Tackling Youth
Homelessness Together
Our newest social enterprise cafe,
For Change Cafe, Bellfield is now open!
100% of donations are directed to our youth employment and training program.
We are a social enterprise with the vision of an Australia free from youth homelessness
Our Pathways For Change program, provides paid training and employment, working with young people who are experiencing homelessness to develop their workplace skills and build confidence as they work their way to adulthood. Our program is based on proven solutions to end the cycle of homelessness for young people.Â
Since July 2018 we have:
109
supported this number of young people out of the homelessness cycle
14,184
provided the above hours of paid employed training
$325,349
paid in award wages for our trainees
89%
of trainees transitioned to independent housing
82%
of trainees moved on to ongoing employment and/or education
5
venues hosting our trainees and program
We empower young people to break the homelessness cycle themselves.
Each trainee in our program will develop their workplace confidence and skills working across our family of social enterprises.
What We Do
At the end of the training program, over 90% of our graduates move on to meaningful employment or education.
Our evidence-based programs focus on the key impact pillars of housing, education, confidence, employment and community to break the homelessness cycle.
We connect our graduates with ongoing employment opportunities through our Open Shift employer network program.
How Can You Get Involved?
There are several ways in which you can make a contribution to support the work of For Change Co.:
Donate
Visit One Of
Our Cafes
Become An Open
Shift Partner
Book The Crepes
For Change
Food Truck
Follow Us On Instagram
- @forchangeco_
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