Our fundraising and online donations have decreased by more than 72% since 2021! We need your help to continue our working with young Victorians living in aged care.
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Challenge yourself for Y-House this June! Whether you want to walk 100km or give up chocolate for a month, raise money to help us support the more than 3,500 young people living in aged care in Australia.#YHouseJuneChallenge
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We’re looking forward to the opportunity to work with Minister Shorten and his team in the future to continue advocating for young people living in aged care.
On 1/6/22 @billshortenmp was sworn in as the first ever dedicated minister for the NDIS. 🎉 Our Program coordinator Cain recently had an opportunity to chat to Minister Shorten (pre election) about our work at Y-House.
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Meet Jodie! Jodie was one of the very first recipients of our COVID-19 Support Packs and is active in our Y-Connect online Group. You can learn more about Jodie's story here: https://t.co/ggieErKMlO
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This September we celebrated 10 years of Y-House! We haven’t been able to celebrate exactly the way we would have liked (or at all), but we are grateful to reach this special milestone. #YHouse#10years
Introducing Y-Connect!
Y-Connect is a private Facebook group for young people living in aged care across Australia to connect & interact with each other.
If you're a young person living in aged care please join us!
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As of July 22nd new visitation restrictions have been imposed on all aged care homes across Victoria to help combat the spread of COVID-19.
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Our very first Y-Work Participant Nigel shares his defiant journey through aged care and how life has changed for him since the COVID-19 outbreak at his facility.
#YHouse#YWork#YPIRAC
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Before COVID-19, our Y-Work team were hosting weekly coaching sessions at Moran Aged Care with 'The Rebels'.
Here is Coach Kim explaining the importance of understanding your personal core values - what makes you, you!
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Learn about Fathema's journey with Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) and how it has completely revolutionised her lifestyle!
#NDIS#SDA#YPIRAC
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Many of the Young People living in Aged Care that we work with don’t have an electronic device. We want to provide the critical technology they need to access ongoing support throughout lockdown & beyond. Please help us!
Donations $2+ are tax deductible! https://t.co/6y0cgBtIdU
Meet Nigel, our first Y-Work Program Participant!
Before the COVID-19 outbreak, our program team and Nigel had a ‘boys day’ - complete with a power session of employment coaching 💪🏼. We can’t wait to get back to face to face sessions when it’s safe! #YWork#YPIRAC#BoysDay
It’s National Volunteer Week and we want to say a HUGE thank you to all of our fabulous Y-House volunteers! From our event volunteers to our committee members - we absolutely could not do what we do without you! #NationalVolunteerWeek#ChangingCommunitiesChangingLives#YHouse
Before COVID-19 our Y-Work team started working with young people living in aged care to foster meaningful employment opportunities. We love this photo of the team facilitating the first group session with ‘The Rebels’ at Moran Roxburgh Park Aged Care! #YHouse#YPIRAC#NDIS
Finally, due to the current social distancing recommendations sadly our 10th year anniversary ball has been cancelled. We know people were excited about this event, so we promise that as soon as we can safely have 300 ppl in a room together you'll be hearing from us! 5/6
During this time, our wonderful and flexible staff are working from home to ensure our programs continue to operate. We remain contactable via the usual email, phone and social media contacts. 4/6