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FOYER FOUNDATION – ANNUAL REPORT 2018 1 | 44 FOYER FOUNDATION – ANNUAL REPORT 2018 FOYER FOUNDATION – ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Board Chair Report 2 Our People 22 Our Vision 3 Our Network 24 Partnership with BSL 4 Donor Profiles 26 Our Purpose 8 Our Residents 31 About Foyer 9 Financial Summary 32 Key Statistics 10 Our Board 34 2017 Conference 12 Governance 40 Our Achievements 14 Thank You 42 National Campaign 17 How you can help 43 1 | 44 FOYER FOUNDATION – ANNUAL REPORT 2018 FOYER FOUNDATION – ANNUAL REPORT 2018 2017 – 2018 marked the 10th year of the Our Vision is for all young people formation of the Foyer Foundation in in Australia have the opportunity to Australia. fulfill their potential. BOARD CHAIR REPORT There can be little debate that this 10th the organisation into the future. Finally, I wish to acknowledge Jane year has seen transformative change for It is fundamental to us that we link our Slowey who passed away last October. the organisation. national community of practice with our Jane was the long-standing CEO of the national Foyer accreditation process. Foyer Federation in the UK, a former In August 2017, four organisations, Foyer Foundation Board member and an including the Brotherhood of St We want to be a true learning individual who contributed enormously Laurence, Launch Housing, Anglicare WA organisation. We want local organisations to the creation of the Foyer Foundation and the Grant Family Charitable Trust that operate Foyers to contribute to a in Australia. We remember her very took the critical step to back our working national standards framework for Foyers, fondly in Australia for her wisdom, her capital needs for the next two years. and to the ongoing improvement of those generosity and her professionalism. This funding has enabled us to employ standards. Always in the interests of Vale Jane. our first Executive Officer, to launch a better outcomes for young people. subscription service for those across Keith Bryant, Chair, Foyer Foundation the country who operate or want to At our national conference in Sydney Board operate a Foyer, and to deliver a useful, last October we announced our target well-organised conference in Sydney in of having 30 accredited Foyers in October 2017. Australia by 2030. At that Conference, we presented the first accreditation We have kept true through the changes certificates for five Foyers from across in the last year to our strong conviction the country. One year on, we believe we to define a new way of doing ‘peak’ are on track to reach that target in 2030. organisations. We style ourselves a networking agency. The majority of our My sincere thanks to many long-standing operating income in future will come Board members who left the Board in the from private or philanthropic sources last 12 months – Wendy Malycha (SA), whose interest is to ensure, like the Tony Saint (SA), Peter Hughes (ACT) Board that we exist only to help deliver and Dave Chesterton (UK). And I am better outcomes for young Australians. very pleased to welcome to the Foyer Foundation Board our new colleagues We have progressed that ability to Michelle Hoad (WA), Peter Kingston help significantly in the last year – we (NSW), Dayna Field (QLD), Gerrie Mitra have designed a national community of (SA) and Jenny Samms (VIC). We are a practice, we are preparing a national well-balanced skills-based Board. Foyer advocacy strategy and we are building a fundraising capability to sustain 2 | 44 3 | 44 FOYER FOUNDATION – ANNUAL REPORT 2018 FOYER FOUNDATION – ANNUAL REPORT 2018 In September 2017, the Foyer “ Over the next five years, the Foundation signed an important partnership will drive the growth partnership agreement with the of Youth Foyers across Australia.” Brotherhood of St Laurence (BSL). This KEITH BRYANT, Chair, Foyer Foundation Board partnership enables the Foundation to expand the Foyer concept to new communities across the nation and tap into the extensive knowledge, service development and research expertise of the BSL. 4 | 44 5 | 44 FOYER FOUNDATION – ANNUAL REPORT 2018 FOYER FOUNDATION – ANNUAL REPORT 2018 6 | 44 7 | 44 FOYER FOUNDATION – ANNUAL REPORT 2018 FOYER FOUNDATION – ANNUAL REPORT 2018 The Foyer Foundation is a national A Youth Foyer is much more than a learning and advocacy body driving supported accommodation facility, a campaign for reform, which invests more than a welfare program. in the talents, capabilities and aspirations of young people experiencing homelessness to enable them to thrive. We focus on practice, THE NEED research and policy in order to drive Young people experience homelessness dependence. For young people who are for a variety of reasons including leaving unable to rely on family support in this care, exiting the youth justice system and critical developmental stage, Foyers systemic change. also because of issues such as family provide the time, personalised attention, conflict and breakdown, family violence, mentoring, coaching and access to personal and/or