ICYS Ipswich Community Youth Service

21/10/2026

The school awards night circuit has kicked off, and there is no better place to start than at our long-standing partner school, The Ipswich State High School 🏆 CEO Amanda and one of our school Youth Support Coordinator’s Theresa are excited to be presenting two ICYS Your Success Counts Scholarship awards tonight!
We love celebrating young people, and this one is always special 🤩 Well done to all award winners, especially ours that will be announced later tonight with the Major Awards 👏🏼

08/10/2026

Great meeting with the team at GCTC yesterday and learning more about what they’re doing to support the next generation of skilled tradespeople 👷🏽
With their new campus opening in Ipswich, it’s exciting to see more opportunities being created for young people in the Ipswich and surrounding regions to get into the trades and build a career in construction and automotive ⚒️
The trades are such an important part of Australia’s future and initiatives like this are helping make training and career pathways more accessible to the local community.
Looking forward to seeing the Ipswich campus grow and the impact it will have on the local industry 👏🏼

📸: Andrew (ICYS Youth Employment & Training), Tom (GCTC) and Marikka (GCTC)

07/10/2026

Who let these two out together 😅 In all seriousness, Andrew and Gav bring so many good vibes to Team ICYS that it makes sense they rep the team at today’s Wellbeing Expo at Ripley Valley State Secondary College! If you’re lucky enough to drop past the ICYS stall, you’ll understand why these two are wellbeing legends at ICYS 🤙🏽

23/09/2026

The Lady Musgrave Trust asking the real questions to generate real outcomes for our communities👇🏼 There are so many amazing collaborations happening across our sector, the pulse is alive and it’s exciting!

22/09/2026

📣📣 Only 1️⃣ day left before our school holiday fun officially begins.

Check out the fun we have planned below🎉🎉

11/09/2026

Tonight we will be acknowledging and celebrating exceptional dedication to child protection at the 15th Annual Ipswich & West Moreton Region Child Protection Week Gala Dinner and Awards Celebration.

Good luck to this year’s finalists:

🌟 Arethusa College Ipswich Campus
🌟 Carlotta Graham (ICYS / Ipswich West SS)
🌟 Charmaine Kucks (Bellbird Park SSC)
🌟 Corinne Harper (Young Families Connect @ Ipswich SHS)
🌟 Kambu Health, Ipswich Children and Family Centre
🌟 Leland Palmer (Silkstone SS)
🌟 Nathan Drury (VitalHub)
🌟 Somerset Blue Light Disco Assn
🌟 Springfield United Football Club
🌟 Tania Hoff (LWB Ipswich)

‼️ The judging panel is completely independent of the organising committee.

We look forward to celebrating with over 160 attendees 💃🏻

08/09/2026

The voice of young women with lived experience is pivotal to the design of this new exciting build for young mums in our community. We are so grateful to walk alongside such strong young women and partner with The Lady Musgrave Trust in such important work for Ipswich!
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07/09/2026

🔥🔥 Hot off the press ... OUR HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES have been released.

Week1:
Wednesday 23/9 Games Galore 🏓🎮🎲
1pm-4pm 10-21yrs

Friday 25/9 Trivia Night ⏱️🏆🏅
4pm-7pm 16-21yrs

Week 2:
Wednesday 30/9 HUB Hangs 🕹🎮🎱
1pm - 4pm 10-21 yrs

Friday 2/10 Saboteurs (limited spaces) 🕶🔫
10am- 11:30am 16-21yrs

‼️ You will only need to register to attend the Saboteurs Activity on Friday 2nd October.
🥸 Saboteurs is a fun and thrilling world of secrets and strategy inspired by the viral online game. Race against time to complete tasks or secretly eliminate crew members. Will you survive? 🔫🕶

🤳 To register please call Georgia on 0460655222

All other activities, just pop in and join in the fun

More details are on the flyers.

03/09/2026

💜 COLOURS OF COURAGE 💜

Check out this incredible artwork created by talented student HL from one of ICYS’ partner schools, QPSC, in celebration of Wear it Purple Day – Colours of Courage last Friday!

HL was excited to share their artwork with their ICYS Student Wellbeing Worker, Loren, and explain some of the key details woven throughout the piece:

🌈 The scarf features the different LGBTIQA+ flags
🤝 The front of the shirt features the Unity Pride Flag
🏳️‍⚧️ The hair and t-shirt incorporate the colours of the Trans Flag

And the best part? HL’s artwork is now proudly on display at the school! 🙌

A huge thank you to QPSC for partnering with ICYS to champion young people in their endeavours and passions, share what matters to them and have their talents celebrated.

And most importantly thank you, HL, for sharing your creativity and this wonderful piece of art with us 💜🌈

18/08/2026

📣📣ONLY ONE DAY LEFT TO REGISTER...

We still have 1️⃣ spot free for anyone interested to join in the fun.
See Deets below 🎉

📣📣 Are you 15+ and scratching your head about getting older, and not knowing what to do? 🤔

Trust us, you’re not alone 👌 – we’re still figuring it out too and that’s why we’re starting a Life Skills 101 program!

Over 4️⃣ weeks, you’ll be supported to make a resume and learn how to budget 💰 develop some skills around managing big emotions 🧐 and learn some basic cooking skills 👨‍🍳… and yes, that means that you’ll get to take home leftovers too! 🍝🍴😋

We’ll be kicking things off in a couple of weeks and we have limited places available so if you’re keen on coming along for the journey for four weeks, please contact Georgia to reserve your place 🎉🎉

☎️ Book a spot now - Georgia on 0460 655 222


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