The Foundation for Young Australians


The Foundation for Young Australians is an Australian non-profit organisation whose purpose is to improve the learning outcomes and life opportunities of young Australians. Projects of the foundation include the Safe Schools Coalition Australia and publishing research.
The organisation aims to foster young people's education and social participation.

History

The FYA has a history of partnering with individuals, organisations and schools. It was formed in 2000 through a partnership between The Queen's Trust and the Australian Youth Foundation.
In July 2008 an alliance was formed between the Education Foundation and the FYA. The Education Foundation was founded in 1989 by Ellen Koshland with the aim of developing and delivering education programs, community engagement and research to Australian students. The partnership was to establish the FYA as the primary advocate for young Australians.
in 2010, the FYA shifted direction from a funding body to an initiative incubation space. The initiatives the FYA develops with partners are focused on education and social change.
The FYA publishes an annual report called "How Young People are Faring". In 2012, the FYA calculated that 30% of student who left high school in Year 9 or below were NEET.
A 2014 report by the FYA found that people under the age of 24 were likely to be worse off than their parents, with a 30% unemployment rate and more university debt and spending most income on housing.

Initiatives