About NESAY
NESAY stands for North East Support & Action for Youth – we are a youth and family community agency, based in North East Victoria. Our mission is to support young people and their families in our community to achieve their goals and aspirations. We work towards this through providing a range of services across North East Victoria that enables young people to achieve safe housing, develop their independent living skills, foster and nurture family relationships and sustain education and employment. To achieve this, we work closely with education, health, legal, family, mental health, local government and family violence prevention agencies.
The King Valley from Powers Lookout
Vision
Strengthening generations to create sustainable change in our communities.
Mission
Supporting young people and their families in our community to achieve their goals and aspirations
Our values
- 01
Inclusion
embracing diversity
- 02
Respect
for all people
- 03
Integrity
in all we do
- 04
Innovation
to meet current and future needs
- 05
Accountability
transparency in all we do
Child safety
NESAY is committed to promoting and enabling all children and young people to feel safe, have their voices heard, be empowered and have their diversity valued and respected. At NESAY we do not tolerate any form of child abuse and take all allegations of child abuse seriously and we will respond to any concerns of abuse in an informed manner.
NESAY welcomes all people, irrespective of faith, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and lifestyle choice.
Governance
NESAY is an incorporated association. ARBN 666 491 381.
It is a registered charity with Deductible Gift Recipient status as determined by the ATO.
Board of Governance
A volunteer board sets the direction of the organisation and oversees how it is run.
Youth Advisory Committee
The Youth Advisory Committee is made up of people under 25. Ask about joining on (03) 5720 2201.
Reports
NESAY publishes a Year in Review and annual reports.
Services based in our building
Two other organisations work out of the NESAY building in Wangaratta.
Albury Wodonga Aboriginal Health Services
AWAHS
Permanently based within the NESAY building.
Hume Riverina Community Legal Service
HRCLS
The Invisible Hurdles Project, a two-year project funded by the Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner, providing better legal outcomes for young people experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, family violence in North East Victoria.