, creating life-changing support for 1,600 more young Victorians 🚀

Join the Foyer movement at foyer.org.au

01/10/2026

A safe place to live is critical, but young people need more than a roof to build an independent future. Beautifully put Caitlyn! 👏👏👏

Wesley Mission Queensland

"Young people don't want to work." We hear it all the time. Our data tells a different story.When we surveyed young peop...
29/09/2026

"Young people don't want to work." We hear it all the time. Our data tells a different story.

When we surveyed young people in Youth Foyers:
✅ 90% already know the field they want to work in - community services, health, education and trades
✅ 9 in 10 want substantial, ongoing work:
✅ 52% of those already working want more hours but can't get them - double the rate for young people nationally
✅ Every single one had heard of training pathways that could help get them work ready.

So what's actually standing in the way? Practical stuff:
🚌 Transport and travel costs
👕 Work clothes and equipment
📋 Pre-employment checks
💸 Study costs, burnout and low pay

Youth Foyers already get great employment outcomes but if we can overcome some remaining barriers, we think results can be even stronger.

Together with YCareers, and backed by the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation, we’re designing a pilot to connect young people in Foyers to the jobs of the future with employers who understand how to help them succeed.

📸 Snapshots from our recent workshop with Y Careers, VFFF and employers including ANZ and Coles.

Every young person deserves a safe place to call home and a real shot at an independent future. But right now, 40,000 yo...
22/09/2026

Every young person deserves a safe place to call home and a real shot at an independent future. But right now, 40,000 young Australians face homelessness each year.

Youth Foyers are a key part of the solution. This month, you can help us grow the impact of the Foyer movement for just $2.

100% of every ticket bought through our People First Bank Foundation goes directly toward our mission to connect, strengthen, and grow quality Youth Foyers nationwide. 💪

Swipe through to see why it matters ⬇

Get your ticket at this 🔗 https://www.communitylottery.com.au/products/foyer-foundation

$300 million in new grant funding has just been unlocked by the Commonwealth Government to fast-track 500+ homes for you...
14/09/2026

$300 million in new grant funding has just been unlocked by the Commonwealth Government to fast-track 500+ homes for young people facing homelessness and families escaping domestic violence. 🏠✨

This money will fund projects with proposals already lodged with the Housing Australia Future Fund's Crisis and Transitional Program, including Youth Foyers and other supported housing models.

Sienna, Foyer Ambassador and former Port Adelaide Foyer resident shared what this investment meant to her in Canberra this morning…

“A Foyer gave me more than a place to live, it gave me somewhere to begin. That’s what this investment will give to someone else.”

We're proud to have stood alongside government, sector partners, the Home Time campaign, and young leaders with lived experience to push for this moment. 🙌

Read more about the announcement 🔗 https://foyer.org.au/additional-300-million-to-fast-track-500-new-homes-for-young-people-facing-homelessness/

“I’m no longer surviving the world, but finally living in it.”KD, Foyer Ambassador and current Foyer Central resident wa...
19/08/2026

“I’m no longer surviving the world, but finally living in it.”

KD, Foyer Ambassador and current Foyer Central resident was at the Woden Education First Youth Foyer today with Co-CEO, Corin Moffatt as the Albanese Government committed $300 million to 520 homes for young Australians facing homelessness - including new Youth Foyers.

Young people experience the highest rate of homelessness of any age group in our country. These young people need options, from crisis accommodation to longer term options like Youth Foyers that support them at every stage of their journey - and today’s announcement acknowledges this.

Today came from young people with lived experience, communities, service providers and government working together - with young people like KD trusted to shape the solutions.

"If I've been able to turn things around just by being trusted and having support alongside me on the journey, imagine the other 40,000 young people who could do that as well."

📸 Foyer Ambassador, KD, with Federal Minister for Housing and Homelessness, Clare O'Neil.

More details here 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gF_Bb7ki

Preparing to build or run a Youth Foyer? Skip the guesswork 🚀Join the Youth Foyer Masterclass - a hands-on, in-person se...
21/07/2026

Preparing to build or run a Youth Foyer? Skip the guesswork 🚀

Join the Youth Foyer Masterclass - a hands-on, in-person session with practitioners and residents from the Townsville and Gold Coast Foyers, plus Foyer Foundation practice experts.

You'll cover:
🔹 Day-to-day Foyer operations
🔹 Structuring your staffing team
🔹 Connecting delivery back to the Foyer approach
🔹 What quality looks like: young people's voices, culturally strong pathways and partnerships

PLUS a 60-minute tour of the working Gold Coast Foyer with time to ask your questions face to face 🎉

📍 Southport, QLD
🗓️ 26 August
🎟️ $200 per ticket excl. GST

Spots are limited so register quick 🔗 https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/youth-foyer-masterclass-building-and-operating-for-impact-tickets-1993300996940?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

21/07/2026

Shepparton Education First Youth Foyer is celebrating 10 years of rewriting young people’s stories.

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