Taldumande Youth Services

Taldumande Youth Services is a youth homelessness service in New South Wales, Australia, founded in 1976.[1]

"Taldumande" is an Aboriginal word meaning "refuge."[1]

Founding of Yfoundations

In 1976, Taldumande along with Young People's Refuge and Caretakers Cottage, and other early NSW youth refuges, founded Yfoundations, a peak body organisation, to represent youth refuges to government.[2][3]

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 and contracted with the state to provide services in the northern Sydney region.[4] Following the reforms, Taldumande expanded its service.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "About Us." Taldumande Youth Services. Accessed 28 May 2015.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Charity lunch to assist youth homelessness." Stationary News 2 November 2015.
  5. ^ Cross, Julie. "Home sweet home: Bunnings staff fit kitchen for homeless kids." Manly Daily, January 14, 2015.