Newly Arrived Youth Support Service

This service is NO LONGER LOCATED AT GMCC. 

Anyone wishing to access this service should contact the new service providers at http://www.anglicare.org.au/contact-us/ChildYouthFamilyServices/Parramatta  or phone Anglicare head office  on (02) 9895 8000.

The following reports were produced during the time NAYSS was located at GMCC. 

FILLING THE GAP is a Discussion Paper on newly arrived young people's experience of transition from Intensive English Centres (IECs) to mainstream education.

RISKY BUSINESS is a resource report for youth workers working with young African people using basketball and hiphop.

Thomas Ater

Thomas Ater was the key worker on the Risky Business Project, and worked as a casual worker at GMCC. He was a committed and passionate youth worker, who focused on the best interests of the young people. He spent many hours playing basketball and working with the young people at the Granville Youth and Community Recreation Centre. Thomas passed away in South Sudan in August 2011, and will be sorely missed.

The Risky Business project, which Thomas was a key part of, has developed into a key project model for GMCC’s youth programs, and in 2011 the work was acknowledged through a ZEST Award.