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PCYC Logan bike maintenance program changing lives and attitudes of youth offenders
Queensland police officers running PCYC Logan, south of Brisbane, have started classes in rebuilding old bicycles bound for the dump as a way to help get some of the state’s youngest offenders back on the straight and narrow.
Key points:
- PedalsUp is successfully changing attitudes and behaviour of youth offenders
- The program for kids aged 11-14 uses bike maintenance as a metaphor for life
- Participants who meet their goals get to keep a bike at the end
The PedalsUp program is the brainchild of Sergeant Mick Newell, an avid cyclist who also runs the Logan Police-Citizens Youth Club.
Over eight weeks, four to five young youths work alongside police officers to restore and refurbish recycled bicycles that have been seized by Logan police and…
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