IFYS Marketing

Paul is Marketing and Communications Director for IFYS. IFYS delivers a range of specialist support and intervention programs for children, young people and families. Working closely with businesses, corporations, governments and other charities, IFYS offers accommodation, child protection, family support and youth transition services to communities.

IFYS provides a number of services across the state of Queensland including Crisis Accommodation Programs, Crisis Shelters, as well as Housing Pathway Programs. IFYS has a strong footprint in the work of Child Protection, Foster Care, Youth Development, Child Sexual Exploitation, Domestic and Family Violence, Disability and Community Food Programs.

Paul has spent almost 40 years working with marginalised people as a Counsellor, Educator, Community Development Worker, Service Manager, Area Manager and CEO. He has also worked in both the private and public sector as a Marketing Manager for Macquarie Communications (RGB Capital) and the Queensland Department of Families.

From 2014 to 2022, Paul held the role as Unit Manager with Push Productions (a Business Unit of IFYS). Push Productions was established in the mid 1990s by the service as a not for dividend communications, resource development and print unit. Whilst running this commercial print shop Paul was also able to introduce a workforce mentoring strategy for young people in foster care to support their development into the paid workforce.

Since 2022, Paul has headed up the Marketing and Communications division for IFYS, along with the role as General Manager for Inclusive Kids. Inclusive Kids is the fundraising arm of IFYS and plays an important role in supporting children who lack the necessary financial resources to participate in community life. Their mission is to ensure that children and young people can actively participate, feel a sense of belonging, and be included in their respective communities.

Over the course of his career Paul has understood the power of food as medicine and has worked in a number of programs that have focused on eliminating hunger and malnutrition as these create a self-sustaining barrier that keeps people stuck in poverty. Hunger makes it more difficult for a person to learn, work, pursue opportunities and contribute to society. It drains a person’s energy, destroys mental alertness and exacts a heavy price on health throughout his or her life.