Glebe Youth Service

• Reach:

  NSW

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Category:

  Not specified

Description

Glebe Youth Service (GYS) is a non-government youth service dedicated to the recreation and support of young people who live, work, study or play in the Glebe area in New South Wales (NSW). GYS is funded by the Department of Community Services and the City of Sydney, and runs a range of programs for young people aged 12-24 years.

The GYS programs' primarily target disadvantaged young people living on the Glebe Estate, the majority of whom are Aboriginal and tend to suffer the disadvantages of poor health, over-representation within the legal system, and other effects of entrenched racism. GYS runs the following programs to assist young people to deal with these matters and provide a safe, non-judgemental environment for their recreational needs:

• Drop in
• Casework
• Crisis intervention intake
• Girlzone
• Glebe re-engage education project
• After dark
• Young offender support
• NRMA mural painting
• Get real
• Video production project.

Contacts

Glebe Youth Service
84 Glebe Point Road
Glebe NSW 2037
Ph: (02) 9552 2873
Fax: (02) 9660 6434
Email:
colin@glebeyouth.org.au
keiran@glebeyouth.org.au
ainsley@glebeyouth.org.au

Links

• View website: Glebe Youth Service