YFS emergency support during the lockdown
Everyone in the greater Brisbane area will go into lockdown from 5pm, Monday 29 March 2021. This includes people living and working in Logan City. Please don’t panic buy. Shops will remain open. Everyone can get food and other emergency supplies such as medication. During the lockdown, we will provide essential services face-to-face, upholding all […]
Telling how to be a ‘man’
My City Logan | 26 March 2021 One of the young men behind a Logan-based service encouraging men and boys to change their attitudes towards consent and respectful relationships has joined the Queensland Government’s Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Council. YFS Men4Respect coordinator Andrew Taukolo recently took part in the council’s first meeting for 2021, […]
Teaching consent to children: ‘The joke is where it starts and rape is where it ends’ | The Guardian Australia
R4Respect program coordinator Rachael Pascua offers an important young person’s insight in an opinion piece that ran in The Guardian Australia of 21 March 2021. The piece is Teaching consent to children: ‘The joke is where it starts and rape is where it ends’. Rachael warns if consent conversations don’t happen at home, children will learn elsewhere. “We […]
PNG students access digital learning for first time thanks to Queensland e-waste recycling charity | ABC News
By Jessica Stewart, ABC Reporter | Friday 19 March 2021 Some 18,000 students in Papua New Guinea are set to access e-learning for the first time after a Queensland organisation recycled 300 electronic devices out of discarded e-waste. Townsville-based charity LiteHaus International has teamed up with e-waste recycling plant Substation 33, based in Logan, south […]
Logan’s Men4Respect joins the Queensland Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Council
One of the young men behind a Logan-based service championing young men and boys to change their attitudes towards consent and respectful relationships has joined the Queensland Government’s Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Council. YFS Men4Respect Coordinator Andrew Taukolo recently took part in the council’s first meeting for 2021, joining other Council members in aiming […]
School boys taught about gender equality, masculinity | ABC News
https://youtu.be/kwln9ghj7CUAndrew Taukolo, coordinator for the Men4Respect program with YFS says the program teaches male empowerment to equip young boys with the skills to identify and change toxic traits.
ABC Radio National’s breakfast program turns to YFS Men4Respect
This morning’s ABC Radio National breakfast program relied on YFS’ Men4Respect coordinator Andrew Taukolo for an insight into boys and young men’s attitudes towards consent and respectful relationships. Andrew challenged the belief that programs targeting young men need to redefine masculinity. Rather, Andrew says young men need to reclaim masculinity – the positive and respectful […]
Queensland entrepreneurs use old laptop batteries to help combat global energy crisis among poverty-stricken families | ABC News
By Jessica Stewart, ABC News A Queensland social enterprise is turning electronic trash into a global treasure, repurposing old laptop batteries to create a solar-powered solution for poverty-stricken families across the world. It all began three-and-a-half years ago, at a start-up weekend at Substation 33 — an e-waste recycling facility in Kingston, south of Brisbane. […]
JobSeeker payment to rise by $25 per week and increase recipient obligations | ABC News
ABC TV 7pm news bulletins in all Australian states have run a story featuring YFS CEO Cath Bartolo, about the new JobSeeker rate. The story was the lead story in the Sydney/NSW edition, the second story in the Brisbane/Queensland edition and the third or fourth story in other states. Ms Bartolo talked about the impact […]
Be energy wise: Save money with these air conditioner tips
You can save money by making some simple changes to the way you use your air conditioner. In this video, our home energy worker Rose offers some expert tips. If you want to cool your home, select the cooling setting. Set it to 24 or 25 C. For every 1 C below, it will cost […]