familial mental health opportunities needed to lead fulfilling, issues and personal and/or familial independent and productive lives. While drug and/or alcohol use. In the last there are programs in both the education ABS Census (2016), it was estimated and homelessness sectors that seek REDUCE THE NUMBER OF YOUNG that 27,780 young people aged 12–24 to support young people experiencing were homeless on Census night. This disadvantage with their education or PEOPLE CYCLING THROUGH THE figure includes young people who are accommodation across Australia, there forced to sleep rough in our cities, are almost no fully integrated service HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS suburbs and regional areas, those in models focused on education and SYSTEM crisis accommodation or ‘couch surfing’. employment outcomes. A young person accommodated in a Foyer accesses stable housing for up to WHAT ARE two years while agreeing to study and/or YOUTH FOYERS work and take up other learning and personal growth opportunities. This ‘deal’ is central to the success of the model. INCREASE THE NUMBER OF YOUNG Foyers are integrated learning and At heart, the Foyer model is based on accommodation settings for young the life-changing proposition that the OUR AIMS PEOPLE COMPLETING EDUCATION people, typically aged 16 – 24 years, most constructive thing we can do for QUALIFICATIONS who are at risk of or experiencing young people is to ensure they become homelessness. Utilising an ‘Advantaged educated, employable and empowered so Thinking’ approach, Foyers seek to tap they can build better lives for themselves, into the goals and ambitions of young and achieve genuine independence. people and nurture their talents while Foyers around the world have building skills for life. demonstrated positive outcomes in terms of improved educational attainment, Foyers are a point in time service that increased employment opportunities enables young people in transition to and better housing outcomes for young develop and achieve educational and people experiencing homelessness. INCREASE THE NUMBER OF YOUNG employment pathways, exiting in a PEOPLE PRODUCTIVELY EMPLOYED sustainable way from welfare and service 8 | 44 9 | 44 FOYER FOUNDATION – ANNUAL REPORT 2018 FOYER FOUNDATION – ANNUAL REPORT 2018 59,602 young people supported by The standard model of transitional Specialist Homelessness Services (SHS) housing was having only a marginal in 2016 – 2017 (up 7% from last census). impact on young people’s economic participation – far lower than the foyer like services. 27,680 4,900 Homeless young people aged between 12-24 years on Aged between 12 -24 year olds were staying in Specialist Census night (August 2016) Homelessness Services (SHS) provided accommodation on Census night (August 2016) 22.3% 26% 31% Increase in the number of support Increase in youth homelessness Young people exiting transitional periods in 2016 – 17 (104,103) aged between 12 – 24 year olds (from housing to other Specialist 21,943 in 2006 to 27,680 in 2016) Homelessness Services (SHS) short term temporary accommodation settings 10 | 44 11 | 44 FOYER FOUNDATION – ANNUAL REPORT 2018 FOYER FOUNDATION – ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Over 100 participated in the conference, including 15 young residents from Foyers from 4 states. We had representation from 12 Foyers from around Australia. THE 2017 NATIONAL FOYER CONFERENCE The Foundation hosted a national We made some important announcements All agreed that the highlight of the conference in Sydney in late October at the Conference: most notable was program was a presentation by the 2017. Held over a day and a half at the the Foyer Foundation Partnership with young Foyer residents that concluded the Coogee Bay Hotel on one of Sydney’s the Brotherhood of St Laurence. Along Conference. We asked them to address beautiful beaches, it proved a great with 4 other investors, this provided what they love about their Foyer (six success, where all who attended were much-needed working capital for the Foyers sent in videos) and what young stimulated and enjoyed building and Foyer Foundation for the upcoming two people need now and next. What followed refreshing connections from the Foyer years; we announced our plans for a was both inspiring and entertaining. movement across the continent. service subscription offering for those who operate or want to operate youth The Conference concluded with a dinner We had representatives from Foyers; and we announced the Foyer where Certificates were presented to the Government, philanthropy, and groups Foundation’s vision of 30 accredited 5 newly accredited Foyers – Southern and people that wanted to have a youth Foyers to be built and operating in Youth Foyer Project (NSW); Foyer Oxford Foyer in their community. We had a very Australia by 2030. (WA); Broadmeadows and Glen Waverley special session on day 2 exclusively for Education First Youth Foyers (Vic); and Education, Housing and Employment Over the two days, conference attendees Ladder Port Adelaide Foyer (SA).