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Beyond Youth Homelessness Podcast
Beyond Youth Homelessness: Conversations that matter is a Podcast hosted and produced by grassroots organisation, Project Youth. Project Youth is working towards a future where youth homelessness doesn't exist. This podcast is hosted by one of our Practice Leads, Matt, who sits down with young people to hear their stories of lived experiences of homelessness and disadvantage. We believe that telling stories is one of the most powerful ways we can communicate, share history and culture, create influence, drive change, advocate, teach, inspire, evoke emotion, provide context and connect people. Storytelling forges connections among people, and between people and ideas. Thank you for taking the time to listen to these stories, allowing them to shape and challenge your views, and joining us on our journey to end youth homelessness.
Episodes
13 episodes
Beyond Youth Homelessness - Jack
In this episode of Beyond Homelessness: Conversations That Matter, we meet Jack, a lived experience peer worker at Project Youth, whose story explores what it means to search for a sense of home beyond just physical space.Growing up in c...
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Beyond Youth Homelessness - Aries
In this episode of Beyond Youth Homelessness: Conversations That Matter, we meet Aries, who shares her experience of entering the housing system at just 16 and navigating crisis, medium-term and transitional housing.Through her story, Ar...
Beyond Youth Homelessness - Shaun
In this episode of Beyond Homelessness: Conversations That Matter, we meet Shaun, who shares his lived experience of youth homelessness and the journey that followed. Through his story, we explore what happens when young people are misunderstoo...
SPECIAL EPISODE Beyond Youth Homelessness - Community Member, Julie
This is a special edition episode of the Beyond Youth Homelessness Podcast as we participate in Youth Homelessness Matters Day for 2026, where Matt is joined by Julie, a member of our local community here in the Sutherland Shire.In this ...
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SPECIAL EPISODE Beyond Youth Homelessness - Real Estate, Matt
In this special Youth Homelessness Matters Day edition of the Beyond Youth Homelessness Podcast, host Matt sits down with local real estate agent and Project Youth board member Matt to explore the housing crisis from a different angle....
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SPECIAL EPISODE Beyond Youth Homelessness - Council Mayor, Jack Boyd
In this special edition of the Beyond Youth Homelessness Podcast, recorded live on Youth Homelessness Matters Day, host Matt is joined by Sutherland Shire Mayor Jack Boyd to explore the role our community plays in ending youth homelessness....
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Beyond Youth Homelessness - Shirley
In this episode of Beyond Homelessness: Conversations That Matter, we meet Shirley, a member of Project Youth's YPAC team and a Director of the Board. Through her story we explore the gaps in systems that weren’t equipped to support he...
Beyond Youth Homelessness - Harry
In this episode of Beyond Homelessness: Conversations That Matter, Matt sits down with Harry to explore identity, belonging and the realities of safety when experiencing homelessness.Harry shares how searching for connection and...
Beyond Youth Homelessness - Tash
In this episode of Beyond Homelessness: Conversations That Matter, we sit down with Tash, whose journey embodies the full circle of lived experience, resilience, and community impact.Tash first connected with Project Youth as a ...
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Beyond Youth Homelessness - Grace
In this episode of Beyond Homelessness: Conversations That Matter, Matt and Ethan sit down with Grace to talk about resilience, recovery and building a future after addiction and homelessness.Grace shares her journey through sub...
Beyond Youth Homelessness - Quinn
In this episode of Beyond Homelessness: Conversations That Matter, Matt and Ethan sit down with Quinn to explore the stigma and misunderstanding that often surrounds youth homelessness.Quinn shares her experience navigating home...