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The Thomas Kelly Youth Foundation is now known as Stay Kind.

Please join us on our journey driving social change through a movement of kindness.

To find out more click on staykind.org 

Sydney CBD, Kings Cross & Darling Harbour
"Take Kare Safe Spaces"

Operating every Friday and Saturday night, from 10.00pm till 4.00am at Sydney Town Hall Square, Kings Cross & Darling Harbour

Take Kare Safe Space is operated by the Foundation. Take Kare Ambassadors are there to improve safety and amenity on Sydney’s streets, with over 60,000 interventions (Period: December 2014 to April 2018) and 45,000 hours of volunteering,  we call 'sliding door moments', the difference between a young persons life continuing on as normal, or disintigrating into something terrible.

 We are able to achieve our vision only with the support of our partners:

City of Sydney | Crown Resorts Foundation
NSW State Government l Thomas Kelly Youth Foundation | NSW Police l NSW Ambulance l The Star Sydney

 

 

Take Kare Safe Space Details:

Locations: Sydney Square Town Hall Square, Darling Harbour and Bayswater Road, Kings Cross

When: Friday and Saturday - 10pm to 4am plus New Year's Eve

Take Kare Ambassadors: In teams of 3 or 4 will be around the Sydney CBD, Darling Harbour and Kings Cross precinct to provide on-the-spot assistance to young people and others who may seek support or wayfinding assistance.

Providing support to young people who are out and about in the city. Whether it’s helping someone get to public transport or reconnecting them with their friends, or handing out bottles of water the Take Kare Ambassadors will be helping young people get home safely. 

Take Kare Safe Space provides somewhere where young people can rest their feet, get rehydrated, charge their phones, get first aid, find transport home or wait for friends.

Take Kare Safe Space will operate in partnership with the local community working together with a combined aim "to get all our children home safely" - Thomas Kelly Youth Foundation, NSW Police, St Vincent’s Hospital, Dpt of Transport, Dpt of Health, Dpt of Justice, St John Ambulance, local community groups, business owners, support from the liquor accords, Ausralian Hotel Association (NSW), pubs and clubs and other service providers. 

 

Safe Space video by the City Of Sydney

Ch 9 A Current Affair New Years Eve 2014

30 weeks accumulative Safe Space report. Click to read
Evaluation report (City of Sydney - April 2015). Click to read
July - September Safe Space Report 2015. Click to read
October - December Report 2015. Click to read
NYE Report 2015. Click to read
Jan - March Safe Space Report 2016. Click to read

Reports and Press:

Safe Space Media Release 5th Dec. 2014. Click to read
Safe Space Media Release 10th Aug. 2015. Click to read
Transition to St Johns, Media Release 1st July 2016. Click

University of New South Wales Australia (UNSW) & National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) - Safe Space Partnership. Read more