Adult and Youth Support


At Wesley Mission Brisbane we offer a wide range of practical programs for vulnerable teens and young adults, encouraging them to be the change agents in their own life, and providing them with the support to achieve those changes.


Youth at Risk Alliance (YARA)

  •  provision of integrated and coordinated services for young people aged 10-17  years with complex needs and their families.

 

For further information about YARA please contact us:
Phone 07 5569 1800
Email: s.beacall@wmb.org.au


Youth Support Coordinators in Schools (YSC)

  •  helping students who are at risk of disengaging from school and offering individual as well as group work and activities that address specific needs within the school.

 

For further information about YSC please contact us:
Phone 07 5569 1810
Email: j.donoghoe@wmb.org.au

 

 

Expanded Horizons Program (EHP)

  • Supporting youth from Refugee and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds as well as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered (LGBT) youth.

 

For further information about EHP please contact us:
Phone 07 5569 1824
Email:   g.wallwork@wmb.org.au

 

Beenleigh Adult and Youth Service (BAYS) encompassing:

 

Eagleby Youth Space

  •  a fully operational Youth Centre in Eagleby.

 

Families around Beenleigh (FAB) 

  •  for families with children 
  •  an early intervention program to help families who are at risk of homelessness manage their finances.

 

 Gold Coast RESTART 

  •  primarily for young people disengaged from local high schools 
  •  a free 20 week flexible educational program 
  •  focusing on re-engaging with education or employment.

 

Logan Beenleigh Young Persons Project 

  •  for those eligible for intensive support (usually ages 12 to 25)
     - including young parents and their children and people with a mental illness
  •  ensuring participants have access to the right mix of services to get them where they want to be through the provision of personalised, case management and support.

 

Logan Youth Foyer Support Service

  • for young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and are on the social housing wait list (ages 16 to 25)
  • ensuring participants can obtain and maintain independent accommodation through learning independent living skills.

 

Pee Wees

  •  for ages 0 to 8 and their parents 
  •  teaching parents creative play 
  •  teaching parents to make a positive connection with their children.

 

Social and Economic Development Strategy (SEDS) 

  •  encouraging young people to participate in the future of their community.


Supporting those at Risk of Homelessness (STARH)

  •   for any person over 16 
  •   helping to prevent homelessness through early intervention.

Sustainable Tenancy Project

  •   helping individuals and families learn about tenancy rights and responsibilities 
  •   helping community agency staff become trained facilitators.


Youth and Community Combined Action (YACCA) 

  •   for ages 10 to 16 years 
  •   early intervention crime prevention program 
  •   group activities and individual support.

 

 Youth Housing 

  •   for ages 16 to 25 years 
  •   supported transitional housing assistance to enter the private rental market 
  •   four Beenleigh houses, three Southport Housing units and two Beenleigh units.

 

Young Parent Support System 

  •   antenatal and postnatal support for young people 
  •   pregnancy and parenting support for young people.



For further information about our BAYS services please contact us:
Phone 07 3287 1290
Email: k.clayton@wmb.org.au 

 

 

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