Kids in Community Inc.
About Us | Our Patron | Community Services | Press Releases
Kids in Community Incorporated (KIC) is a non-profit organisation established in 2000. Based in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, KIC raises awareness of the positive role young people play in our local communities.
The majority of our youth make an important and positive contribution to community life. KIC raises much-needed awareness of the optimistic and enthusiastic attitude of young people, bringing to public attention the positive and meaningful ways that youth participate in our community.
The Kids in Community Awards are an annual public celebration of support for and by young people in our community and play an important role in acknowledging such participation.
The Awards also acknowledge the important role that mentors play in supporting youth in our community. The Kids in Community Awards also celebrate the role such individuals.
Our Patron – Rachel Ward
With professional achievements as a model, actor, journalist, scriptwriter and director, Rachel is dedicated to making a positive contribution to public life by helping others.
Her involvement with community began over a decade ago when Rachel volunteered to work as a cook in the Kings Cross Crisis Centre, run by the Sydney City Mission. She is a tireless fundraiser – raising over three million dollars for mentoring programs in New South Wales.
Rachel has a special connection to the Northern Rivers region through her role as Patron of KIC. Reflecting upon her work as a volunteer and fundraiser, Rachel outlined how these experiences provided ‘what I have discovered to be an absolutely fundamental part of the human condition, the opportunity to contribute to public life. By that I mean the opportunity to participate in and give back to a community, a society that on the whole serves the majority of us very well’.
Community Services
- Ballina Youth Service
- The Buttery
- Byron Youth Service
- Casino Youth Service
- Five Loaves Mobile Soup Kitchen
- Grow North Coast Community Centre
- Interchange Respite Care Inc.
- Kyogle Youth Action Inc.
- Lifeline Northern Rivers Counselling Service
- Lismore Police Community Youth Club
- Lismore Skills Centre
- Northern Rivers Community Legal Centre
- Pathfinders
- Richmond Valley Council
- The Uncle Project Inc.
Ballina Youth Service – BDCSA Inc.
Ballina Youth Service exists to provide an ongoing and effective information, support, advocacy and referral service to young people aged 12–24 years. The service is committed to developing and implementing programs and strategies aimed at empowerment and skills enhancement. This occurs by generating a sense of community amongst adolescents in association with the wider Ballina shire community. Through our organization structure and shared resources we lead a progressive, innovative & professional team. Fundamental to our service is accessibility, case management, volunteer involvement and referral to other agencies.
Contacts
Address: PO Box 623, Ballina NSW 2478
Phone: 02 6686 7776
Fax: 02 6686 8693
Email: info@bdcsa.org
Web Link: www.bdcsa.org
Contact: Sam Kendall– Manager
The Buttery
The Buttery provides residential rehabilitation for drug/alcohol dependent people and provides outreach counseling treatment for drug dependent people.
Contacts
Address: P O Box 42, Bangalow 2479
Phone: 02 6687 1111
Fax: 02 6687 1039
Email: info@buttery.org.au or info@intra.org.au
Web Link: www.buttery.org.au or www.intra.org.au
Contact: Barry Evans
Byron Youth Service– JPET Ballina Outreach
Byron Youth Service – JPET Ballina Outreach, gives support and advice for young people 15-21 years old, to help get a place to live, sort out finances, stay at school, get training or help look for a job. JPET is for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
Contacts
Address: 32 Swift Street, Ballina NSW 2478
Phone: 02 6686 6555
Fax: 02 6686 3952
Email: mhitchens@bys.org.au
Contact: Marlene Hitchens
Casino Youth Service
The Casino Youth Service is for young people aged 13 – 20 years who live in Casino and surrounding areas. The Service has a Coordinator/Youth Worker and volunteers as needed. The Service provides young people with information, advocacy, referral, case management, crisis counseling, school and TAFE outreach, youth programs, youth activities bimonthly or monthly.
Contacts
Address: Shop 2/75 Walker Street Casino.
P.O Box 434 Casino.
Phone: 02 666 26944
Fax: 02 666 26944
Email: cys@lis.net.au
Five Loaves Mobile Soup Kitchen
Contacts
Address: C/- Roadrunner Caravan Park, South Lismore NSW 2480
Phone: 02 6622 0318
Contact: Darcy Goodwin
Grow North Coast Community Centre
Grow is a community mental health movement, helping people through mutual help to regain their mental health and well being by using a 12 step program, weekly meetings, as well as personal testimonies, practical tasks with weekly progress reports in a caring and sharing community. Grow is open to anyone.
