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The Friday Feed is back!

The return of Brophy’s popular Friday Feed will give participants the chance to reconnect with friends over a free meal. The community program, which will re-start from May 27 after a two-year break due to COVID-19, will kick off at 10am and go through to 1pm....

‘Clear call to end discrimination’

  Brophy Family and Youth Services chief executive Francis Broekman says IDAHOBIT Day is a celebration of inclusion but also a “very clear call” to end LGBTQIA+ discrimination. Mr Broekman spoke as a rainbow flag was raised by Warrnambool City Council...

Brophy urges communities to take care

Brophy Family and Youth Services is encouraging south-west people affected by recent debate over transgender, gender diverse and non-binary inclusion to take extra care, swipe with caution online, and reach out to friends and supports. The transgender, gender diverse...

Practicing what WE preach

Every day in DARE the Youth Specialist AoD Program team challenge young people to try new things and get outside of their comfort zone, so Youth Specialist AoD Practitioner Peta Finnegan thought it might be time for the team to practice what they preach. ‘Getting...

Youth Inspired e Mag to celebrate headspace Day

A youth inspired e-mag has landed in support of headspace Day 2021! headspace day is a national day of support for the mental health and wellbeing of all young Australians and celebrated in the month of October along side Mental Health Week. With this year’s...

WE ARE STOKED!

‘Surfing lets me escape from reality’ (Bella – participant) An idea born from a conversation in the middle of the ocean one morning between two friends filling in the COVID19 lockdown hours, Brophy’s first STOKED surf therapy program has delivered more than the...