Barnardos Australia is one of Australia’s leading child protection charities, committed to assisting and working with parents and children in preventing and providing care for victims of domestic abuse; whilst building community knowledge around issues that are faced by disadvantaged children and families.
The organisation tackles these issues through a variety of avenues; such as foster care, family and youth services, adoption, as well as tailoring services and programmes for adolescents in need.
The work of Barnardos Australia predominantly manages entry into care and the prevention of abuse, paired with the statistic that over a quarter of Australia’s homeless being made up of those aged 12 to 24 years ("A Snapshot Of Australia 's Young …show more content…
Host a ‘rough out’ across NSW and ACT high schools and universities, whereby students are encouraged (under the supervision of teachers and parent volunteers) to sleep overnight and outside (weather permitting) at their school. This event will attempt to remove negative stigma held towards teen homelessness, as well as raise funds for the issue. o Contact schools and universities and send an information packet on teen homelessness. o Provide kits to participating high schools and universities which will include relevant videos to watch on the ‘rough out’ night; sponsor/pledging booklets for participating students, as well as advice on how to increase donations on the night and how to run the event. o Have an updated meter that updates how much money has been raised by schools across NSW and the ACT. o Provide certificates saying “I roughed it out for teen homelessness” to the schools to give out to the students that participated.
Create a micro-site which will specifically cater towards teen homelessness, where there will be information on the issue, hotline numbers and emails; and a ‘parents’ section on how to combat teen homelessness and help teens, as well as information on fostering and adopting
The organisation tackles these issues through a variety of avenues; such as foster care, family and youth services, adoption, as well as tailoring services and programmes for adolescents in need.
The work of Barnardos Australia predominantly manages entry into care and the prevention of abuse, paired with the statistic that over a quarter of Australia’s homeless being made up of those aged 12 to 24 years ("A Snapshot Of Australia 's Young …show more content…
Host a ‘rough out’ across NSW and ACT high schools and universities, whereby students are encouraged (under the supervision of teachers and parent volunteers) to sleep overnight and outside (weather permitting) at their school. This event will attempt to remove negative stigma held towards teen homelessness, as well as raise funds for the issue. o Contact schools and universities and send an information packet on teen homelessness. o Provide kits to participating high schools and universities which will include relevant videos to watch on the ‘rough out’ night; sponsor/pledging booklets for participating students, as well as advice on how to increase donations on the night and how to run the event. o Have an updated meter that updates how much money has been raised by schools across NSW and the ACT. o Provide certificates saying “I roughed it out for teen homelessness” to the schools to give out to the students that participated.
Create a micro-site which will specifically cater towards teen homelessness, where there will be information on the issue, hotline numbers and emails; and a ‘parents’ section on how to combat teen homelessness and help teens, as well as information on fostering and adopting