Taldumande Youth Services is a
youth homelessness
Youth homelessness is the problem of homelessness or housing insecurity amongst young people around the globe, extending beyond the absence of physical housing in most definitions and capturing familial instability, poor housing conditions, or ...
service in
New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...
,
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
, founded in 1976.
["About Us."]
Taldumande Youth Services. Accessed 28 May 2015.
"Taldumande" is an Aboriginal word meaning "refuge."
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Founding of Yfoundations
In 1976, Taldumande along with Young People's Refuge
Detour House is a non-profit organisation servicing homeless and other at-risk girls and women, based in Sydney, Australia. Detour House also incorporates The Girls Refuge (formerly Young People's Refuge), a crisis accommodation service for homeles ...
and Caretakers Cottage
Caretakers Cottage is an Australian non-profit, non-governmental organisation based in Sydney assisting children and young adults facing homelessness. Caretakers Cottage is funded by the New South Wales Department of Communities and Justice to ...
, and other early NSW youth refuges, founded Yfoundations
Yfoundations is the peak organisation for youth homelessness services in New South Wales, Australia.
Founding
Yfoundations was founded in 1979 by 18 youth homelessness services in New South Wales. The organisation was initially called Youth Ref ...
, a peak body organisation, to represent youth refuges to government.[Coffey, Michael]
"What Ever Happened to the Revolution? Activism and the Early Days of Youth Refuges in NSW."
''Parity''. Volume 19, Issue 10. Another Country: Histories of Homelessness. Council to Homeless Persons. (2006): 23-25.[Coffey, Michael. "What Ever Happened to the (R)evolution?: Take 2 Revisiting Activism and the Early Days of Youth Refuges in NSW." ''Undercurrent'' No. 1. (2008): 5-12.]
Going Home Staying Home
Following the NSW Government's "Going Home Staying Home" reforms to the homelessness sector, Taldumande Youth Services joined a partnership with Mission Australia
Mission Australia is a national Christian charity that provides a range of community services throughout Australia. It has its roots in the Brisbane sector of The British and Foreign Bible Society’s sub-committee, The Colporteur Society (1869), ...
and contracted with the state to provide services in the northern Sydney region. Following the reforms, Taldumande expanded its service.[Cross, Julie]
"Home sweet home: Bunnings staff fit kitchen for homeless kids."
''Manly Daily'', January 14, 2015.
See also
* Homelessness in Australia
Homelessness in Australia is a social issue concerning the number of people in Australia that are considered to be homeless. There are no internationally agreed upon definitions of homelessness, making it difficult to compare levels of homelessn ...
* Youth Homelessness Matters Day
Youth Homelessness Matters Day (YHMD), according to the National Youth Coalition for Housing the 2018 Youth Homelessness Matters day was held on 18 April 2018. YHMD is an annual day which seeks to highlight the issue of youth homelessness in Austr ...
References
External links
Taldumande Youth Services official website
Homelessness in Australia
Homelessness organizations
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