MEDIA RELEASE - 2 September 2020COVID-19 might be creating headaches about money, but a local service is answering the call for help.Financial capability workers from YFS are now at Yarrabilba…
By Stacey Whitlock, JIMBOOMBA TIMES | AUGUST 12 2020 - 4:30PM AT the height of the coronavirus pandemic in April, Kingston's Substation33 undertook a new challenge: to rebuild second-hand computers…
Local government can play an important role in preventing and responding to homelessness. In the leadup to the Council elections in late March we have joined with our friends at…
From 4pm Saturday 31 July to 4pm Tuesday 3 August 2021, people in South-East Queensland are required to stay at home except for essential reasons. This includes people living and…
YFS recently launched an evaluation of our Thriving Families demonstration project during an event hosted by the Community Services Industry Alliance. Thriving Families was a YFS-funded trial of an integrated…
The ABC recently profiled YFS initiative Spark employment mentoring. Our Spark employment mentor takes very practical action to help people increase their income so they can maintain or gain stable…
YFS is calling on the Queensland Government to address the state’s housing crisis. There are 47,036 Queenslanders on the state’s social housing register, a number significant enough that it would…
Peer educators from our R4Respect initiative recently partnered with RizeUp and Storybooq Animations & Design to work on an four-part animation series that explains sexual consent in terms young children…
We’re using the new Check In Qld app to help keep you COVID safe the next time you visit. All you need to do is: visit www.covid19.qld.gov.au/check-in-qld for links to…
ABC News website, Sunday 11 April 2021 ABC TV 7pm Queensland news, Sunday 11 April 2021 (starts at 12 minutes 22 seconds) Queensland domestic violence services warn there could be a…
Yarrabilba Bulletin | April 2021 Sadly, elder abuse is common and it’s often not reported in the media. The team at Logan’s community legal centre YFS Legal say this form…
Coronavirus pandemic to poverty pandemic Revised JobSeeker payments will impact family budgets, leave people homeless, advocates say - ABC News YFS is bracing for the impacts of the reduction in…
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…