After over four years of housing insecurity and experiencing homelessness, this year Lyn has secured a home via the Department of Housing and Public Works. In this video, Lyn generously shares her story with us, outlining the complex and challenging experience of sleeping rough. She explains what it is like Read more…
Youth Homelessness Matters Day is a national day to raise awareness for young people at risk of or experiencing homelessness. Spending time with Hailey, 20, profoundly underscores the importance of this day. We meet her on the eve of signing the lease for her own rental property; Hailey is buoyed Read more…
With the festive season not long behind us and the promise of a new year still in our grasp, we invite you to watch Pete’s story. After his rental property became unaffordable and followed shortly by a relationship breakdown, Pete spent two years sleeping rough in his car within the Read more…
In describing her favourite colour Jackie might have just given us a profound metaphor for her life so far. Knowing something wonderful exists, and whilst out of reach for the moment, envisaging herself in it all the same. Jackie has just graduated from Year 12 when we meet her, and Read more…
Laid-back, polite, good-natured, and open to the future, 20-year-old Omar* is like any young person you may know. He is ready for the world of crypto, AI, and whatever good fortune lies ahead. We meet Omar on his last day at Hargreaves House, inCommunity Connect’s crisis accommodation program for young Read more…
“One day you wake up and it’s now just me. I’m calling the shots, what do I want for myself? I had to move quick.” Ashlee, 20, reflects on the moment she decided to commence participating in inCommunity Connect’s programs when she was 16. At the time, she was a Read more…
InCommunity Connect Case Managers hit the road in the first part of this year, travelling from Far North Queensland to Victoria, meeting with fellow practitioners from other community organisations for the inCommunity Connect 2024 Study Tour. Our Case Managers rarely have the opportunity to step away from their on-the-ground work Read more…
Since May of this year, the One Bridge team of registered nurses has been working alongside Beddown and InCommunity Connect teams within the Ipswich community. Their impact has been incredible! Providing an invaluable medical service to people sleeping rough including through connections made via inCommunity Connect’s Assertive Outreach Team – Read more…
It’s always valuable to step out and be inspired by the work of other community service practitioners. In this case, learning about the impactful programs being delivered to the communities of the Fraser Coast Region. A great visit to the Hervey Bay Neighbourhood Centre. Thank you to Tanya and the HBNC Read more…
Building practical tenancy skills, confidence and developing broader life skills is key to the tenancy education courses delivered by the Tenancy Skills Institute, especially for young people embarking on their journey as tenants. Two residents of InCommunity Connect‘s Hargreaves House, Bailey and Tori, recently graduated from the Tenancy Skills Institute, so Read more…