Chris Lewis found himself homeless at the age of twelve, when his mother moved to Sydney but he wasn’t invited. Scared of youth refuges and being placed in foster care he tried to keep up appearances
until the age of 16, living by himself in the family home.
Since that point Chris has found support through a youth support service (that wasn’t at all what he’d imagined) and is now looking to raise awareness for an issue that affected him so deeply by
riding a postie bike from Sydney to Torquay.
He says that it wasn’t his lack of housing that made him homeless. It was a lack of love, support and that no one was there to cheer him on.
With this venture he is raising money for young people currently experiencing homelessness to take part in this year's Amazing Race for Youth taking place in Sydney as part of Youth Homelessness
Matters Day.
Youth Homelessness Matters Day is the national awareness campaign that aims to bring light to the fact that more than half of Australia's homeless population is under the age of 25. This year the
campaign has partnered with the City of Sydney to host a Amazing Race for Youth to launch the campaign.
The race will be attended by young people from various backgrounds and experiences who will come together in support of breaking the stigma of youth homelessness and to show that homeless youth
are first and foremost, young people, who deserve all the opportunities granted to their more fortunate peers.
