The Ted Noffs Foundation Inc

The Ted Noffs Foundation is a nonprofit organization located in Randwick, New South Wales, Australia. Since its foundation in 1992, the foundation has grown from one residential treatment centre for adolescents to a broad range of initiatives, from four residential treatment centres for adolescents with drug and alcohol problems (PALM: Programme for Adolescent Life Management), to adolescent life management aftercare, family and adolescent counselling on an 'outclient' basis, schools counselling, indigenous counselling, an outreach/educational project called 'Street University' and a number of Social Enterprise endeavors such as fashion-oriented op-shops and 'Gideon's Shoes,' dealing in design, manufacture and retailing.

The organisation was born out of its predecessor, The Wayside Foundation, which was established by the Rev.Ted Noffs in 1970 and renamed The Ted Noffs Foundation in 1992 to recognise the work of its founder. As early as 1969 Noffs had written, 'To the traditional hazards that adolescents have to face- in terms of adjustment to members of the opposite sex, separation from the family unit, finding a job, seeking a new area of accommodation, finding meaning and purpose in life- there must be added the new one of overcoming the trauma of exposure to drugs.' Since that time the organisation has expanded considerably, establishing a leading role in drug and alcohol services in NSW and the ACT.

The following are the programs run by the Organization.

This programme now comprises four residential programmes in Sydney, Coffs Harbour and Dubbo in NSW and in Watson, ACT. These programmes are run on the basis of the therapeutic community model, augmented for the treatment of adolescents suffering the effects of drug and/or alcohol misuse and the many socio-psychological determinants and consequences of this problem PALM residences are 'client-centred' insofar as the clinical and therapeutic aspects of the programme are tailored to meet the needs of the individual, which are not homogeneous. A spectrum of therapeutic strategies exists in the residences including individual counselling, group counselling, vocational/educational modules and recreation.

This project commenced operation in 2005 in the ACT to provide a suite of flexible community-based services to assist young people aged 12 to 18 years of age who are experiencing the effects of problematic drug/alcohol use. This is a non-residential, 'outclient' initiative. Overall, the aims are to provide information on, and refer clients to, available services; to advocate on behalf of clients, provide them with counselling and, wherever appropriate, their families, and to reduce or eliminate substance abuse and related difficulties amongst young people. An outclient project run from its offices in Mt Druitt, NSW, this entity provides a number of schools programmes, individual and family counselling, and takes counselling services and schools programmes to indigenous communities in the surrounding areas.

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