It is home to four disadvantaged young people and two live-in carers from the Lighthouse Foundation.
This house in Clayton is a purpose-built home for the Lighthouse Foundation, made possible by the generous contribution of companies across the property and construction industry who have donated time and materials to the project pro-bono. This includes Frasers Property Australia, which has led the build over the past two and a half years.
The four young people in Clayton House are part of the Lighthouse Foundation’s parent and baby cohort, which typically includes very young mums who have had their first (or in some cases second or third) child and are at significant risk of homelessness.
Susan Barton AM, Founder and Executive Director at the Lighthouse Foundation, says Clayton House will provide a safe and welcoming environment for residents.
Residents will be cared for under the Lighthouse Model of Care, which integrates trauma-informed practice, attachment theory, and contemporary psychoanalytic theory to create a holistic therapeutic treatment environment in which the mental and physical wellbeing of these young people are developed and enriched.
Dr Eamonn McCarthy, CEO of the Lighthouse Foundation and one of Victoria’s most respected forensic psychologists in the field of childhood trauma, attachment, and high-risk youth, elaborates:
Dr McCarthy explains that the optimal development of wellness requires an integrated set of operations, which involves not only individuals and families in a community context, but also macro-level societal structures.
Dylan, a former resident of the Lighthouse program, says he found a real home through the Lighthouse Foundation.
The Lighthouse Foundation works with young people to achieve stability and independence in their own lives, by helping them to enter educational programs, transition to stable housing and put them on the path to finding a rewarding career.
In the lead up to the opening of Clayton House, teams from all over the industry rolled up their sleeves and help put together furniture for the bedrooms and living areas of this soon to be home for homeless youth in need.
- Stantec
- Payce Security Group
- Diadem
- Qualitas
- ISPT
- URBIS
- Pitcher Partners
- MPA
- ANZ
This Haven Project adds another 6 rooms for homeless young people in Victoria and further proves our industry rolling up its sleeves and coming together makes an impact. Great teamwork and a wonderful furniture moving assist from Egans. These transformed rooms and living spaces will be something special for the deserving young people that call this house home.
