yourtown is a public company limited by guarantee that has been changing and saving lives since 1961. An icon in our community, yourtown aims to help young people right across Australia have the ability to tackle whatever life throws at them. yourtown is a faith-based organisation with a guiding set of values which unite a team of more than 750 staff nationally, all who believe in the unique strengths of young people and seek to support them create the path they want for themselves.

Arguably most well-known for its Kids Helpline service – Australia’s only 24×7 professional counselling and support service for children and young people – yourtown’s service offering extends to include:

• Provision of mental health and wellbeing support.
• Providing refuge, transitional housing and broader support for women and their children experiencing domestic and family violence.
• Support for parents and carers, including refuge support for at risk young parents and their children.
• Providing support for young people at risk of long-term unemployment, including a range of social enterprises.

Services are designed and continually updated to ensure that they are best placed to meet the wants and needs of children and young people. In addition to direct service delivery, yourtown uses its extensive data sets to engage in advocacy to ensure that the voices of young people are heard and considered.

yourtown has a diverse funding base, which includes:

• Conduct of yourtown charitable art unions
• Donor and bequest programs
• Corporate and community partners
• Government/s