Drummond Street Services

Since July 2009 a partnership with City of Melbourne has seen us connect with, have fun and support young people aged 12 to 25 who live, work, study or have strong connections to Carlton and Parkville. From July 1st 2018 our reach and responsibilities grew- we became the municipal wide youth service in the City of Melbourne expanding our reach into new geographic areas and communities including in Kensington, North Melbourne and the CBD. Excitingly, since July 2017 we have also been working in partnership with City of Yarra for the delivery of our Youth Peer Leader program and other activities young people aged 8 to 21 who live on the Richmond and Collingwood Estates. To augment this work we seek funding from state, commonwealth and philanthropic to respond to the needs of local young people and their families. As of July 2018 we are funded by the Victorian State Government for the development of a resource for queer and transgender young people of Color (with a HEY Grant), the Only in the Fam Project (with Engage Funding), (in)visible (with VMC funding) & VoiceFest (FreeZa funding). The drum is situated within drummond street services (ds), a leading community and family mental health and wellbeing service provider. Our work seeks to be; inclusive, supportive and to provide safe and affirmative spaces for young people to connect. We collaborate with young people to design and deliver opportunities that enable them to connect with one another, their families and the wider community. We know this is crucial, as these years are an important time for a young person. For this reason the drum works to provide pathways to assistance if young people need it. We can then supporting a young person to for example, stay connected to education or explore different education, training or employment pathway. Other examples include supporting a young person with their social or family life, or to realise their personal aspirations with counselling or case support. The drum creates opportunities to amplify the views and ...