Contacts
Address: PO Box 1232,Lismore NSW 2480
Phone: 02 6621 3737
Fax : 02 6621 2140
Email : grownthc@lis.net.au
Contact: Elizabeth
Interchange Respite Care Inc.
ROADIES is a program for young people with a disability. They are supported to access the community recreational activities with the help of peer volunteers. DRAGONITES is a similar program for young children.
Contacts
Address: Unit 1, 296 Molesworth Street, Lismore
Phone: 02 6622 2267
Fax: 02 6622 1767
Email: interchange_Lismore@yahoo.com.au
Contact: Margo Sten
Kyogle Youth Action Inc.
Kyogle Youth Action Inc is a youth service providing information and referral, family mediation, recreation and other activities, case work, youth drop-in centre, project development for young people 12 to 24 in Kyogle LGA with an outcome of harm minimisation.
Contacts
Address: P.O. Box 298, Kyogle NSW 2474
Phone: 02 6632 2972
Fax: 02 6632 3533
Email: kyai@dnet.net.au
Web Link: www.kyogleweb.com.au/kya/index.htm
Contact: Steve Kitchener
Lifeline Northern Rivers Counselling Service
Providing 24 hour seven day a week telephone counselling and free face-to-face counselling bookings during business hours.
Contacts
Address: 118 Woodlark Street, Lismore NSW 2480
Phone: Counselling : 131 114
Phone : Appointments : 02 6622 4133
Fax: 02 6621 9325
Lismore Police Community Youth Club
Contacts
Address: Cnr Orion & Dawson Streets, Lismore NSW 2480
Phone: 02 6621 6276
Fax: 02 6622 4119
Email: Lismore@pcycnsw.org.au
Contact: Jason Clarke(President)
Lismore Skills Centre
Services provided include:
(NCAP) New Careers for Aboriginal People
(Open Employment) – assisting people with mental health issues into full and part time work,
Registered training organization,
Tenant Employment ProgramContact
Address: 9 Club Lane, Lismore NSW 2480
Phone: 02 6621 7197
Fax: 02 6622 1165
Email: lex@newtrain.com.au
Contact: Lex Johnston
Northern Rivers Community Legal Centre
NRCLC provides free legal advice, information and referral casework, community legal education to residents of the North Coast from Grafton to Tweed Heads. The Centre also operates a Tenant Advice and Advocacy Service, Women's Domestic Violence Court Assistance Scheme and General Court Support Service.
Contact
Address: 10 Club Lane, Lismore NSW 2480
Phone: 02 6621 1000
Fax: 02 6621 1011
Email: nrclc@spot.com.au
Contact: Angela Pollard
Pathfinders
Pathfinders is a youth programme run by the Seventh-day Adventist Church for young people 10-16 years of age. Pathfinders offers a range of learning experiences that are designed to shape positive values and enable young people to reach their full potential. A big part of the programme is learning outdoor skills such as camping, bushwalking and canoeing which helps create self confidence and an appreciation of God’s creation.
Contacts
Address: C/- 16 Midway Avenue, Wollongbar
Phone: 02 6628 0139
Fax: 02 6628 0967
Email: ros10@dodo.com.au
Web Link: www.adventist.org.au/youth
Contact: Ros Camps
Richmond Valley Council
Joanne Petrovic is the Community Project Officer responsible for Youth Week and also for youth social planning.
Contact
Address: Locked Bag 10, Casino NSW 2470
Phone: 02 6660 0225
Fax: 02 6662 1342
Email: Joanne.petrovic@richmondvalley.nsw.gov.au
Web Link: www.richmondvalley.nsw.gov.au
The Uncle Project Inc.
Helping boys become men - UNCLE is a mentoring program that exists for boys who could benefit from a more supportive environment of positive male role models to enhance their social, creative and physical skills,
particularly those with absent fathers.Contact
Address: Unit 9, 6-8 Burringbar Street
Mullumbimby NSW 2482Phone: 02 6684 6111
Fax: 02 6684 6111
Email: office@uncle.org.au
Website: www.uncle.org.au
Contact Neil Young (CEO)