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Brave Foundation is honoured to be one of the eight integration initiatives featured in Social Ventures Australia’s (SVA) Integration of Early Years Services Learnings for Impact report, developed in partnership…

Brave Foundation welcomes Mission Australia’s The Unfair Divide youth homelessness report however highlights the absence of the experiences of young parents or pregnant youth. Brave is Australia’s only national not-for-profit…

Brave Foundation is grateful to be in a position to continue its vital work supporting expecting and parenting young Australians with funding of $4.3 million over two years from the…

Brave Foundation CEO Jill Roche has been appointed to the Federal Government's Department of Employment and Workplace Relations Parents Advisory Group. Ms Roche will be joined by a young mum…

Brave Foundation is proud to present our 2023 Impact Report. It has been a year of growth for Brave and this report will hopefully give a sense of the scale…

Brave Foundation is calling on the Australian Government to continue funding its flagship mentor program to ensure young parents and their children around the country receive the support they need…

Teenage dads can face the challenges of stigma and isolation, in addition to also managing their own physical and psychological changes. Brave participant Anton shared his experiences as a young…

With a growing number of births to teen parents, there are fears government funding to a leading support agency is set to be cut. Brave Foundation mentors young mums and…

Brave Foundation has successfully secured philanthropic funding to research, design and pilot a dedicated program for young fathers. The three philanthropic grants will allow Brave to build on the existing…

After a decade of declining teen birth rates, the numbers have plateaued nationally in 2022 with increases reported in a number of areas. Australian Bureau of Statistics data reveals that…

The work of Brave Foundation and the mentor team in regional and rural New South Wales has been recognised at the NSW Youth Work Awards, held in Sydney on Thursday…

Brave Foundation welcomes the Federal Government’s move to abolish ParentsNext and establish a more flexible program to support vulnerable parents. While the announcement is promising, there is opportunity for continued…

Brave Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of three new members to the Brave Foundation Board. Dr Niki Vincent, Dr Rachel Howard and James Crosby join the existing six…

Brave Foundation welcomes the appointment of Dr Kelsey Deane as Measurement, Evaluation and Learning Advisor. The appointment is reflective of Brave’s commitment to continuous improvement and desire to genuinely understand…

Brave Foundation supports the Uluru Statement from the Heart and The Voice to Parliament. Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the constitution is long overdue. As a…

Young mum and Brave participant, Sharnya has been selected as a member of the Australian Government’s Youth Advisory Group. Before her first meeting in Canberra, Sharnya sat down with her…

Brave Foundation is encouraged that young parents’ voices were heard and considered in the Workforce Australia Committee’s interim report. “I am glad that young parents, particularly teens, have been specifically…

In an Australian first, young parents will have access to highly sought after sleep support for their babies, as part of a new partnership between the Brave Foundation and Baby…

Teen pregnancy and parenting in Australia has declined in line with the national fertility rate during the early stages of the pandemic. Yet birth rates to young parents (aged 19…

Brave Foundation is proud to present our 2022 Impact Report. Our 2022 Impact Report will hopefully give a sense of what we have focused on over this last year. It’s…

Brave Foundation has announced the appointment of its new senior leadership team. This marks a significant milestone as Brave embarks on a journey of growth. CEO Jill Roche welcomed the…

Brave Foundation today launches its new systemic advocacy initiative, the Social Economic Empowerment Division (SEED), to re-envision how we tackle disadvantage and poverty in young people and families. Social and…

After successfully securing additional program funding to enable the continuation of their ‘Supporting Parenting and Expecting Teens’ (SEPT) program, national not-for-profit Brave Foundation is set to expand their organisational operations,…

National not-for-profit organisation Brave Foundation is set to receive $6 million to deliver their expanded SEPT program across Australia, under the federal Office for Women’s ‘Women’s Leadership and Development Program’. …