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Our clients, staff and partners are the people who make YFS what it is. These are their stories.

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Christopher John: Here for Logan – YFS’ commitment to its community 

YFS CEO Christopher John is focused on helping Logan residents withstand the cost-of-living and housing affordability crisis, advocating for more…
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Casey: Finding financial freedom

Casey’s financial journey has been shaped by relentless challenges. Her debt wasn’t simply the result of poor spending habits –…
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Logan Elders: Relationships built on deep listening

YFS’ decades-long partnership with Logan’s First Nations community began with Marlene Moore, a Wakka Wakka woman who helped embed the…
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Misiafa Fitisemanu: A people first approach

Misiafa Fitisemanu is a Senior Mentor with YFS’ Parent Pathways program, providing personalised assistance, guidance and financial support to parents…
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Shane Dillion: Delivering dignity through empathy

Shane Dillon spent five and a half years at YFS, where he helped shift disability support culture from sympathy-based to…
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塔丽娜:连接社区

After years of sleeping rough in Logan, Tarina found stability through YFS’ persistent, respectful Outreach support and secured housing with…
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Tony Sharp: Building pathways to sustainability

Tony Sharp founded Substation33 in 2012, after starting as a YFS youth social worker and recognising a lack of practical…
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Lillian: A new chapter

Lillian met her YFS Youth Development coaches after being referred to Youthlink in August 2023 by the Child and Youth…
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Melanie Evans: Maintaining the essence of YFS

Melanie Evans has spent almost 17 years at YFS, growing from a “jack of all trades” role into specialised work…
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Tammy: Steadfast support

For twenty years, YFS has supported Tammy and her family through addiction recovery, homelessness and domestic violence — and later…
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Sue Lannen: Bringing people together

Sue Lannen, YFS’ first Board President, spent a decade volunteering and using her negotiation skills as a union organiser to…
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Aimee McVeigh: Collaborations creating change

Aimee McVeigh, CEO of QCOSS, describes YFS as a longstanding, highly engaged member that has stood shoulder-to-shoulder on statewide campaigns…
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Simon Schmidtke: Joy in innovation

Simon Schmidtke, Lead Innovator at YFS’s social enterprise Substation33, has spent almost a decade turning e-waste into impactful projects like…
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Becky: Power of persistence

Becky started at YFS in reception nine years ago and worked her way through crisis response and housing roles to…
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Logan City Council: Relationships of change

Michelle Griffin, Community Development Program Leader at Logan City Council, describes YFS as the community’s “go-to service” — a trusted…
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Kirsty: Weaving kindness

Kirsty, YFS’s Co-location and Co-response Program Manager, leads a team of domestic and family violence specialists who partner with Queensland…
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Mick Devlin: The YFS origin story

Mick Devlin, a Christian Brother sent to Woodridge in 1983, helped found what became YFS by mobilising volunteer youth workers,…
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Roslynn Black: United in purpose

Roslynn Black, Social Impact and Engagement Manager at Hand Heart Pocket, partners with YFS on the Thriving Young Families Demonstration…
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Craig Smiley: Service through strategy

Craig Smiley, lawyer and past Chair of YFS’s Board, helped transform the organisation from a grassroots model into a strategically…
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Noeleen: Flying Free

Noeleen was contacted by YFS through the SHINE program (which provides domestic and family violence support) after a referral from…
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Joe: Support in the legal system

Joe, a Generalist Solicitor at YFS Legal, brings a unique path to law — from twenty years as a chef…
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Rosie Bell: An abundance of resilience

A highly respected and much loved Quandamooka woman, Rosie Bell joined YFS in 2009, working in the Burrabilly program providing…
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Cheryl: Opening new doors

After months of couch surfing and motel stays, Cheryl found stability through a YFS Ellen Whitty tenancy — which gave…
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Chris-Maree Sultmann: Building Capacity for Care

Chris-Maree Sultmann, Executive Director of Encompass Family & Community, partners with YFS to strengthen leadership and front-line capability across the…

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