:WHO WE AREYoungcare is a not-for-profit organisation creating choice and independence for young people with high care

needs by providing fully accessible and age-appropriate living spaces, grants for equipment, home modifications

and support through a national phone line.

Youngcare is creating a future where every young person has the freedom and choice to live the young lives we all deserve.

For 15 years, Youngcare has led the way across Australia in designing premium High Care Housing.

We have been fighting to make a difference in the lives of young people with high care needs and the

loved ones who care for them. Our fight continues.

THE ISSUESuitable and appropriate supported housing is one of the greatest areas of unmet need for people with disabilities

in Australia. Currently, there are 12,000 young people being left behind in aged care, hospital rooms, rehabilitation

centres – institutionalised accommodation – simply because there is nowhere else for them to go.

Youngcare is boldly tackling this national issue by acting as the conduit for industry, government and community to

work together to bring much-needed change to the disability housing sector.

Youngcare’s Grants programs bridge the gaps, by funding not only ‘reasonable and necessary’ disability items and

services but those that provide further choice, independence and quality of life for young people with high care needs.

We are committed to supporting young people’s choice to live young lives in quality housing. Youngcare’s building

program designs and develops age-appropriate housing solutions where young people with high care needs can live

young lives with choice, independence and dignity in their own homes.

WHAT WE DO - leading the change

Sinnamon Park Apartments - 2007Home to 16 young people

Coomera Apartments - 2012Home to 7 young people

Wooloowin Sharehouse - 2015Home to 4 young people

Albany Creek Apartments - 2017

Home to 11 young people

Townsvillecoming soon

Wooloowin Stage 2coming soon

North Lakescoming soon

Sydneycoming soon

North Queensland here we come

We love being a part of this community

Joining Brisbane’s trendy northern hub

An exciting venture awaits

LOOKING FORWARD

It is with renewed energy that we are leading much-needed change in the disability housing sector. With the insight and experience of the people we help firmly steering us, we are rallying change-makers across the country - industry, government and community - to shape a national solution.

TO FIND OUT MORE:

A free national information and support line which helps families navigate the maze of the healthcare system.

Youngcare is working with industry and government to inform and change policy in the disability sector. We are a vocal supporter of the NDIS and are working to ensure that appropriate SDA supports are in place to ensure the success of the scheme. We are also working with the Royal Commission to ensure that young people are recieving age-appropriate and dignified care. 32,340+ calls since 2010

YOUNGCARE CONNECT

NATIONAL THOUGHT LEADER

Youngcare’s grants programs are proudly funded by our incredible sponsors and are changing lives by providing funding for

equipment, home modifications and emergency respite care to enhance the quality of life for young people with high care needs

and their family and carers.

SINCE 2009:more than

$8,496,350has helped over

33,604 young people

Keeping young people at home with their families, and preventing new admissions to inappropriate housing

1,262 YOUNG PEOPLE EXITED OR AVOIDED

INAPPROPRIATE HOUSING

YOUNGCARE’S GRANTS

Living in aged care, I lost all sense of myself as an individual. It was

frustrating and demoralising. The difference between what my life was like in aged care and what it is like now, there are no words to be able to describe it. I am extremely grateful for my new place thanks to Youngcare.” Karina Dentice – Grant Recipient

Visit youngcare.com.auor search Youngcare on

75 St Pauls Terrace SPRING HILL QLD 4000

(07) 3041 3400

Young people with high care needs deserve the freedom to choose where they live, who they live with and how they live their lives, and it’s up to all of us to make sure that happens!