Who We Are

Byan Care

Welcome to Byan Care, we are an indigenous owned organisation supporting our most vulnerable and at risk young people.


Townsville, Cairns, Cooktown 

Our Values

Culture

Culture is our unwritten handbook, it guides us and always brings us home.

Family

Family is our foundation, we will always strive to heal and reunite family.

Compassion

Compassion is our response to life’s challenges and traumas, always with compassion.

Connection

Connection is our way of understanding each other and ourselves.

Healing

Healing is our ultimate mission; we must heal so we can heal others.

Respect

Respect is our language; we must show and communicate this language.

Our Community

Samuel Chapman

Director

Djaua Somare

HR Manager

Marie Shipton

Cultural Liasons

Rod Jensen

Community Ambassador

Byan acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as Australia’s First Nation, and the traditional owners and ongoing custodians of the land and waters upon which we are situated. We pay our respects to Elders both past, present and emerging and acknowledge the valuable role they play in shaping our future generations. We ensure people from a variety of cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds are supported to work and participate in our services in a safe, inclusive and appropriate manner in which to maintain their cultural identity, customs and beliefs.