Ted Noffs Foundation

To provide comprehensive residential and non-residential services to young people in need, and adults needing guidance to help a young person.

The Ted Noffs Foundation provides essential services for young people and their families who are experiencing drug and alcohol problems and related trauma. Its range of programs for young people are all based on leading research, continually evaluated and government endorsed.

TNF runs PALM - the Program for Adolescent Life Management - residential programs of up to three months for young people with serious alcohol and substance use problems in five locations in Australia.

TNF provides day programs for young people in the early stages of drug or alcohol experimentation, which comprise individual and group counselling, training and outdoor activities like abseiling.

TNF’s schools program provides counselling and support for young people within their own school.

The Ted Noffs Foundation provides out-client counselling for individuals and families.

TNF runs a variety of support groups and other services for families and carers.

TNF is committed to being a source of information and advice to Government and care providers.

TNF is a leader in researching and evaluating new programs

TNF is an advocate for best practice in drug and alcohol provision, prevention and treatment services.

The Ted Noffs Foundation’s programs are not band-aid solutions. They are comprehensive life management programs, designed to equip youth in need with the skills to better manage their own lives. In essence – to help them help themselves.

Hiphoperations is a program run by The Ted Noffs Foundation dedicated to the exchange of creative ideas for young people. www.hiphoperations.com serves as a conduit for young people to listen to, discuss, watch and comment on each other's work and acts as a focal point for creative expression via a myriad of social cultures and subcultures.