Wheely Wise is our new, Australian Government-funded bike education program for primary school students. This free program teaches young children the necessary skills to travel safely and confidently within their local community through a blend of bike handling techniques and interactive simulations.

The interactive nature of the program makes learning about road safety an engaging experience, which fosters a positive attitude towards responsible bike safety. Plus, Wheely Wise can be conveniently delivered onsite at your school.

We’re delivering Wheely Wise for Grades 4 – 6. Available in the Moreton Bay, Logan, Redlands, Upper Ross and Townsville regions.

There’ll be a variety of delivery options that schools can select from to cater to the different needs of schools.

• Option 1: 8 x 45-minute sessions
• Option 2: 4 x 90-minute sessions
• Option 3: 1 x full day session

• Wheely Wise works with QPS, community volunteers, parents, caregivers, and teachers to provide both theory and practical sessions, delivered at the school and within the surrounding local community.
• It engages children in interactive simulation, teaches road safety practices, and sets lifelong sustainable travel habits.
• Classes cater to different age groups and the individual needs of each school, so the focus is on helping children stay active and healthy while staying safe on the roads.

Braking the Cycle – Changing Gears is an adapted program designed to support the specific cultural and learning needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living within remote communities.

The program provides: equitable access to licensing, reduces instances of unlicensed driving, improves road safety outcomes, supports re-education of drivers who have been issued with an infringement that could lead to a licence suspension, and improves well-being, connection, and employment opportunities through community mentoring and volunteerism.

Available at PCYC Napranum, PCYC Palm Island, PCYC Yarrabah, and Mossman

Would you like to support young people to learn to drive?  Can you spare an hour or more a week?

If so, we’d love you to join our team of over 700 volunteer driver mentors.  You will need to hold an open licence (min 12 months) and have or be willing to obtain a Blue Card (we can help you with this).  Student participation is assessed by a driving school to ensure competency and vehicles, and comprehensive training is provided for mentors.

If you would like to get involved, please complete the enquiry form and a member of the team will be in touch.

Through $1.3 million of funding from the Department of Employment, Small Business and Training, PCYC Queensland supports the highly successful Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative to help improve the skills, employment opportunities and social inclusion of disadvantaged young Queenslanders.

Skilling Queenslanders for Work is a suite of targeted skills and training programs supporting Queenslanders to gain the skills, qualifications and experience needed to enter and stay in the workforce.

PCYC Queensland delivers four of the eight programs that form the Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative including Community Foundation Skills, Community Work Skills, Get Set for Work and Ready for Work programs at several clubs across the state.

Get Set for Work aims to provide disengaged young people aged 15-19 years with nationally recognised training, combined with integrated learning support measures and foundation skills that will enable them to successfully transition to employment and/or further education and training.

PCYC Queensland is funded to deliver the Get Set for Work program, providing a Certificate II in Skills for Work and Vocational Pathways.

Available at PCYC Beenleigh, PCYC Burdekin, PCYC Caboolture, PCYC Zillmere,  PCYC Hervey Bay, PCYC Nerang, PCYC Whitsundays, PCYC Pine Rivers, PCYC Sunshine Coast and PCYC Rockhampton

Assists disadvantaged Queenslanders to gain nationally recognised skills and qualifications up to a Certificate III level through nationally recognised training. Great for Job Seekers needing an extra qualification.

Available at PCYC Redlands, PCYC Ashmore and PCYC Crestmead.

Ready for Work is a short program of up to 6-8 weeks, primarily targeting young people aged 15 years and over to transition into the workforce by providing them with the practical skills they need to find work successfully.

Ready for Work programs, similar to Community Work Skills programs, provide job search assistance and training such as resume preparation and writing, job interview skills, job search advice, networking opportunities and employability skills.

Available at PCYC Mareeba, PCYC Mount Isa and PCYC Blackwater

Community Foundation Skills offers assistance to young people aged 15 and above with low-level language, literacy, numeracy and digital (LLND) skills. This program will equip young people with the knowledge and confidence to participate successfully in a modern knowledge economy.

Participants under Community Foundation Skills can be enrolled in nationally recognised foundation skills qualifications, or appropriate non-accredited foundation skills preparatory courses that provide an essential pathway to further education and work.

Available at PCYC Toowoomba

Youth Skills offers customised training to support young people aged 15–24 years who are engaged with Youth Justice or Queensland Corrective Services to gain nationally recognised skills and vocational qualifications up to and including a certificate III level.

It’s a 1:1 mentor support program with a rolling start with mentoring for 12 months. During the duration of the program participants will complete a Certificate 1 in construction, gain life skills, meal support, family and court support and involve other effective interventions to help foster a positive future. Participants are not required to attend every day and will work with their case manager to achieve their goals throughout the time in the program.

Available at PCYC Hervey Bay

Team Up contains a variety of practical activities designed to build crucial life skills, with the weekly program including activities that aim to build resilience, emotional intelligence, conflict resolution, social competencies and skills around communication, patience, assertiveness and problem solving.

The team building exercises create a strong team mentality between all members and they learn to work together and focus on perseverance, goal setting and achievement, priority setting, decision-making and consequences. A strong outcome of the program is teaching young people how to resolve issues without resorting to violence and intimidation.

Available at PCYC Beenleigh, PCYC Bundaberg, PCYC Caboolture, PCYC Dalby, PCYC Deception Bay, PCYC Edmonton, PCYC Gladstone, PCYC Gold Coast, PCYC Goondiwindi, PCYC Innisfail, PCYC Ipswich, PCYC Mt Gravatt, PCYC Mt Isa, PCYC Redcliffe, PCYC Rockhampton, PCYC Sandgate, PCYC Sunshine Coast, PCYC Toowoomba, PCYC Townsville, PCYC Upper Ross, PCYC Whitsundays and PCYC Zillmere.