SERVICE MESSAGE - IYC Young People, Families, Staff, Volunteers, Board, Student Placements and Community would like to give a big warm thank you to all who support IYC, not close the centre doors. It's with a heavy heart that IYC informs you that IYC closed its centre doors on March 1st 2024 at the location in Bundoora due to not being refunded by the government, IYC acknowledges and is grateful for the Federal Government grant to grow IYC with the centre in 2022. IYC campaigned to all tiers of government, did a fundraiser with events, went to media, had a petition, tried auspices and unfortunately could not raise enough funds to keep the centre operational. IYC will not close as a charity/service organisation and reflect to provide NDIS services, consulting work, information and referral, and program work that will be done on a smaller scale until IYC grows again and can do more and run a centre again. As the motto goes at IYC
"Believe and Create"
OUR PUBLISHED RESOURCES
EVIDENCE BASED
Innovation Youth Centre (IYC) strives to be evidence based in its approach towards its practice. We also have a transparent approach on what evidence we base ourselves on as an organisation. Using surveys and statistics sourced from our youth reference group and local census data, we create reports that give clarity on what organisational direction IYC should decide on. For more information on what these reports are, click on them on the right hand side of this page.
Innovation Youth Centre is a not-for-profit organization that services young people and the community. Through social entrepreneurship, IYC intends to create and collect funds to sustain service delivery. This will lead to growing a philanthropy service that gives back to young people and the community via service delivery, to address and fill community service gaps.
This model is informed by the Red ocean vs. Blue ocean approach. IYC intends to create and trial a blue ocean business approach of a united services monopoly in the community services sector by working together to address service gaps to create social change on a great scale. This is to avoid a red ocean business approach, where competing and sharing resources deters young people accessing a holistic service. Innovation Youth Centre is a free service for young people to use and be supported.
IYC SOCIAL STORY RESOURCE: EASY READ ABOUT IYC
A great resource for all people to easily read is an IYC social story that was developed by members of the IYC student placement team. It is designed to showcase what IYC has to offer and what you can expect on your visit to IYC.
COVID-19 RESOURCE: THE SURVIVE & THRIVE MANUAL
IYC developed a great survival self-help manual resource to help young people in lockdown for COVID 19 in Melbourne's North.
The manual has directories to other local services, social groups active who are active under COVID-19, contacts to local leaders, & boredom busters. It can be downloaded to a device for offline use. Click the pdf. document icon on the right to access and download the Survive & Thrive Manual.
MELBOURNE POLYTECHNIC CERT IV JUSTICE FOCUS GROUP CRIME AWARENESS REPORT
This report commissioned with Cert IV Youth Justice students from Melbourne Polytechnic details the crime awareness of the IYC youth reference group and the best practice of crime prevention with young people.
INNOVATION YOUTH CENTRE COMMUNITY CONSULTATION REPORT
This report is IYC's first survey of its Youth Reference Group members detailing common needs for a youth centre.
INNOVATION YOUTH CENTRE NDIS PARTICIPANT HANDBOOK
IYC NDIS participant handbook for service users to feel empowered and be informed about having control and choice when using IYC services.