00:00By watching this video, you're helping to end youth homelessness.
00:03In just one year, Project Youth had to turn away 958 referrals for housing from young people.
00:10That's 83% of our referrals that were unmet.
00:13From this hard truth, The Bear Project was born,
00:17in response to the crisis that young people are facing around Australia
00:20and in our local area every single day.
00:24This is more than a statistic.
00:27This is my life.
00:30This is my story.
00:32How do we help change the story of other young people?
00:36The Bear Project is asking you to make one small pledge for big collective change.
00:44Did you know that young people aged 15 to 24 are twice as likely to seek support
00:50from a specialist homelessness service in New South Wales than the general population?
00:54In fact, new figures are showing that almost one in three people that are in total seeking support in New
01:00South Wales are under the age of 18.
01:03And that New South Wales has the highest rate of unaccompanied 12 to 17 year olds seeking homelessness support around
01:10the country.
01:10I pledge to attend Project Youth community events.
01:16I pledge to spread awareness and challenge stigma around youth homelessness.
01:21I pledge to donate to Project Youth or a youth homelessness service.
01:27I pledge to employ a young person through Project Youth who has been unfairly disadvantaged.
01:32Be engaged.
01:34Be engaged.
01:36Act.
01:37Rise.
01:38How are you going to change my story for other young people in the future?
01:44Pledge today.
01:46Because your one small act
01:48will create big collective change.
