General
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…
-
Noosa News9 hours agoWoman dead and man rushed to hospital with gunshot wound following crash near Aussie World on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast
-
General14 hours agoBoy dies after being trapped between rocks off NSW beach
-
Noosa News15 hours agoFarmer Fred Perry’s 30-year conservation project creates bird haven after years of ‘bashing and burning’
-
Noosa News15 hours agoDetectives continue to search for answers on Crystal Beale’s death