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Tom Quinn Youth Services

We exist to create a safe and supportive environment, where young people can access life and living skills and holistic wellbeing support.

What we offer:

TQ’s Café

TQ’s Café

Come and enjoy breakfast, morning tea or lunch at TQ’s Café, nestled in our tranquil garden. Open Monday to Friday, 9am–2pm. Profits support the centre’s programs.

A sunflower in the Community Garden

Community Garden

Looking for some peace and quiet? Enjoy our flourishing flower and vegetable garden, Harmony Garden and our Bush Chapel.

Drive for Life

Drive for Life

Are you a young person looking for support to get your learner licence? Access free lessons and mentoring with The Salvation Army’s Drive for Life program.

Pop-Up Shop

Pop-Up Shop

Facilitates the opportunity for young people to gain retail and life and living skills experience. Funds raised from this initiative are returned to Youth Services youth participation activities.

Therapeutic Pool

Therapeutic Pool

Available for community organisations to deliver occupational therapy-based sessions and learn-to-swim programs for ages 0-75.

Flower and herb beds at the Tom Quinn Community Gardens

Nursery

Social enterprise for Bundaberg Youth Services that provides young people with education training and employment opportunities in horticulture, conservation and land management.

Two young women and a young man discuss their issues.

Youth Drop-in

An opportunity for young people to meet with a youth support worker and safely access health, wellbeing and therapeutic spaces.

A young man receives expert kitchen hospitality skills from Salvos mentors

Group Work Activities and community support programs

Life and living skills programs delivered in partnership with the local youth refuge and Tom Quinn hospitality staff.

Youth Navigator

Youth Navigator

An identified First Nations youth worker who guides young people through navigating the support system across the Bundaberg area and wider community.

Are you experiencing or at risk of homelessness? Find support at Bundaberg Youth Refuge.

The Tom Quinn Community Cafe - a light green, pitch-roofed cabin with a shaded outdoor area

Visit us

Young people can engage in programs like Drive for Life, the PopUp Shop, Youth DropIn and group activities that build skills, confidence and community connections — offering practical learning, wellbeing support and culturally safe guidance to help them thrive.

 

8 Killer Street, Bundaberg